tiagosilva29 Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 The collaboration will produce a version of Canonical's Ubuntu operating system called Kylin which will be released in April. The deal is part of a five-year plan by China to get more people using open source software. This software gives people more access to its internal workings so they can modify it themselves. The first version of Ubuntu Kylin is intended for desktop and laptop computers. As well as using Chinese character sets, Kylin will also do more to support the way Chinese people interact with computers as well as reflect China's date conventions. Future versions will include tools that let people use popular Chinese web services such as Baidu maps, the Taobao shopping service as well as versions of office programs and image management tools, directly from Ubuntu's main screen. The code will be created at a laboratory in Beijing staffed by engineers from Canonical as well as several Chinese R&D agencies. Canonical is also working with the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on a version of Kylin that will run on servers so websites, online shops and hosting firms can adopt the software. The move is widely seen as an attempt by China to wean its IT sector off Western software in favour of more home-grown alternatives. Ubuntu is based on the Linux operating system and its development and use is governed by an open ethic that emphasises the sharing of core computer code. It stands in contrast to the closed or proprietary systems of Microsoft and Apple who restrict access to the core or source code for their operating systems. Source: BBC News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 using the Lunisolar chinese date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted March 22, 2013 Veteran Share Posted March 22, 2013 let me guess... take an already developed Linux OS, throw some crappy theme onto KDE or Gnome or another Shell, add in some backdoors and rebrand it as a Chinese OS made all in China... right?...... but then if "The move is widely seen as an attempt by China to wean its IT sector off Western software in favour of more home-grown alternatives." how so? This is still Linux (not developed in China)... and Ubuntu (developed in the UK)... all western countries..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotoxic Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 but then if "The move is widely seen as an attempt by China to wean its IT sector off Western software in favour of more home-grown alternatives." how so? This is still Linux (not developed in China)... and Ubuntu (developed in the UK)... all western countries..... The point is they are not supporting Microsoft. And i suppose this will impact on the US economy and make it even weaker, ripe for invasion :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted March 22, 2013 Veteran Share Posted March 22, 2013 The point is they are not supporting Microsoft. And i suppose this will impact on the US economy and make it even weaker, ripe for invasion :laugh: if they think that at all, they are idiots.... considering a good majority of their MS OS's in China are currently pirated....... I'd never trust a country that says hey lets make our own OS for our people to use *wink wink nudge nudge* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exotoxic Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 considering a good majority of their MS OS's in China are currently pirated....... Sure, even if only a small percentage are legit it would run in to tens of millions of dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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