● 07.09.23

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●● China is Moving Away From Microsoft Windows (as Promised Years Ago)

Posted in Asia, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 12:33 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Image: Wikipedia: Kylin (Chinese: 麒麟; pinyin: Qílín; Wade–Giles: Ch'i²-lin²) is an operating system developed by academics at the National University of Defense Technology in the People's Republic of China since 2001. It is named after the mythical beast qilin. The first versions were based on FreeBSD and were intended for use by the Chinese military and other government organizations. With version 3.0 Kylin became Linux-based, and there is a version called NeoKylin which was announced in 2010.

Summary: Microsoft propagandists have long attempted to curb China's move to GNU/Linux. Those propagandists are nowhere to be seen anymore (gone inactive).

China appears to be going ahead with its de-US-ification plans. Also, as of today, there have been 3 articles (in English) about openKylin. That’s 3 so far this month (maybe just Kylin with openwashing; there’s also the Debian-based Deepin). There are similar efforts on the hardware side, judging by Linux commits for Chinese microchips. How is Windows doing in China during the pandemic? Not so good:

Image: Operating System Market Share China

Notice that Android, i.e. Linux, already has majority market share there, based on a Web survey. █

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