China has released its first homegrown open-source desktop operating system, OpenKylin, according to state media, as the country works to reduce its reliance on US technology.
China open-source desktop O.S
China’s version, which was released on Wednesday and is based on the existing open-source Linux operating system, was built by a community of about 4,000 developers and is used in its space program as well as industries such as finance and energy, they added.
According to state media, China’s massive operating system market was worth 15.5 billion yuan ($2.1 billion) last year, according to an industry report.
Creating an operating system that is independent of US technology has been a major goal for China’s tech industry in recent years, with many companies and organizations contributing to the development of the OpenKylin system.
Its most notable supporter is the CHI Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team, which is overseen by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
More than a dozen Chinese companies are attempting to create operating systems that can compete with Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s MacOS. UnionTech Software Technology Co Ltd is one such company that has been working on the “Unity OS” project.
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