(VOVWORLD) - China has released its first homegrown open-source desktop operating system, named OpenKylin, state media said, as the country steps up efforts to cut reliance on US technology.
 A computer keyboard is seen in this picture illustration taken in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, August 22, 2016. (Photo: REUTERS) |
Released on Wednesday, and based on the existing open-source Linux (linix) operating system, China’s version was built by a community of about 4,000 developers, and is used in its space program and industries such as finance and energy, they added.
More than a dozen Chinese companies are trying to develop operating systems that could replace Microsoft’s Windows and Apple’s MacOS operating systems.