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Raise your hand if you would use a Chinese-made operating system. We suspect few hands are up, given the security concerns one might have over an operating system backed by a government that doesn't always have the best track record when it comes to privacy, security, and electronic espionage.
Nevertheless, a ban on the use of Windows 8 for governmental computers coupled with the loss of security updates for the popular Windows XP operating system has [URL="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1564503/chinese-operating-system-still-searching"]gotten Chinese developers thinking[/URL] about home-grown operating systems.
Ni Guangnan, of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, told the Xinhua news agency that a Chinese-backed operating system should be ready to launch by October of this year. The OS will even support an app store, but that's as many details as we've been able to unearth about the proposed software.
According to Guangnan, it's possible that all "foreign" operating systems—for lack of a better way to phrase it—could be eliminated on China's desktop computers within one to two years. After that, it's plausible that a China-backed OS could supplant mobile operating systems like Google's Android within a few more years.
However, that's not to say that China's attempts to create a national operating system have always gone smoothly. Back in 2000, Red Flag Linux—partly funded by the government—was the required replacement for all governmental systems previously running Windows 2000. While popular at the time, it never enjoyed the longevity or that other operating system have managed to reach.
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[url]http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2464470,00.asp[/url]
I know they don't like the american and possibility of NSA spying but really?
my guess is either a highly stripped down and modified XP, or a customized linux distro
Instead of entering a product key and activating the OS, the OS requires you to join the communist party to use the operating system
China does not give a fuck about security, it's a big issue for game devs since you have to somebody like the9 the rights to your game if you want to profit from china, and if whatever company you gave your code to gets hacked then you're fucked. I don't think this OS will be any different and will probably have just as many security vulnerabilities as windows xp.
Chinux
[QUOTE=finbe;45789172]China does not give a fuck about security, it's a big issue for game devs since you have to somebody like the9 the rights to your game if you want to profit from china, and if whatever company you gave your code to gets hacked then you're fucked. I don't think this OS will be any different and will probably have just as many security vulnerabilities as windows xp.[/QUOTE]
China cares a lot about security, however they have very basic technological skills and focus on quantity over quality; which will always be their downfall in these types of things. That is why most engineering is done in America and only produced in China.
If by "operating system" they mean "Linux distro" then sure. I doubt anyone would bother going all out with a coded-from-scratch OS.
I can't imagine it being much worse than North Korea's[URL="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS"] state-mandated operating system.[/URL]
how would a pay to win operating system work
[QUOTE=Pretty Obscure;45789202]how would a pay to win operating system work[/QUOTE]
10 file transfers per day
additional transfers are available for $0.99 each
It will be named CommUni℠.
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;45789195]China cares a lot about security, however they have very basic technological skills and focus on quantity over quality; which will always be their downfall in these types of things. That is why most engineering is done in America and only produced in China.[/QUOTE]
1980s and 1990s were long time ago, they have learned a lot since then.
[QUOTE=AntonioR;45789348]1980s and 1990s were long time ago, they have learned a lot since then.[/QUOTE]
Like how to steal content from other games instead of making their own.
Who here remembers Final Combat
[QUOTE=AntonioR;45789348]1980s and 1990s were long time ago, they have learned a lot since then.[/QUOTE]
Uhh no, china is terrible at engineering things see any of their military drones or ghost cities
[QUOTE=NixNax123;45789187]Chinux[/QUOTE]
i'm hoping for chindows xp
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;45789411]Uhh no, china is terrible at engineering things see any of their military drones or ghost cities[/QUOTE]
lol, you're pretty clueless if you think that.
[QUOTE=JohnFisher89;45789411]Uhh no, china is terrible at engineering things see any of their military drones or ghost cities[/QUOTE]
Dude, just use google for 5 mins. You can't be that ignorant!!!
Backdoor: the OS
[QUOTE=Stopper;45789671]lol, you're pretty clueless if you think that.[/QUOTE]
Compared to the rest of the world they suck unless you read the china certified reports of progress made; but for some reason they never let foreign inspectors see it...
Type 08 Advanced Computer Operating System
[QUOTE=racerfan;45789200]I can't imagine it being much worse than North Korea's[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS"] state-mandated operating system.[/URL][/QUOTE]
I tried installing that into VirtualBox once only to remember that I didn't understand jack shirt of Korean, so actually trying to complete the installation was nigh impossible for me.
At least it has deceptively pleasant sounds:
[video=youtube;jFqZoT1NLqU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFqZoT1NLqU[/video]
As long as it won't fall apart like their motorcycles.
[B]Edit:
[/B]This 12 day Simpsons marathon's starting to go to my head...
[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;45789622]i'm hoping for chindows xp[/QUOTE]
They already did something that was sort of both, [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Flag_Linux]they called it Red Flag.[/url] Linux based OS that was trying to be a knockoff of Windows XP. But the project got shut down earlier this year.
haha cant wait to see the EULA on this one.
I don't know why you guys make these jokes about China. They have money, and they have a LOT of good engineers and programmers.
What's wrong wiith forking some linux distribution, by the way? It's not about what core would be used as a base, it's about how much would they change it.
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