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China’s Linux-based replacement for Windows XP looks an awful lot like Windows XP

By Andy Patrizio

In a fit of pique, the Chinese government actually banned Windows 8 in retaliation to the end of XP support. The country’s government also launched an effort to create its own OS replacement for XP. Now that OS is coming to fruition, and a reporter from Quartz was able to get a copy and put it through its paces.

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