N. Korea develops operating system with Windows-like GUI, Linux guts | Linux Today

N. Korea develops operating system with Windows-like GUI, Linux guts

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 6, 2010

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“The North Korean government appears to have developed
its own graphical Linux-based “Red Star” operating system, though
its people still prefer that symbol of Yankee high-tech
imperialism, Microsoft Windows.

“That’s according to the blog of a Russian college student,
‘Mikhail,’ studying at a university in North Korea’s capital city,
Pyongyang.

“According to translations of the blog by Russian satellite news
channel, Russia Today, as well as Google’s Translate tool,
installation DVDs of Red Star can be freely purchased in Pyongyang
for $5 and come in both client and server versions.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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