North Korea developed its own domestic OS "Red Star", technically "10 years behind"

To counter Microsoft's Windows and Apple's Mac OS etc,That Google began developing "Chrome OS"Although it is remembrance to the memory, it became clear that North Korea which has strict information control by its own government developed its own domestically produced OS "Red Star".

Technically it is said that it is 10 years behind schedule OS, but it has become a feature that is unique to North Korea, screenshots are also made public.

Details are as below.
North Korea 10 years late with software system | Reuters

According to Reuters news agency reports, the report released by Korea's Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) revealed that North Korea developed its own OS "Red Star".

Although STEPI actually obtained "Red Star" and added a detailed analysis, the OS is based on Linux, but it is receiving much influence of the OS of the old version of Microsoft, probably about 10 years I assume that it is obsolete and there are few applications available, so I will not easily circulate even in my own country.

However, since this OS was developed independently, it is possible to control information security on its own, it is also known as a folk song on the Korean PeninsulaArirang"Is used and the calendar is also late · Start counting from the birth of President Kim Il Sung"Subject thoughtCalendar "and so on, it is said that it is unique to North Korea.

By the way, in North Korea, ordinary citizens are allowed to browse only a few sites accepted by censors, and when students learn about the Internet do not actually use a personal computer and print information reflected on a monitor of a personal computer It seems that severe restrictions have been imposed on the use of the Internet, such as paper which was used as a teaching material.

In the following pages, screenshots etc. of "Red Star" are actually published.

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This is the OS disk. For operation, 800 MHz CPU, 256 MB of memory, 3 GB HDD is required.


Startup screen


User selection screen


desktop


Explorer


Multiple games are included



Application installation / uninstallation screen


Firefox will also launch


Document creation software


Apparently it seems possible to burn CDs and DVDs


OS version display


By the way, according to the following link, "Red Star" main unit is $ 5 (about 470 yen) and application is $ 10 (about 940 yen). A browser called "My Country" designated by the authorities is preinstalled and it is said that browsing becomes possible only by a search engine called "My Country BBS".

N. Korea develops own OS