Mar 29, 2020 19:30:00

A Linux-based original OS is being developed in China to break away from Windows

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As of February 2020, Windows had the overwhelming majority of PC OS market share at 77.22% for Windows, 17.7% for macOS, and 1.89% for Linux. In order to break away from such Windows, it is reported that a Chinese software company is developing an OS based on Linux for chips developed in China.

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Chinese high-tech company Xinxin has partnered with Chinese chip maker Sunway to develop the Unity Operating System (UOS) to become self-sufficient in hardware and software.

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UOS is a Linux distribution Debian has been developed based on, X86 micro-architecture not only of the CPU, Ryushin , Kamui , Hiaga like, things that also supports CPU platform that has been developed in China . The stable version of UOS released in January 2020 seems to start in 30 seconds on a chip made in China.

The reason behind China's development of its own Linux-based OS is that many of the previous generation OSes such as Windows XP and Windows 7 are still used in China. Support for Windows XP was discontinued in 2014, and support for Windows 7 ended in January 2020. When support for Windows XP ended in 2014, it was reported that the Chinese government had not indicated its intention to upgrade to Windows 8, and that it was still using Windows XP.

The Chinese government plans to continue using Windows XP as `` Windows 8 is too expensive ''-gigazine

Liu Wenhan, General Manager of UnionTech, said, `` From the current international situation, it is essential that China prepares its own OS and keeps it from being affected by deterioration of diplomatic relations with the United States '' . Liu estimates that the Chinese OS will hold less than 1% of the market at the time of writing, but will grow from 20% to 30% in the future.

However, although most of the software on the market can only be used on Windows and online operations can be executed on Chinese OS such as UOS, many professional software such as publishing related, inventory management, online bank, etc. are in China Not supported by production OS. Therefore, attempts to introduce Chinese OS to Chinese companies are not progressing slowly.

'OS replacement will be a step-by-step process. Governments, key industries, etc. will first migrate their systems to UOS and other domestic OSes, working to run as much business software as possible on domestic platforms. Yes, 'Liu said.