OpenKylin

• China launched country’s first open-source desktop operating system (OS) named as OpenKylin 1.0 with the motive to create an independent software system and cut reliance on US technology.

ABOUT OPENKYLIN

• It is a Linux-based operating system built by a community of about 4,000 developers.
• OpenKylin users have access to the software’s lines of code and can modify them as they wish, unlike Microsoft and Apple, which keep the workings of Windows and MacOS systems secret.
• OpenKylin ensures security in critical areas including, government affairs, communications, energy and transportation.
• Openkylin will provide reliable fundamental software services to support the country’s IT industrial chain.