In an effort to reduce its dependency on American technology, China has announced the launching of OpenKylin, its first domestic open-source desktop operating system.
China’s version of the Linux operating system, which was made by a group of about 4,000 developers and was released on Wednesday, is utilized in the country’s space program as well as sectors including finance and energy, they noted.
According to a report cited by official media, the enormous operating systems market in China last year had a value of 15.5 billion yuan ($2.1 billion).
A significant objective for China’s tech sector in recent years has been the development of an operating system independent of American technology. Several businesses and organizations have contributed to the development of the OpenKylin system.
The Ministry of Industry and information technology’s China Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team is its most noteworthy supporter.
More than a dozen Chinese businesses are working to create operating systems that might displace Apple’s MacOS and Microsoft’s Windows.
The “Unity operating system” has been created by one of these businesses, UnionTech Software Technology Co Ltd.
