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N. Korea launches out-of-date OS

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Re: N. Korea launches out-of-date OS

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It looks like an up-to-date Linux with KDE 3.5 so the comments about it being a 10-year-old Windows knock-off are amusing, but surely this is just South Korean propaganda that's being mindlessly repeated?

It does say a lot when non-techies view fairly recent linux desktops as "10 year old" software. I guess if they used kde4, the article might be calling it a Vista knockoff.

Actually, I think if you squint KDE 3.5 looks most like Windows XP which, while still wildly popular, is in fact 10-year-old software.

Still seems like propaganda to me though just the clever kind where you say something factually true in a way that most people misinterpret to your benefit.

One other thing I found out while reading about this is that this is a new venture for NK and in fact most computer users (though apparently there aren't that many) are in fact using Windows XP.

Re: N. Korea launches out-of-date OS

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So, this isn't exactly breaking news. There was a review posted of it (albeit in Russian) over a month ago. While in Russian, it does have lots of screenshots ( http://ashen-rus.livejournal.com/4300.html ). I'm not so familiar with KDE to recognize which apps everything are in Korean, but it looks like a pretty standard KDE Linux installation with Firefox, office programs, etc. Since that blogger got a hold of it, I'…

Actually, just about every notable authoritarian regime in the world has a Linux-based OS these days -- Cuba, China, Russia, North Korea, Iran (?)

You would too, if you were worried about using US-based Microsoft's software. No foreign backdoors in open source.

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