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Kylin

Kylin Linux 4.0

Company /developer

National University of DefenseTechnology

OS family Unix-like

Available

language(s)

Chinese

Kernel type Monolithic (Linux kernel)

Official

website

www.kylinos.com.cn

(http://www.kylinos.com.cn)

Kylin (operating system)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kylin (Chinese:) is an operating system developed

by academics at the National University of Defense

Technology in the People's Republic of China since

2001. It is named after the mythical beast qilin. The first

versions were based on FreeBSD and were intended for

use by the Chinese military and other government

organizations. More recently, Kylin has been Linux-

based, and there is a version called NeoKylin which was

announced in 2010.

In 2013, it was announced that a new Linux-based

operating system with the same name would be released

using Ubuntu. The first version, UbuntuKylin 13.04, was

released on 25 April 2013.

Contents

1 FreeBSD version

2 Kylin Linux

3 UbuntuKylin

4 References

5 External links

FreeBSD version

Development of Kylin began in 2001, when the National University of Defense Technology was assigned the

mission of developing an operating system under the 863 Program intended to make China independent of

foreign technology.[1] The aim was "to support several kinds of server platforms, to achieve high performance,

high availability and high security, as well as conforming to international standards of Unix and Linux operating

systems."[1]

It was created using a hierarchy model, including "the basic kernel layer which is similar to Mach,the system service layer which is similar to BSD and the desktop environment which is similar to Windows."[1] It

was designed to comply with the UNIX standards and to be compatible with Linux applications.[1]

In February 2005, "China Military Online" (a website sponsored by PLA Daily of the Chinese People's

Liberation Army) reported the "successful development of the Kylin server operating system", which it claimed

was "the first 64-bit operating system with high security level (B2 class)" and "also the first operating system

without Linux kernel that has obtained Linux global standard authentification by the international Free Standards

Group".[2]

In 2006, it was claimed that the Kylin operating system was largely plagiarized from FreeBSD 5.3. Ananonymous Chinese student in Australia, who used the pseudonym "Dancefire", carried out a kernel similarity

analysis and showed that the similarities between the two operating systems reached 99.45 percent. [3][4] One of
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Kylin's developers confirmed that Kylin was based on FreeBSD during a speech at the international conference

EuroBSDCon 2006.[5]

In 2009, a report presented to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission claimed that the

purpose ofKylin is to make Chinese computers impenetrable to competing countries in the cyberwarfare arena.

The Washington Postreported that:[6]

China has developed more secure operating software for its tens of millions of computers and is

already installing it on government and military systems, hoping to make Beijings networks

impenetrable to U.S. military and intelligence agencies.

The deployment of Kylin was said to have "hardened key Chinese servers".[6]

Kylin Linux

With the advent of version 3.0, Kylin has used the Linux kernel.[7]

In December 2010, it was announced that China Standard Software and the National University of Defense

Technology had signed a strategic partnership to launch a version called NeoKylin.[8] China Standard Software

is the makerof the "NeoShine Linux" desktop series. NeoKylin is intended for use by government offices,

national defense, energy and other sectors of the Chinese economy.[8]

The operating system of the Tianhe-1 supercomputer is 64-bit Kylin Linux, which is oriented to high-

performance parallel computing optimization, and supports power management and high-performance virtual

computing zone.[9] The newer Tianhe-2 also uses Kylin Linux.[10]

UbuntuKylin

Main article: UbuntuKylin

In 2013, Canonical reached an agreement with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the

People's Republic of China to release a Ubuntu-based OS with features targeted at the Chinese market. [11]

UbuntuKylin has been described as "a loose continuation of Chinas Kylin OS".[12] It is intended for desktop

and laptop computers.[13] The first official release, UbuntuKylin 13.04, was on 25 April 2013.[14]

References

1. ^ abcdWhat is Kylin (http://web.archive.org/web/20040927070250/http://www.kylin.org.cn/), Project

Mission Statement, September 2004, at the Internet Archive

2. ^ Kylin Operating System of superior performance developed

(http://english.chinamil.com.cn/site2/columns/2006-02/14/content_420257.htm), 14 February 2005, retrieved

12 June 2013

3. ^ Gloomy prospects for domestic Linux industry

(http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200606/17/eng20060617_275003.html), People's Daily Online, 17 June

2006, retrieved 13 May 2009

4. ^ Kernel Similarity Analysis (http://www.dancefire.org/article/Kernel_Similarity_Analysis.html), Dancefire's

Website, retrieved 12 June 2013

5. ^ The Kylin Operating System (http://web.archive.org/web/20070729215013/http://2006.eurobsdcon.org/talks-

wu.php), EuroBSDCon 2006, at the Internet Archive
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6. ^ abChina blocks U.S. from cyber warfare (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/12/china-

bolsters-for-cyber-arms-race-with-us/), The Washington Times, 12 May 2009, retrieved 12 June 2013

7. ^Linux3.0 (http://web.archive.org/web/20090518001328/http://www.kylin-

os.com/products/os/index.html), www.kylin-os.com, 18 May 2009, at the Internet Archive

8. ^ abChina OS Makers Partner on New Operating System Brand

(http://www.pcworld.com/article/214206/article.html), www.pcworld.com, 20 December 2010

9. ^ Hardware (http://www.nscc-tj.gov.cn/en/resources/resources_1.asp), National Supercomputer Centre in

Tianjin, retrieved 12 June 2013

10. ^ Tianhe-2 supercomputer at 31 petaflops is title contender (http://phys.org/news/2013-06-tianhe-supercomputer-petaflops-title-contender.html), phys.org, 10 June 2013, retrieved 12 June 2013

11. ^ "Chinese government builds national OS around Ubuntu." (http://www.zdnet.com/chinese-government-

builds-national-os-around-ubuntu-7000012994/), ZDNet, 22 March 2013

12. ^ Chinese Linux Distro Seeks Place in Ubuntu Family (http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/02/ubuntu-kylin-

official-ubuntu-spin), www.omgubuntu.co.uk, 27 February 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013

13. ^ China to create home-grown operating system (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21895723), BBC

News, 22 March 2013

14. ^ The Final Release of Ubuntu Kylin 13.04 Is Now Available for Download

(http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Final-Release-of-Ubuntu-Kylin-13-04-Is-Now-Available-for-Download-

348384.shtml), news.softpedia.com, retrieved 26 April 2013

External links

Kylin Official Website (http://www.kylinos.com.cn/) (Chinese)

What is Kylin (http://web.archive.org/web/20040927070250/http://www.kylin.org.cn/), Project Mission

Statement, September 2004, at the Internet Archive (English)

Official Kylin website (http://web.archive.org/web/20060406065408/http://www.kylin.org.cn/), April

2006, on the Internet Archive (Chinese)

NeoKylin (http://www.kylin-os.com/products/os/) (Chinese)NeoKylin Operating System (http://www.cassc.org.cn/english/product_of_kylin.htm) at China Aid

Software Service Center (English)

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