China has launched the country's first open-source desktop operating system (OS) named OpenKylin 1.0, marking a breakthrough in building independent software system. The move, part of the nation's ...

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The dates on the files reveal a date of June 1981, so this is definitely a pre-release version and several months older than the previous oldest known PC-DOS version.

China launched its first open-source desktop operating system (OS), OpenKylin 1.0, signifying a significant milestone in developing a self-reliant software system. The OS, built on Linux, was ...