Posted on 03/05/2010 11:05:43 AM PST by Willie Green
The North Korean government has developed its own operating system based on the open source Linux OS.
The "Red Star" operating system has apparently been in development since 2006 but came to light after Russian news channel, Russia Today, covered a blog post by Russian college student "Mikhail".
The student claims that the North Korean OS can be purchased in Pyongyang for $5 and looks very similar to Microsoft Windows, with a similar user interface. The system has both server and client versions, and separate application programmes can be purchased at $10 a pop.
Mikhail also mentions that some North Koreans told him that Red Star is not all that "polished" and that the locals still prefer the Windows treo of XP, Vista and 7.
Installation is pretty reasonable with it apparently taking around 15 minutes, however if you fancy making an order through some North Korean friend, you'll need to be fluent in the lingo since you don't get a choice of system language.
Treo?
It’s probably just some pirated version of Windows or Mac OS.
That’s going to go well.
OMG that funny ROFL
It probably would send the info on every single thing you write on your computer to the central committee.
RONRIX!!!
Somehow, a vision comes to mind of the Soviet Block version of the “Itchy and Scratchy” shows Bart Simpson had to watch when there were production problems at the U.S. “Itchy and Scratchy Studios”.
Red Flag Linux
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Flag_Linux
Marxists really are funny.
"This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood, who's a professor of English..."
--B.H. Obama
YouTube Video:
The O'Reilly Factor confronts Bill Ayers:
October 24, 2008:
(note the red communist star on his shirt)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP3uvK9gTIY
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2008 DNC Convention
“In America, you watch the Internet. In North Korea, the Internet watches YOU!”
Ah, North Korea: Land of extremely silly hats!
Leave to one of Freeper intiaite Chia Pet new computer system oh boy this going get good LOL!
Sorry for the delay on this one--I was a little busy on the OFST....
"I see you have written something critical of your government. Would you like to write anything before they cart you off to the gulag?"
That segment on the Simpsons was actually based on a period when Tom & Jerry cartoons were produced behind the iron curtain (in Czechoslovakia I think). These weren’t commie knock-offs though, they were the actual Tom & Jerry cartoons for the US audience, only they moved production to a Communist country.
I’m surprised Jong-Il didn’t write it himself after lunch, before his nap.
After all, the very first time he played golf, he got 18 consecutive holes-in-one.
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