Red Star OS

Not to be confused with Red Flag Linux.
Red Star OS
붉은별 사용자용체계
Screenshot of the desktop of Red Star OS 3.0, localized with North Korean terminology and spelling
DeveloperKorea Computer Center, North Korea
OS familyLinux (desktop and server),
Android (on Woolim, Arirang, Samjiyon, Manbang, Jindallae and Ryonghung)[1][2][3]
Working stateCurrent
Source model
Latest release4.0
Marketing targetPersonal computers
Available inKorean
PlatformsIA-32, x86-64 (server only), ARM (mobile and tablet only)
Kernel typeMonolithic forked from (Linux kernel)
Influenced byFedora Linux (desktop), CentOS (Server), Android (mobile and tablet)[4]
Default
user interface		KDE[5]
LicenseGPL (Linux kernel and other GNU software only), Proprietary
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Red Star OS (Korean: 붉은별; MR: Pulgŭnbyŏl) is a North Korean Linux distribution, with development first starting in 1998 at the Korea Computer Center (KCC). Prior to its release, computers in North Korea typically used Red Hat Linux,[6] and later switched to modified versions of Microsoft Windows with North Korean language packs installed. [7]

Version 3.0 was released in the summer of 2013, but as of 2014, version 1.0 continues to be more widely used.[verification needed] It is only available in Korean, localized with North Korean terminology and spelling.[8], although it is possible to change it to English by modifying the ISO file or on the BIOS boot menu[9].

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  2. ^ "Domestic Tablet". NK News. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  3. ^ "North Korean Smartphone". Mashable. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  4. ^ "Inside North Korea's Totalitarian Operating System". Motherboard. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  5. ^ "Red Star OS". ArchiveOS. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  6. ^ Kim, Chi-yong (2006-06-21), "〈민족정보산업의 부흥 -상-〉 《우리식 콤퓨터조작체계(OS) 》의 개발과 도입", Choson Sinbo (in Korean), archived from the original on 2007-12-23
  7. ^ "North Korea's 'paranoid' computer operating system revealed". The Guardian. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  8. ^ Nam, Hyeon-ho (2010-03-03), 北, 독자적 컴퓨터 운영체제 '붉은별' 개발, Yonhap News (in Korean), retrieved 2013-01-23
  9. ^ "Notes on Red Star OS 3.0". messaroundery.net. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2024-10-29.