Red Flag Linux

Red Flag Linux
Screenshot of Red Flag Linux Desktop 9.0
DeveloperRed Flag Software
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateCurrent
Source modelOpen source
Initial release1.0 August 1999; 25 years ago (1999-08)[1]
Latest release10.0[2] / January 2020; 4 years ago (2020-01)
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux kernel)
Default
user interface
KDE
LicenseVarious
Official websitewww.chinaredflag.cn

Red Flag Linux (Chinese: 红旗Linux) is a Linux distribution developed by Red Flag Software. As of 2009, the executive president of Red Flag Software is Jia Dong (贾栋).

Screenshot of Red Flag Linux Workstation version 5.0 in Japanese

Beside specialised solutions, Red Flag Linux had the following products:

  • Red Flag Asianux Server 8.0
  • Red Flag HA Cluster 7.0
  • Red Flag Desktop 10 (红旗Linux桌面操作系统v10.0)
  • Red Flag Desktop 11 (红旗Linux桌面操作系统v11.0)

The internal structure of Red Flag Linux is very similar to Red Hat Linux, using a similar installer.

  1. ^ Doc Searls (30 January 2002). "Raising the Red Flag". Linux Journal. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Red Flag Desktop Linux红旗Linux桌面 10". www.chinaredflag.cn. Retrieved 20 February 2021.