Chinese Computer OS to replace Windows.

[Mzee]

I read a Review on the new Chinese OS which is replacing Windows in Government departments, and Banks. It is small, about 1.5 GB, based on Linux ground up, not based on any existing OS. It is  available in English on an iso. I tried to download it, but estimated time was 4 days, so gave up! Does anyone know anything about it?

[Wainuitech]

Might help if you gave its name ?? If its based on linux -- Do you know how many linux Distros there are ??

Also being Chinese - Heard a few things of concern about them, never know what's in it. ( being Linux anyone can alter it legally)

Edited:  "IF" its  OpenKylin, its actually reported as Ubuntu 20.4 as a base. The ISO is also 4.235GB     So it may not be the same you asked about ??? . (You say 1.5GB)

[Agent_24]

If you ever thought Windows 10 had excessive "telemetry" you probably don't want whatever the Chinese government is using...

[R2x1]

As long as it's not Windows >7 . . .

[Mzee]

Might help if you gave its name ?? If its based on linux -- Do you know how many linux Distros there are ??

Also being Chinese - Heard a few things of concern about them, never know what's in it. ( being Linux anyone can alter it legally)

Edited:  "IF" its  OpenKylin, its actually reported as Ubuntu 20.4 as a base. The ISO is also 4.235GB     So it may not be the same you asked about ??? . (You say 1.5GB)

It was OpenKylin,. The reviewer said was "built from the ground up". It probably is Ubuntu based. The screen shots look like 'Zorin' which based on Ubuntu/Debian. The new Dells in China have  it installed. It is probably compatible with Chinese Banks. Their dongles only work on Internet Explorer, will not work on Edge. I have a friend who does business in China, and I tried all the browsers, and ended up installing an old version of Internet explorer. They are still using Windows XP, and 7.

[Wainuitech]

Just had a bit of a play with OpenKylin.

Tried on a old Workshop PC -- 1st it doesn't like Hyper-V (Windows VM program) came up with some error ( to fast to write down- something about unable to access the BIOS) yeah bugger off -- so had to use VM workstation, went in but not smoothly.

So dug out an unused PC, installed onto a actual Machine, 1st time looked like it installed, but wouldn't boot, errors galore. Tried a different drive and 2nd time went in, but put everything in twice ( yeah OK) then after rebooting a couple of times they merged into one.

Its basically nothing flash ,( look past the eye candy)  just another version of Linux (there are manyyyyy) Does basics every day things , just like all the rest.  Tried setting up networking  - gave up on that as at first it said samba is no longer used or can even be installed, had a dig around the system files and found it anyway, BUT when opening up the text editor (they have changed that as well, its now VIM)  What Opens ??? " Samba Config"  ( thought it wasn't used ??)

As expected a lot of the apps are in chinese and cant be changed, some that are in both Chinese and english, but dive into any settings and  its 50/50 as to what you'll get.

As for a replacement for windows -- NOPE --- If someone wanted to change to Linux then there are far better (and more supported) versions available. And who knows what this thing sends back