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Why doesn't the PRC make it's own operating system? It could be based completely off of western technology like Linux, but they could claim it's completely Chinese made and tout it as a huge technological advancement - like they do with their trains.


There already is an official Ubuntu distro for China.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Kylin


Many prefer Deepin rather than Kylin. https://www.deepin.org/


They have made Red Flag Linux back in the days, which was possibly based on Red Hat, which I found amusing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Flag_Linux


Not only amusing but also a failure.


Because we are lazy. Com'on, the US government hasn't banned Win10 export to China yet.

Home baked RTOSes prosper though.


There is currently a big push towards getting their own semi-conductor industry




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