North Korea makes its own Linux distribution

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/0 ... s-own.html

North Korea has reportedly developed its own version of the Linux operating with a graphical user interface that closely resembles Microsoft Windows.

A copy of the North Korean Linux distribution, called Red Star, was purchased in Pyongyang for US$5 by a Russian student named Mikhail, who then posted a brief review of it on his blog using the Russian embassy's Internet connection, according to the English-language Web site of Russia Today, a Russian television news channel.

Mikhail, who described himself as one of two Russian students at North Korea's Kim Il-Sung University, posted several screen shots of the operating system, including a system clock with a date based on North Korea's calendar, which considers 2010 to be year 99 of its Juche ideology -- with his review.

Although the operating system is still considered stable, it was easy to set up, taking around 15 minutes to install, Mikhail wrote, adding that it came with a single language option: Korean.

The desktop interface shown in the screenshots closely resembles Windows, and appears to be based on a recent version of the K Desktop Environment (KDE). The Red Star browser, which Mikhail said was called My Country, is based on Mozilla's Firefox browser, and allows users to access North Korea's closed network , called My Country BBS.

I kinda want it.

Lots of screenshots are here: http://ashen-rus.livejournal.com/4300.html (Notice all the pirated software listed in some of the screens.)

Go communist names... "Red Star" & "My country", I almost thought it to be a joke for a second.

Great looking OS. Even better looking browser. Where can I get one. I want an access to North Korean porns.

Awesome games.

I'm surprised there's an outsider studying and living in North Korea. I wonder if him posting these screens would get him in hot water.

I think not. He just brought honor to North Korea. Go My Country!

This is not entirely accurate, but I wouldn't want to live there anyway.

Breed giant rabbits to solve world hunger. Genius I say.