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LaminatorX
on Tuesday March 04 2014, @10:00PM
from the totally-not-full-of-backdoors dept.
from the totally-not-full-of-backdoors dept.
nobbis writes:
" Desktop Images from Red Star 3.0, the North Korean Operating System, have been made available by Will Scott a US computer scientist who lectured in Pyongyang in 2013.
Red Star 3.0 is a Linux based OS, whose desktop now closely resembles OSX, possibly influenced by Kim Jong-un who has been pictured with an iMac; although how he obtained an iMac is unclear. Screenshots of Red Star 2.0 and a walk through of the installation of Red Star 3.0 are given in an article in North Korean Tech blog. The 8 desktop images include artillery under snow with magpies, a farming scene with 1960s era tractors, and an unconvincing city view. Will Scott has answered questions about his experiences in Pyongyang on a Reddit ask me anything."
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You're at the end of the road again.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Appalbarry on Wednesday March 05 2014, @03:35AM
Was I alone in assuming that "Desktop images" meant the ISOs for the desktop version of the OS?
(Score: 1) by Marand on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:21AM
Nope, that's precisely what made the link interesting enough to click for me. I thought there would be some sort of interesting story about how the guy smuggled ISOs out of the country, or something along those lines.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by WizardFusion on Wednesday March 05 2014, @09:20AM
Me too, I wanted to install it in a VM and see the phone home packets (if any)
(Score: 1) by zafiro17 on Wednesday March 05 2014, @11:44AM
Me too - was hoping to see what they can do with a Linux system. They don't respcet any international agreements so it'd be folly to think they'd respect the GPL or similar, either.
I wrote the Dictator's Handbook: a practical guide for the aspiring tyrant (it's free at http://www.dictatorshandbook.net/ [dictatorshandbook.net] and Kim Jong Un and his douchebag father and grandfather are all over it. There are so many examples of ridiculous practice that come out of North Korea, it's almost a shame I didn't get a chance to ridicule their software, too. Probably chose Gnome3 as desktop, wankers (kidding, not even the North Koreans can handle that sort of restrictive desktop environment).
Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis - Jack Handey
(Score: 1) by JackZ on Wednesday March 05 2014, @03:13PM
(Score: 1) by JackZ on Wednesday March 05 2014, @03:20PM
Nevermind - that is not a link to download version 3 of the OS.
(Score: 1) by oostertoaster on Wednesday March 05 2014, @09:42PM
No. I was definitely expecting more than just some desktop backgrounds.