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North Korean OS Desktop Images Available

posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday March 04 2014, @10:00PM   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 1) by wonkey_monkey on Wednesday March 05 2014, @09:24AM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @09:24AM (#11228) Homepage

    What, that they might be a bit war-y? I wouldn't really call that "great insight."

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