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Red Flag Linux: Real, and Reviewed

Posted by timothy on from the love-the-uninstall-icon dept.

Over at NewsForge (NewsForge is part of OSDN, as is Slashdot), Roblimo has posted his impressions of the long-awaited, much-ridiculed Red Flag Linux (English version). It may not be a big seller outside of the Chinese-speaking world (despite the available English-language install), but it's not a hoax, and it's available as an ISO for download. Update from Roblimo: I did not write the NewsForge Red Flag review. Matt Michie deserves all credit for this excellent work.

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  1. Re:more to feed the machine by beerits · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I don't mean to become flamebait here but shouldn't all the *nix people be dancing around a fire singing the praises of Red Flag and the chinese govt's decisions to use it?

    Sorry, "Linux, the choice of oppressive governments around the world!" isn't that great a PR move.

    One last statement: Since Red Flag is GPL that means that the entire source code has to be realesed etc, etc. Quite neat isn't it? That a totalitarian, communist country is being 'forced' (yeah I'd like to see em prosecute them for a violation of the GPL) to release it's precious code to it's next-gen op system. Quite an accomplishment.

    If the Chinese violates copyrights left and right what makes you think they will follow the GPL?

  2. Red Flag ... by x-empt · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    At least they did not call it one of the following:
    1) Bloody Tiananmen Square Linux 2.0
    2) Red Star Linux
    3) Linux CodeRed
    4) Mao and Red Catsup on a Linux Patty
    5) Chinaman Linix

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