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Linux for Asia: Asianux

Posted by michael on from the penguins-not-native-to-asia dept.

kiwimate writes "Two Linux distributors (one each from China and Japan) are building a common Linux platform for Asian companies. Using Oracle software to create the product, which is dubbed "Asianux", they have declared they'll create a common kernel so that the two companies' offerings can interoperate with ease."

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  1. common kernel? by brondsem · · Score: 3, Interesting

    All linux distros have the same kernel: linux. You need more than a common kernel to get a high degree of interoperability.

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  2. GPL! Ha! by Gothmolly · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Let's just see how well the GPL does in these countries, especially in China where piracy is rampant, and there is no such thing as private property (it's the definition of Communism, get over it flamers). Human (property) rights have never been terribly important in Asia, maybe we'll have to send in Stallman and Theo to get pissy at them when they uber-up the Linux kernel and don't publish their changes.

    -1 Flamebat, +1 Cynical, or +1 Prophetic? You decide.

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