North Korea's Home-Grown Operating System Mimics OS X

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North Korea's Home-Grown Operating System Mimics OS X

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday February 5, 2014 @10:05AM from the north-korea-suddenly-very-hip dept.

CambodiaSam sends the latest on "Red Star OS," North Korea's attempt at a home-grown operating system. Previously, it had closely resembled Microsoft Windows, but a new update now strongly mimics Apple's OS X. "Despite living in a country very much shut off from the outside world, many people in North Korea do have access to technology - including mobile phones. However, devices are heavily restricted. Internet access, for instance, is locked down, with most users able to visit only a handful of sites mostly serving up state-sponsored news. The Red Star OS is peppered with North Korean propaganda, and its calendar tells users it is not 2014, but 103 — the number of years since the birth of former North Korean leader Kim Il-sung. An earlier version of Red Star OS was made available worldwide in 2010 after a Russian student posted it online. The latest version is believed to have been released some time in 2013."

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Re:There's a solution - at least for now by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-05 10:21 · Score: 4, Informative

http://classic.slashdot.org/ ftw
Re:There's a solution - at least for now by buswolley · 2014-02-05 10:25 · Score: 4, Informative

for a limited time only, per the announcement.

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Re:There's a solution - at least for now by Antipater · 2014-02-05 10:30 · Score: 3, Informative

http://slashdot.org/?nobeta=1 also works, if it bugs out like it did for me and there isn't a sidebar or footer.

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Re:Fuck you, slashdot by buswolley · 2014-02-05 10:43 · Score: 5, Informative

Fuck it a second time for more mod points!

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Re:Fuck you, slashdot by buswolley · 2014-02-05 10:48 · Score: 4, Informative

for now.

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Re:There's a solution - at least for now by buswolley · 2014-02-05 10:55 · Score: 4, Informative

developer on a payroll

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Re:There's a solution - at least for now by BasilBrush · 2014-02-05 11:23 · Score: 2, Informative

Let's not overstate the quality of the "classic" interface. The fact that it still barfs over unicode and HTML is unforgivable. And after you submit a message, you are left in limbo, without a button to get back to where you were. And the browser back button method results in a "are you sure you want to resubmit this form" dialog!
Lets not get misty eyed over an old interface just because it's familiar.
Re:Fuck BEta by Anonymous Coward · 2014-02-05 11:36 · Score: 2, Informative

How is this not modded +5, Funny? Slashdot, die? It's been the undead zombie for years, and everyone knows it.
Re:Slashdot morphing into Kuro5hin? by couchslug · 2014-02-05 13:39 · Score: 3, Informative

That may be for the best.
The answer to a zombie infection is a headshot.

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