Key facts
- Developer
- Korea Computer Center
- Os family
- Unix-like , Linux (desktop and server), Android (on Woolim, Arirang , Samjiyon , Manbang , Jindallae and Ryonghung)
- Working state
- Current
- Source model
- Closed , with free and open-source components
- Marketing target
- Personal computers
- Available in
- Korean
- Supported platforms
- IA-32 , x86-64 (server only), ARM (mobile and tablet only)
- Kernel type
- Monolithic (forked from Linux kernel )
- Userland
- GNU
- Influenced by
- Fedora Linux (desktop), CentOS (Server), Android (mobile and tablet)
- Default user interface
- KDE
- License
- Proprietary GNU GPL and other licenses (FOSS components)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Red Star OS (Korean: 붉은별; MR: Pulgŭnbyŏl) is a North Korean Linux distribution, with development first starting in 1998 at the Korea Computer Center (KCC).
Prior to Red Star OS's release, computers in North Korea typically used modified versions of Microsoft Windows with North Korean language packs installed.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Red Star OS” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.