China to build standard OS around Ubuntu
Canonical is joining in with China Software and Integrated Chip Promotions Centre (CSIP) and the National University of Defense Technology (Changsha, China) to form the CNN Open Source Innovations Joint Lab in Beijing. The CCN Joint Lab will produce Ubuntu Kylin, with the first release expected in conjunction with Ubuntu 13.04 in April 2013.
CSIP, which is a part of the MII, has selected Ubuntu to provide a flexible, open, widely-used and standardized operating system, Canonical said.
The CNN Open Source Innovation Lab hosts engineers from each of the founding organizations who will work on China-focused versions of Ubuntu for personal devices and data centers.
Ubuntu Kylin goes beyond language localization and the 13.04 release includes features and applications that cater for the Chinese market, said Canonical. These include support for Chinese input methods and the Chinese calendar, and integration with Baidu maps and the Taobao shopping service, payment processing for Chinese banks, and Chinese transportation information.
"The release of Ubuntu Kylin brings the Chinese open source community into the global Ubuntu community," said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and Canonical, in a statement.
"CSIP, Canonical and NUDT share the goal of widespread adoption of high quality Linux on personal devices and in the cloud," said Jane Silber, CEO of Canonical, in the same statement. "This collaboration will bring local investment and participation to ensure that the platform is relevant for the Chinese market, and close coordination with the global Ubuntu project ensures that it is familiar to software and hardware vendors, and useful for export products made by Chinese companies as well."
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