Asianux
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- Asianux should not be confused with AsianLinux.
Asianux is a Linux distribution. It is a joint development between Linux vendors Red Flag Software Co., Ltd. (of China), Miracle Linux Corporation (of Japan- 58.5-percent owned by U.S. company Oracle Corporation), and Haansoft, INC (of South Korea). As with most operating systems, it attempts to provide high stability and scalability, while retaining diverse compatibility.
Asianux is considered as a core component, or basis for a Linux distribution, available under GPL, which is to be released later by the above-mentioned companies as its own distribution with specific features. Asianux 2.0 now provides a basis not only for server operating system but also desktop uses or powerful workstation. This distribution applies a server operating system that is being developed is to be localized to Chinese, Japanese and Korean besides English, and developed throughout the companies' respective countries.
As a result, Asianux is included in distributions: Haansoft Linux 2006 Workstation, Miracle Linux 4.0 and Red Flag Linux 5.0 Workstation inside.
Release history
The current release version of Asianux is 2.0 (August 31, 2005), which is based upon Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.An initial release was Asianux 1.0, released in 2004. Asianux 1.0 was based upon Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.
See also
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External links
- [Asianux website]
- [Asianux at DistroWatch]
- [Haansoft INC website]
- [Miracle Linux Corporation website]
- [Red Flag Software Co., Ltd. website] (in English)
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