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North Korea's "secret cyber-weapon": brand new Red Star OS (Linux-based)

22 pointsby quant18about 15 years ago

4 comments

mnemonicslothabout 15 years ago
Hm. North Korea has Red Star Linux. South Korea is a Windows monoculture.<p>Even Steve Ballmer's worldview is right once in a while.
cscottaabout 15 years ago
While the article's content uses the phrase, nothing suggests that this distribution, which appears to be a very loosely-rebranded stock Linux, is any sort of "cyber-weapon" in terms of digital warfare.
sliverstormabout 15 years ago
This could be good. Whether they are North Korea or not, imagine the pace and polish Linux could pick up with an entire country dependent upon it! Assuming, of course, they submit to upstream.
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CoreDumplingabout 15 years ago
I wonder if they are complying with GPL. The "secret cyber-weapon" can't be so secret if they are also supplying source code, right?<p>Then again, I'd imagine it would be tough to put legal pressure on the DPRK when the combined diplomatic efforts of the West can't get them to budge....
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