Asianux was a
Linux distribution
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based on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a Commercial software, commercial Open-source software, open-source Linux distribution developed by Red Hat for the commerce, commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86-6 ...
.
(RHEL) and jointly developed by companies in Japan,
China, and
South Korea
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, . This project was dissolved in September 2015. The Asianux trademark is held by companies in each country.
History
In December 2003, the Asianux project was initially started by two companies, Miracle Linux (Japan) and
Red Flag Software
Red Flag Linux () is a Linux distribution developed by Red Flag Software. The distribution logo is Tux carrying a prominent red flag. , the executive president of Red Flag Software is Jia Dong ().
Beside specialised solutions, Red Flag Lin ...
(China). HaanSoft (Korea) joined the project in October 2004 and development was started by these three companies. Asianux Co. was established in December 2007, and VietSoftware (Vietnam), WTEC (Thailand) and Enterprise Technology(Sri Lanka) also participated in the Asianux project. The product name was unified worldwide under the name "Asianux" and sold in each country. Then, the Asianux project was disbanded in September 2015.
Participated company
* Japan - Miracle Linux Co.,
CyberTrust Japan Co.ltd)
* China -
Red Flag Software Co., Ltd.
* South Korea -
Hancom
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In May 2017 Hancom lost a lawsuit in US Federal Court for ...
* Vietnam - VietSoftware, Inc.
* Thailand - WTEC Co., Ltd.
* Sri Lanka - Enterprise Technology Co., Ltd.
Release history
* June 30, 2004 - Asianux 1.0
* August 26, 2005 -Asianux 2.0
* September 18, 2007 - Asianux Server 3
* January 17, 2012 - Asianux Server 4
References
External links
Asianux website*
RPM-based Linux distributions
X86-64 Linux distributions
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