Unity Operating System (also known as Unified Operating System or UOS, ) is a Chinese

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developed by UnionTech () based on

Deepin Deepin (stylized as deepin; formerly known as Linux Deepin and Hiweed Linux) is a Linux distribution based on the Debian "stable" branch. It features the Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), built on Qt and available for a variety of distribution ...

, which is based on

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. It is used in China as part of a government initiative beginning in 2019 to replace foreign-made software such as Microsoft Windows with domestic products.

Development

Three versions are currently under development, a

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for regular users (Deepin), another for enterprises (UOS) and a

server Server may refer to: Computing *Server (computing), a computer program or a device that provides functionality for other programs or devices, called clients Role * Waiting staff, those who work at a restaurant or a bar attending customers and su ...

version (UOS). A first

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version was released in and can be downloaded from the official website. A first stable version was released on 14 January 2020.

Support

The operating system is primarily aimed at the Chinese market and is intended to replace Microsoft Windows in the country by 2022, also known as "3-5-2 policy". So far, the focus has therefore been primarily on

in house Outsourcing is an agreement in which one company hires another company to be responsible for a planned or existing activity which otherwise is or could be carried out internally, i.e. in-house, and sometimes involves transferring employees and ...

hardware such as that from the

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company

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. There the whole KX-6000 series is already supported by the desktop version as well as the KH-30000 series for server version. Broad support is planned, so platforms such as

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are also to be supported.

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UOS

UnionTech
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