RAYS Linux (previously Sun Wah Linux) was a Chinese

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-based

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distribution.

Development and distribution

Sunwah Linux was a

-based distribution. It was the first Chinese Linux distribution to receive

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(LSB) certification. The system architecture was designed in

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and the programming was developed in

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. The distribution was sponsored by the Sunwah Group in Hong Kong and the

Jiangsu Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...

Provincial Government of China.

Sunwah - PearL Linux Sun Wah may refer to: * Sun Wah BBQ, a restaurant in Chicago * Sunwah - PearL Linux * Sunwah Linux (rays Linux Distribution) * UniHan IME {{Disambiguation ...

(abbreviated SWP), the technology training entity of the group, has been providing research assistance, testing, and training support for the distribution. SWP is a joint establishment of the

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and the Sunwah Group. In 2005, Sunwah Linux was installed in over 140,000 PCs in primary and secondary schools in China.

Awards

In April 2006, Sunwah Linux won the Best Linux Desktop Application Award at the

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. According to Albert Chung, who presented the distribution to the judges, "The competition was fierce. We were proud of our Chinese Linux desktop distribution being recognized by industry experts and judges."

References

Largest Asian Linux Rollout Ever: 140,000-Plus PCs Deploying to Chinese Schools Teaching Children To Love LinuxChinese Ed. Dept. in Major Linux BuyDebian Debuts in China

External links

OpenRAYS.org, the community website of the distribution
at the

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, January 2014
SunWah Linux, the official website of the distribution
at the

, February 2015
RAYS
at DistroWatch {{Linux distributions Debian-based distributions Discontinued Linux distributions Chinese-language Linux distributions Linux distributions

Development and distribution

Awards

References

See also

External links