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Red Star OS spotted in North Korea
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| Today the BBC has reported about a study
| from South Korea's Science and Technology
| Policy Institute, which warned that the Red
| Star software is designed to increase
| government control over its citizens and
| their access to technology and the
| Internet. What? In North Korea?
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1599792/red-star-os-spotted-north-korea
NK Goes for Linux-Based Operating System
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| According to researchers at South Korea's
| Science and Technology Policy Institute
| (STEPI), North Korea's Linux-based "RED
| Star" software is mainly designed to
| monitor the Web behavior of its citizens
| and control information made available to
| them.
|
| However, the computer operating system does
| represent North Korean efforts to advance
| its computer technology, which lags as a
| result of the country's isolation, relying
| on Linux and other open-source software,
| said Kim Jong-seon, a STEPI researcher.
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2010/04/123_63669.html
PRESS DIGEST - South Korean newspapers - April 6
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| North Korea is expanding the use of its
| Linux-based operating system "Red Star"
| developed in 2002, into diverse areas and
| it is currently using its software to
| monitor citizens' Web behaviour, said a
| researcher for the South Korea's Science
| and Technology Policy Institute.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE63405Z20100406
North Korean operating system better than Windows
http://trueslant.com/michaelpeck/2010/04/06/north-korean-operating-system-better-than-windows/
Windows, Linux Get Knocked-Off
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| Of course the operating system wouldnât be
| complete without numerous programs that
| allow North Korean authorities to watch
| what users are doing and of keep outsiders
| from getting in.
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http://www.lfpress.com/blogs/techblog/2010/04/06/13481221.html
Setting the record straight on sudo
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| To begin with, there is nothing wrong with
| using the root account if it is your system or
| youâre the administrator. Secondly, using sudo
| instead of a root shell is not more insecure.
| Thatâs simply ludicrous. The only difference
| is that with one you require knowing rootâs
| password, and with the other you need to know
| your own password. If you are in the habit of
| using poor passwords, yes, this could bite you
| â but if you are already in the habit of using
| poor passwords, whatâs to say that the root
| password isnât just as bad?
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http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=1415
Recent:
KDE in North Korea
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| I just saw an article about North Korean
| Linux distro, named "ëìë" from Russian
| blog. Although I don't know anything about
| distro's base, who developed and
| translated, who packaged, etc. The
| interesting part is that this distribution
| is using KDE, release 3.x. Also it is
| translated in "North" Korean standard,
| which is different from "South" Korean
| standard, especially in technological
| terms. North uses loanwords from Russian
| language, while South uses them from
| English. North try to keep pure Korean
| terms, South widely adopted foreign
| loanwords. As of linguistic and real
| world, maybe also political
| difference(south and north can't
| communicate), we can't mix and match the
| translation.
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http://en.peremen.name/entry/kde-in-north-korea
Report: North Korea Develops Own Linux Distribution
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| North Korea has reportedly developed its
| own version of the Linux operating with a
| graphical user interface that closely
| resembles Microsoft Windows.
|
| A copy of the North Korean Linux
| distribution, called Red Star, was
| purchased in Pyongyang for US$5 by a
| Russian student named Mikhail, who then
| posted a brief review of it on his blog
| using the Russian embassy's Internet
| connection, according to the English-
| language Web site of Russia Today, a
| Russian television news channel.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/190776/report_north_korea_develops_own_linux_distribution.html
N. Korea develops own OS
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| North Korea's self-developed software
| operating system named the "Red Star" was
| brought to light for the first time by a
| Russian satellite broadcaster yesterday.
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http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2010/03/04/201003040036.asp
North Koreaâs âsecret cyber-weaponâ: brand new Red Star OS
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| Not only does North Korea have âits own
| Internetâ â a national information network
| independent from the US-based Internet
| regulator â it also has an operating system,
| developed under by order of Kim Jong-il.
|
| Russian student Mikhail, who studies in the
| Kim Il-sung University and writes a blog from
| the Russian embassy in Pyongyang, has
| recently purchased the Red Star Operating
| System (OS) and tested it. Courtesy of
| Mikhail, RT gives you an opportunity to take
| glimpse at IT life of worldâs most closed
| country.
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http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-03-01/north-korea-cyber-weapon.html
Red Star OS: Linux distro from North Korea
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| North Korea has had its own internet from a
| long time now. Their internet is free of any
| American influence and now, they have their
| own operating system to power that internet.
| The Red Star OS is a Linux based OS,
| developed by orders from Kim Jong-il.
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http://techie-buzz.com/linux-news/red-star-os-linux-distro-north-korea.html
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