China’s preferred desktop Linux, openKylin, chases the AI PC in version 2.0

Developers behind openKylin, the desktop Linux distro backed by China's National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center, have decided local users need to take advantage of Intel's Meteor Lake silicon and the neural processing units it includes, tuning the latest release of the OS to Chipzilla's AI PC SoC. …

[amajadedcynicaloldfart]

What!

"National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center"

Just trips of the tongue doesn't it! Not much of an acronym either.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: What!

Might sound better in the original Chinese I suppose

[Wolfclaw]

and the included AI bypasses the need to be arrested, being found guilty by a judge and sends you directly to re-educational facilities.

[pavlecom]

.. moreover

Huawei - HarmonyOS Next - PC is coming this year with full Ai features. That's something.

[Pascal Monett]

China has access to Intel's Meteor Lake silicon ?

I thought the White House had banned China from getting the best goodies. So that must mean that Meteor Lake silicon is not considered high-tech enough to ban China from getting it.

Interesting. One would think that anything AI would be considered too sensitive to be given to China these days.

[Benegesserict Cumbersomberbatch]

Free as in speech

Curious to know what the point of view of the CCP is about putting strong encryption, as built into both the CPU and the kernel, into the hands of ordinary citizens.

Even if the modules / software aren't distributed with the distro, knowing that conversations that the government cannot read are only a bash script away sounds like exactly the sort of thing that makes Xi paranoid nervous.

[3arn0wl]

Meh

For all the Chinese government's encouragement, Chinese Linux desktop* market share sadly languishes at 1.33% - not even in the Top50 of countries using Linux desktop OSs.

Will this initiative improve matters?

* I realise other form factors may be more popular, but they won't boot Kylin.

https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/china