<s>
Kylin	B-Application
(	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
academics	O
at	O
the	O
National	O
University	O
of	O
Defense	O
Technology	O
in	O
the	O
People	O
's	O
Republic	O
of	O
China	O
since	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
versions	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
were	O
intended	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
the	O
Chinese	O
military	O
and	O
other	O
government	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
version	O
3.0	O
Kylin	B-Application
became	O
Linux-based	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
version	O
called	O
NeoKylin	B-Application
which	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2019	O
NeoKylin	B-Application
variant	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
4,000	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
products	O
and	O
it	O
ships	O
pre-installed	O
on	O
most	O
computers	O
sold	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Together	O
,	O
Kylin	B-Application
and	O
Neokylin	B-Application
have	O
90%	O
market	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
government	O
sector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
separate	O
project	O
using	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
as	O
the	O
base	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Kylin	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2020	O
,	O
v10	O
of	O
Kylin	B-Application
OS	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2022	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	O
version	O
of	O
Kylin	B-Application
,	O
titled	O
openKylin	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Kylin	B-Application
began	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
National	O
University	O
of	O
Defense	O
Technology	O
was	O
assigned	O
the	O
mission	O
of	O
developing	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
under	O
the	O
863	O
Program	O
intended	O
to	O
make	O
China	O
independent	O
of	O
foreign	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
was	O
"	O
to	O
support	O
several	O
kinds	O
of	O
server	O
platforms	O
,	O
to	O
achieve	O
high	O
performance	O
,	O
high	O
availability	O
and	O
high	O
security	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
conforming	O
to	O
international	O
standards	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
using	O
a	O
hierarchy	O
model	O
,	O
including	O
"	O
the	O
basic	O
kernel	O
layer	O
which	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Mach	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
system	O
service	O
layer	O
which	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
desktop	O
environment	O
which	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
Windows	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
the	O
UNIX	B-Application
standards	O
and	O
to	O
be	O
compatible	O
with	O
Linux	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2006	O
,	O
"	O
China	O
Military	O
Online	O
"	O
(	O
a	O
website	O
sponsored	O
by	O
PLA	O
Daily	O
of	O
the	O
Chinese	O
People	O
's	O
Liberation	O
Army	O
)	O
reported	O
the	O
"	O
successful	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
Kylin	B-Application
server	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
"	O
,	O
which	O
it	O
said	O
was	O
"	O
the	O
first	O
64-bit	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
with	O
high	O
security	O
level	O
(	O
B2	O
class	O
)	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
without	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
that	O
has	O
obtained	O
Linux	B-Application
global	O
standard	O
authentification	O
by	O
the	O
international	O
Free	O
Standards	O
Group	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2006	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
Kylin	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
was	O
largely	O
based	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
5.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
anonymous	O
Chinese	O
student	O
in	O
Australia	O
,	O
who	O
used	O
the	O
pseudonym	O
"	O
Dancefire	O
"	O
,	O
carried	O
out	O
a	O
kernel	O
similarity	O
analysis	O
and	O
showed	O
that	O
the	O
similarities	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
reached	O
99.45	O
percent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
Kylin	B-Application
's	O
developers	O
confirmed	O
that	O
Kylin	B-Application
was	O
based	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
during	O
a	O
speech	O
at	O
the	O
international	O
conference	O
EuroBSDCon	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
a	O
report	O
presented	O
to	O
the	O
US-China	O
Economic	O
and	O
Security	O
Review	O
Commission	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
Kylin	B-Application
is	O
to	O
make	O
Chinese	O
computers	O
impenetrable	O
to	O
competing	O
countries	O
in	O
the	O
cyberwarfare	O
arena	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
deployment	O
of	O
Kylin	B-Application
was	O
said	O
to	O
have	O
"	O
hardened	O
key	O
Chinese	O
servers	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
version	O
3.0	O
,	O
Kylin	B-Application
has	O
used	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
kernel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
China	O
Standard	O
Software	O
and	O
the	O
National	O
University	O
of	O
Defense	O
Technology	O
had	O
signed	O
a	O
strategic	O
partnership	O
to	O
launch	O
a	O
version	O
called	O
NeoKylin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
China	O
Standard	O
Software	O
is	O
the	O
maker	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
NeoShine	O
Linux	B-Application
"	O
desktop	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NeoKylin	B-Application
is	O
intended	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
government	O
offices	O
,	O
national	O
defense	O
,	O
energy	O
and	O
other	O
sectors	O
of	O
the	O
Chinese	O
economy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Bloomberg	O
News	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
northeastern	O
city	O
of	O
Siping	O
had	O
migrated	O
its	O
computers	O
from	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
to	O
NeoKylin	B-Application
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
government	O
effort	O
to	O
shift	O
computer	O
technology	O
to	O
Chinese	O
suppliers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2015	O
US	O
computer	O
maker	O
Dell	O
reported	O
that	O
42%	O
of	O
personal	O
computers	O
they	O
sold	O
in	O
China	O
were	O
now	O
running	O
NeoKylin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
of	O
the	O
Tianhe-1	B-Device
supercomputer	O
is	O
64-bit	O
Kylin	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
oriented	O
to	O
high-performance	O
parallel	O
computing	O
optimization	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
power	O
management	O
and	O
high-performance	O
virtual	O
computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newer	O
Tianhe-2	B-Device
also	O
uses	O
Kylin	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Canonical	O
reached	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Industry	O
and	O
Information	O
Technology	O
of	O
the	O
People	O
's	O
Republic	O
of	O
China	O
to	O
release	O
an	O
Ubuntu-based	O
Linux	B-Application
OS	I-Application
with	O
features	O
targeted	O
at	O
the	O
Chinese	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Kylin	B-Application
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
loose	O
continuation	O
of	O
China	O
's	O
Kylin	B-Application
OS	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
official	O
release	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Kylin	B-Application
13.04	O
,	O
was	O
on	O
25	O
April	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
