It has been found that self-developed operating systems are in use in an increasing number of PCs sold in China. At present, the Chinese government is encouraging the use of the Kylin OS, which is based on the Linux Ubuntu, in government agencies. It has worked on independent operating systems since 2010 for security reasons and import substitution purposes and has come up with the Ubuntu Kylin for PC use and the China OS for mobile use two years ago. The Kylin is currently being employed as a server OS, an embedded OS and an IoT OS, too.
As of now, 42 percent of the Dell PCs sold in China come with the Ubuntu Kylin, whose version 15.10 is said to have a very high level of compatibility, and the other PC suppliers are increasing the ratio of the OS as well. This is very noteworthy in that the Linux OS has a market share of approximately 1 percent worldwide.
Under the circumstances, the Microsoft Windows’ share in the Chinese PC OS market is likely to show a substantial decrease from 90 percent in the near future. The Chinese government is trying to reduce China’s dependence on Microsoft, too. For example, Chinese financial companies using imported software are legally obligated to submit their source codes.