Sunwah Linux (rays Linux Distribution)

Sunwah Linux (previously spelled as Sun Wah Linux) is internationally known as Sunwah Linux, and in the mainland China being known as its rays Linux Desktop Distribution. It is a Chinese Linux desktop distribution specifically addresses the Chinese localization need in. the handling and translation between the Unicode, Big 5 & various versions of Guobiao (or abbreviationGB) character encoding.

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Evolvement

It is a Debian based distribution. It was the first Chinese Linux distribution got the Linux Standard Base (LSB) certification. The system architecture was being designed in Hong Kong and the programming has been developing in Nanjing (a city of the mainland China).

The distribution was being sponsored by the Sunwah Group in Hong Kong and the Jiangsu Provincial Government of the China.

The distribution can be download at the Open Rays community website.

Sunwah - PearL Linux (or abbreviation SWP), the technology training entity of the group, on the other hand has been providing research assistant, testing and training support to the distribution. SWP is a joint establishment of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Sunwah Group.

The Largest Linux Desktop Rollout

In 2005, Sunwah Linux was being installed in over 140,000 PC in primary and secondary schools in the China. It is being the world’s largest Linux desktop rollout to the date of this article was being edited.

Awards

In April 2006, it won the Best Linux Desktop Application Award at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in Boston. According to Mr. 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.”

Since then, the distribution also won several other Chinese National and Hong Kong awards.

References

* [http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/linux/sun-wah-linux-chosen-chinese-government-largest-linux-desktop-roll-out-chinas-history Sun Wah Linux Chosen by Chinese Government for the Largest Linux Desktop Roll-Out in China's History]
* [http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4254330887.html China to install 142,000 Linux PCs in classrooms]
* [http://www.linuxtoday.com/news/2005100402426NWDTPB Largest Asian Linux Rollout Ever: 140,000-Plus PCs Deploying to Chinese Schools]
* [http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171204555 Teaching Children To Love Linux]
* [http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3554286 Chinese Ed. Dept. in Major Linux Buy]
* [http://www.news.com/The-business-of-Linux-in-China/2008-7344_3-6060122.html The business of Linux in China]
* [http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2430101335.html China's Sun Wah Linux revs up]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_August_9/ai_n14873199 First Debian-based Operating System In China]
* [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-3728966/VA-Linux-and-China-based.html VA Linux and China-based Sun Wah Linux Form Strategic Alliance to Build Universal OS Infrastructure.]
* [http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200503/02/eng20050302_175170.html Linux developers from China, Japan to develop Universal OS infrastructure]
* [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/BUSINESS/asia/07/05/hk.linuxshare/ China's Linux coders not sharing, says Red Hat]
* [http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3527151 Debian Debuts in China]
* [http://www.iso10646.hkpc.org/b5_CmpInfo.asp?ref=0000000006 Hong Kong Productivity Council ISO 10646 product list]
* [http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/LSB_Distribution_Status LSB Distribution Status]

External links

* [http://openrays.org/ Open rays, the community website of the distribution]
* [http://www.swpearl.com (SWP) Sunwah - PearL Linux]