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Asianux

Screenshot of the Asianux operating system - version 2.0

OS family Linux (Unix-like)
Latest release 7.0 (Lotus) / July 24, 2015; 5 years ago
License Various
Official website Asianux website

Asianux was a Linux distribution. It is a joint development between Linux vendors Red Flag
Software of China, Miracle Linux of Japan (50.5-percent owned by Oracle Corporation),
Hancom of South Korea, VietSoftware of Vietnam (from September 2007), WTEC from
Thailand (from December 2008)[1] and Enterprise Technology (Pvt) Limited of Sri Lanka (from
July 2010). It is distributed and marketed by Red Flag Software and Miracle. Asianux is
designed as a core component or basis for a Linux distribution, which would be released by
related companies as their own distributions with distinct features. Localized languages include
Chinese, Japanese, Korean and English. Comparisons have been drawn between Asianux and
United Linux, an attempt by SUSE, Turbolinux, Conectiva and the SCO Group to take on Red
Hat Enterprise Linux.[2]

Release history
The current release version of Asianux is 7.0 (2015), other earlier releases were version 4.0 (July
18, 2011) and version 3.0 (September 22, 2007).

An earlier release version of Asianux was 2.0 (August 31, 2005), which was based upon Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4. The initial release was Asianux 1.0, released in 2004. Asianux 1.0 was based
upon Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

References
1.

 "Asianux Concludes Triumphant Year, Welcomes Fifth Member". Asia Corporate News
Network. 2008-12-22.

2.  Ladislav Bodnar (2004-06-23). "A First Look at Asianux 1.0". LWN.net.

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Author: Irfan Habib

Last month, Chinese Red Flag Software, Japanese Miracle Linux, and South Korean HaanSoft jointly
released the GNU/Linux-based operating system Asianux 2.0. The three companies will package and sell
Asianux 2.0 under their individual brand names.

A single unified Linux standard in Asia could promote the uptake of Linux on the continent at
the expense of Microsoft Windows. The distribution has already won a major contract for
deployment at South Korea’s National Education Information System (NEIS) project, where a
system is being developed to handle student records for 10,000 schools across the country.

Asianux is not a distribution in the sense that its three vendors will sell it in a single packaged
form; rather it is meant to be a platform upon which the vendors will build their own products.

The creation of a pan-Asian standard could encourage software and hardware companies to
certify their products on Linux, since they will no longer need to support multiple versions of the
open source operating system. Asianux’s three vendors have set up an ISV certification and
support program, and more than 40 hardware and application vendors have signed up for
certification, including AMD, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, NEC, and China’s Langchao. On the
software front, backers for Asianux include Trend Micro, Sophos, and Computer Associates.

Oracle, which owns a majority stake in Miracle Linux, is the only business software developer so
far to put its full weight behind the new Linux operating system. At its China conference, Oracle
said Asianux will be one of the three Linux flavors it will support as part of its “Unbreakable
Linux” marketing campaign.

Oracle will now provide worldwide, round-the-clock joint technical support for customers who
have implemented Asianux alongside Oracle’s 10g offerings. Previously, such perks were
limited to companies that have used Oracle products on Linux distributions from Red Hat and
Novell’s SUSE Linux.
First impressions

To see how much of the introductory hoopla was hype and hot air, I download the ISOs to test
the distribution. From the installation, it looks as if Asianux is a sort of mirror image of Red Hat
Enterprise. Its installer is based on Anaconda, which makes the installation easy for a layperson.
It offers help all the way and hardware autodetection.

Asianux comes packaged with 3.3GB of software, including KDE and GNOME desktops, with a
strong emphasis on language tools, especially for Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. Asianux is an
RPM-based distribution that comes with an installation tool that helps users install, upgrade, and
remove binary RPM applications.

My first problem with Asianux occurred soon after my first startup. The X server wouldn’t load
the graphics card driver. However, a few changes to the Xorg.conf file got my X server working.
When the desktop loading was complete, the user interface looked remarkably similar to that of
Microsoft Windows.

The desktop features My Documents Folder, My Computer, a Start button, a Recycle Bin, and a
start menu and Control Panel similar to that of Windows. In other words, Asianux appears to be
attempting to copy Windows using open source software, presumably to maximize the ease of
Windows-to-Linux migration.

Asianux comes prepackaged with SELinux, which is an extension to the Linux kernel that
enforces mandatory access control. With an SELinux-enabled Linux distribution, you can define
explicit rules about which subjects (users or programs) can access which objects (files or
devices). You can think of it as an internal firewall, which gives you the ability to separate
programs, thereby ensuring a high level of security within the operating system.

Asianux also supports common networking technologies such as Network Information System,
LDAP, Heisod, Winbind, Kerberos, and SMP.

A competitor to enterprise Linux distros?

Despite its ostentatious goal of becoming “the” Asian Linux, Asianux enters an Asian Linux
market that is already extremely competitive, with Novell SUSE, Turbolinux, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux, and The Sun Wah Linux Distribution, which are all jostling for a piece of Asia’s Linux
market.

The three Asianux companies have plans to expand the distro’s reach and introduce Malaysian
and Indian companies to its fold. If they can successfully execute this strategy, Asianux will
expand to a larger portion of Asia. If the companies build on Asianux as a common platform, and
localize it, it will provide a definite edge to the distribution over other Asian distributions. In the
current climate in Asia, where piracy is rampant, Asianux won’t take market share away from
Windows, since to Windows users, Asianux looks no different than their current operating
system, and both come at the same price.
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About Asianux
Started in December 2003, the Asianux project is a unique software
business project which is based on the concepts of a ‘4-CO’ business
model: co-development, co-brand, co-support and co-marketing. The
Asianux Consortium aims to co-develop a unified Linux platform. Its
members so far are Red Flag Co., Ltd. (China), Miracle Linux
Corporation (Japan), HANCOM Inc. (Korea), VietSoftw are Inc. (Vietnam)
and Enterprise Technology (Pvt) Ltd (Sri Lanka). After 6 years striving in the Linux
industry, Asianux has consolidated its position and is now the third biggest vendor
in the world and the first in Asia.
In December 2007, the Asianux Corporation was established by the 3
members of the Asianux Consortium: Red Flag, Miracle and HANCOM.
Integrating the financial, managing, technological and human
resources of its 3 companies, the Asianux Corporation develops,
markets, and distributes a Linux Operating System, covering server
and mobile devices on the Asian OSS market.

Asianux latest products are Asianux Server 3 for server platforms and
Asianux Mobile Midinux@ 2.0 for MID platforms.

Asianux brings together the best development staff and know-how

from leading enterprises from all over Asia to establish a Linux
standard for the Asian market.
About Members

Red Flag Software Co., Ltd.

 
Since its founding in June 2000, Red Flag Software has been rapidly and firmly
growing to become the largest Linux company in Asia with more than 150
employees. Under their headquarters located in Beijing, there are two subsidiaries
in Guangzhou and Shanghai, and well-established sales channels and service
networks are deployed nationwide. The product line includes high-end Linux server
OSs, cluster systems, desktop OSs, embedded systems, technical support services
and trainings. Red Flag Linux has been adopted by many various  industries :
governmental, educational or financial organisations but also in telecommunications,
media, insurance, transport, logistics, or China Post for example.

Miracle Linux Corporation.

 
Miracle Linux Co. is a dedicated Linux distributor for the server Operating System
(OS) market in Japan, and since its foundation in June 2000 it has played an
important role in promoting Linux for Japanese enterprise users. Through its
product, also named MIRACLE LINUX, it has empowered Linux not only as a cost-
effective OS but also as an enabler to drive business forward. Adopting “Customer
First” as its slogan, Miracle Linux offers a rich variety of support and service, from
system consultation to end-user support, in order to satisfy even the most
demanding requirements from its customers. In particular, its specialty in kernel
hacking and localization is highly regarded among the industry. Furthermore,
Miracle Linux is an enthusiastic admirer of Open Source Software (OSS) and it has
been actively participating in numerous OSS projects run by the Japan Information-
Technology Promotion Agency (IPA) and other OSS communities.

Hancom Inc.
 
Recognized as a national icon in Korea, Hancom is the leading software vendor in
Korea represented by its overwhelming success in the word processor market. Since
its inception in 1990, over 10 million copies of Hangul word processor has been
sold. Moreover, with the development of Hancom Office in 2004, it has been
nibbling at Microsoft's dominance in the local Office Suite market. 

Hancom is the first listed company on KOSDAQ

On the Linux front, Hancom has developed a variety of Linux solutions, such as

Asianux, Office suites for Linux (Hancom office for domestic market and Thinkfree
Office for worldwide market), and Workdesk as a groupware. As a leading Linux
company in Korea, Hancom has 90% market share in public sector. Currently
Hancom will try to expand the business items with variety open source software .

VietSoftware Inc.
 
VietSoftware, Inc. was established in March 2000 as a software company
specializing in international outsourcing for foreign companies and software
development for the Vietnam market. Since 2004, the company has been structured
as a group of IT companies totalling more than 250 employees and operating in the
most dynamic fields of information technology; VietSoftware specializes in software
development and services, VietSoftware International in software outsourcing, BPO
Alliant in software and IT training, Viettech in CAD/CAM/CAE, CyberVietnam in
Internet business and e-commerce, and MobizCom in online payment technology.
The company group has been recently re-structured to become an IT company
group under the name of VSI Corporation. VietSoftware is a member of VSI
Corporation.

Enterprise Technology (Pvt) Ltd (ETPL)

 
Enterprise Technology (Pvt) Ltd (ETPL) is a leading System Integrator and
Information and Communication Technology Solution Provider in Sri Lanka
promoting Asianux as a Server Operating System in Sri Lanka. Since its foundation
in 1996, ETPL has played an important role in promoting Linux based solutions for
Sri Lankan Corporate customers. ETPL clientele includes some of the Largest
Government and Private Sector Corporate in Sri Lanka such as Sri Lanka Ports
Authority, Sri Lanka Telecom, Ministry of Education, University of Colombo,
University of Jaffna, Dialog Telekom, Etisalat and many others. ETPL also partners
with many ICT products such as HP, EMC, Cisco Systems and build solutions of Next
Generation Networks, DataCenters, Contact Centers and Business Process Systems.
ETPL is a fully owned subsidiary of Olancom (Pvt) Limited. Olancom, an ERI member
company, is the largest ecommerce operator in Sri Lanka having transacted nearly
Rs 10 billion in online sales globally over the past few years.

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To start the installation of Asianux Server 3, the user needs to boot installation program.
Two methods can beused: CD booting or floppy booting.
2.1Booting installation program Use the following methods to boot
the installation program of Asianux Server 3, according to the difference of thesystem
hardware and the installation medium to be used.
2.1Booting from a CDBooting and installing from CD is the most direct
method to install Asianux Server 3. It requires that the user hasthe system installation CD,
the user has decided to choose CD as the installation medium, and the computersupports
booting from CDBegin by setting the BIOS boot order to boot from the CD-ROM first. If the
user’s computer does not support CD booting, please refer to"Installation mode of Asianux"
2.2Booting from a USB flash driveIf the computer does not support
booting from CD, the user needs to use an alternate installation boot device. Theimage file
of the installation boot disk is the file /images/diskboot.img on the first CD. Before using the
installation boot disk, the user has to set the BIOS of the system to boot USB flash drive
first.If an installation boot disk is needed, the user should make preparation in advance. For
the detailed information ofmaking a boot disk, please refer to chapter 1.4:Making an
installation boot disk11
There is no essential relationship between the medium used to boot the system and the
install iscompleted from. After booting from CD, the user can also choose to install from
hard disk oracross the network. After using the first CD of Asianux Server 3 to boot system,
input “linuxaskmethod” after the prompt “boot:”. The interface ask the user to choose the
installationmedium. 2.3 Boot successfully Whichever method is used, an
installation startup interface will appear after booting successfully. The hints andthe prompt
“boot:” will appear on the screen，and then the user can enter the graphics-mode
installation interfaceafter pressing <Enter> or just waiting for a while.Boot media start
interfaceTo use text installation mode, input “linux text” after the prompt “boot:”, and then
press <Enter>.To use expert installation mode, input “linux expert” after the prompt “boot:”,
and then press <Enter>.It is suggested to use the graphical mode; because it has friendly
interface and can be operated easily. And it alsosupplies the LVM configuration which is not
provides under the text mode. 12