Asianux is a Linux distribution

Linux distribution

A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...

. It is a joint development between Linux vendors Red Flag Software

Red Flag Linux

Red Flag Linux is a Chinese Linux distribution developed by Red Flag Software. Red Flag's logo is Tux carrying a prominent red flag.The current executive president of Red Flag Software is Jia Dong .-Description:...

 of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

, Miracle Linux

Miracle Linux

Miracle Linux is a Linux distribution developed by Miracle Linux Co., Ltd., a company which Oracle Corporation owns 50.5 percent stock. Originally, it was designed to be an OS with good support of Oracle Database...

 of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 (50.5-percent owned by Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation

Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...

), Haansoft of South Korea

South Korea

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, VietSoftware of Vietnam

Vietnam

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 (from September 2007), WTEC from Thailand

Thailand

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 (from December 2008) and Enterprise Technology (Pvt) Limited of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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 (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

United Linux

United Linux was an attempt by a consortium of Linux distributors to create a common base distribution for enterprise use, so as to minimize duplication of engineering effort and form an effective competitor to Red Hat...

, an attempt by SUSE

SUSE Linux distributions

SUSE Linux is a computer operating system. It is built on top of the open source Linux kernel and is distributed with system and application software from other open source projects. SUSE Linux is of German origin and mainly developed in Europe. The first version appeared in early 1994, making...

, Turbolinux

Turbolinux

-Linux distribution:The Turbolinux distribution was created as a rebranded Red Hat distribution by Pacific HiTech employee Scott Stone. Scott was the lead release engineer through version 3.6....

, Conectiva

Conectiva

Conectiva was a company founded on August 28, 1995, in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, by a group of friends, among them Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, who was a pioneer in the distribution of Linux and open source software in Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish and English for all of Latin America...

 and the SCO Group

SCO Group

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 to take on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Release history

The current release version of Asianux is 4.0 (2011).

Another earlier release version of Asianux is 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.