Unity Operating System (also known as Unified Operating System[2] or UOS,
Chinese: 统一操作系统) is a Chinese
Linux distribution developed by UnionTech (
Chinese: 统信软件, Tǒngxìn) based on
Deepin,[3] which is based on
Debian. It is used in
China as part of a government initiative beginning in 2019 to replace foreign-made software such as
Microsoft Windows with domestic products.[4][5]
Development
Three versions are currently under development, a
desktop for regular users (Deepin), another for enterprises (UOS) and a
server version (UOS).[6] A first
beta version was released in December 2019 and can be downloaded from the official website.[7][8] A first
stable version was released on 14 January 2020.[3][9]
Support
The operating system is primarily aimed at the Chinese market and is intended to replace
Microsoft Windows in the country by 2022,[10][11][12] also known as "3-5-2 policy".[13] So far, the focus has therefore been primarily on
in house hardware such as that from the
semiconductor company
Zhaoxin. The whole
KX-6000 series is already supported by the desktop version as well as the KH-30000 series for server version.[2]
It was reported on July 23, 2022 that the operating system could support HarmonyOS app file format,
hap .app.[14]
Broad support is planned, so platforms such as
Loongson,
Sunway or
ARM are also to be supported.[15][1]