Misplaced Pages

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (February 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

COS (China Operating System) is a Linux kernel-based mobile operating system developed in China mainly targeting mobile devices, tablets and set-top boxes. It is being developed by the Institute of Software at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS) together with Shanghai Liantong Network Communications Technology to compete with foreign operating systems like iOS and Android. The operating system is based on Linux but the platform is closed source. Security and the risk of back doors in devices from foreign vendors are some of the main motivations for COS. Android had almost 90% of the smart phone market when COS was introduced and Apple most of the remaining market share. COS looks very similar to Android and has its own Application Portal much like Android Market and iOS App Store.

Licensing

The Linux kernel is GPLv2 and the COS framework is closed source and licensed by the originators.

Core OS

The COS Core operating system is based on the Linux kernel and can be seen as a Linux distribution, in the same way as the Android operating system.

API

According to the official statements, COS supports HTML5 based applications and Java based applications.

See also

• Kylin
• Linux Deepin
• Zorin OS
• StartOS
• Comparison of mobile operating systems
• List of free and open source Android applications

References

1. BREE FENG (17 January 2014). "China Unveils New Native Operating System". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

• Dong Le (30 January 2014). "China hopes to dispel 'copy others' reputation". BBC. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
• Jessica Lipsky (31 January 2014). "China Bets on Homegrown OS". EE Times. Retrieved 27 February 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Demonstration video

This operating-system-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

This Linux-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Mobile Linux
• ARM Linux distributions
• Linux distributions
• Operating system stubs
• Linux stubs