RAYS Linux (previously Sun Wah Linux) was a Chinese
Debian-based
Linux
Linux ( or ) is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution, w ...
distribution.
Development and distribution
Sunwah Linux was a
Debian-based distribution. It was the first Chinese Linux distribution to receive
Linux Standard Base
The Linux Standard Base (LSB) was a joint project by several Linux distributions under the organizational structure of the Linux Foundation to standardize the software system structure, including the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard used in the ...
(LSB) certification. The system architecture was designed in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
and the programming was developed in
Nanjing
Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...
. The distribution was sponsored by the Sunwah Group in Hong Kong and the
Jiangsu
Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its ca ...
Provincial Government of China.
Sunwah - PearL Linux (abbreviated SWP), the technology training entity of the group, has been providing research assistance, testing, and training support for the distribution. SWP is a joint establishment of the
Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Sunwah Group.
In 2005, Sunwah Linux was installed in over 140,000 PCs in primary and secondary schools in China.
Awards
In April 2006, Sunwah Linux won the Best Linux Desktop Application Award at the
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo
LinuxWorld Conference and Expo (renamed to OpenSource World in its final year) was a conference and trade show that focused on open source and Linux solutions in the information technology sector. It ran from 1998 to 2009, in venues around th ...
in
Boston
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. According to 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."{{fact, date=March 2021
References
Largest Asian Linux Rollout Ever: 140,000-Plus PCs Deploying to Chinese Schools Teaching Children To Love LinuxChinese Ed. Dept. in Major Linux BuyDebian Debuts in China
See also
* Sunwah – PearL Linux
External links
OpenRAYS.org, the community website of the distribution
at the Internet Archive
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, January 2014
SunWah Linux, the official website of the distribution
at the Internet Archive
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, February 2015
RAYS
at DistroWatch
Debian-based distributions
Discontinued Linux distributions
Chinese-language Linux distributions
Linux distributions