NeoKylin is the Linux OS China built to look like Windows XP
When Microsoft finally announced that official support for Windows XP was coming to an end, China wasn't happy. At the time, Windows accounted for 91 percent market share on the desktop, compared to seven percent for OS X and just over one percent for Linux. Calling it "fairly expensive," China wasn't too keen to upgrade to Windows 8 either, or pay for extended support like the US Navy has.
To solve these issues, and "wean its IT sector off Western software," China decided to create its own OS. At first, this involved partnering with Canonical to create Ubuntu Kylin, a heavily localised version of Ubuntu for the Chinese market. However, since then the government has been championing a new OS, one that's entirely home grown, and one that's eerily familiar to millions of users.
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