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| language=ko}}</ref> and later switched to modified versions of [[Microsoft Windows]] with [[North Korean language]] packs installed. <ref>{{cite news|title=North Korea's 'paranoid' computer operating system revealed|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/27/north-koreas-computer-operating-system-revealed-by-researchers|access-date=4 May 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=27 December 2015|language=en}}</ref>
Version 3.0 was released in the summer of 2013, but {{asof|2014|lc=y}}, version 1.0 continues to be more widely used.{{Verify source|date=November 2021}} It is only available in [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Internationalization and localization|localized]] with [[North–South differences in the Korean language|North Korean terminology and spelling]].<ref name="Daum">{{citation
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| language=ko}}</ref>, although it is possible to change it to English by modifying the [[ISO file]] or on the [[BIOS boot partition|BIOS boot menu]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-01 |title=Notes on Red Star OS 3.0 |url=https://messaroundery.net/2015/01/01/notes-on-red-star-os-3-0 |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=messaroundery.net |language=en}}</ref>
==Specifications==
Red Star OS features a modified [[Mozilla Firefox]] browser called [[Naenara (browser)|''Naenara'']] ("
The operating system utilizes customized versions of [[KDE Software Compilation]]. Earlier versions had [[KDE 3]]-based desktops. Version 3.0 closely resembles [[Apple Inc.|Apple]]'s [[macOS]], whereas previous versions more closely resembled [[Windows XP]];<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-26047439|title=Apple's Mac OSX imitated in latest North Korea system|date=2014-02-05|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-08-31|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/10619703/North-Korean-computers-get-Apple-makeover.html|title=North Korean computers get 'Apple' makeover|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2017-08-31|language=en}}</ref> current North Korean leader [[Kim Jong-un]] was seen with an [[iMac]] on his desk in a 2013 photo, indicating a possible connection to the redesign.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26047439| title=Apple's Mac OS X imitated in latest North Korea system| date=2014-02-05| publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref><ref name=telegraph-redstarapple>{{cite web|title=North Korean computers get 'Apple' makeover|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/10619703/North-Korean-computers-get-Apple-makeover.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=5 February 2014 |access-date=6 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=North Korean computers get iMac makeover|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/blue-sky-north-korea-computer-resembles-an-imac-2015-6?r=US&IR=T|work=Business Insider|access-date=2022-07-07}}</ref>
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==Media attention==
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The Japan-based [[North Korea]]-affiliated newspaper ''[[Choson Sinbo]]'' interviewed two Red Star OS programmers in June 2006.<ref name="ChosonSinbo"/> English-language technology blogs, including [[Engadget]] and [[OSnews]], as well as South Korean [[news agency|wire services]] such as [[Yonhap]], went on to repost the content.<ref name="Daum" /><ref>{{citation
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* [https://github.com/takeshixx/redstar-tools redstar-tools]: A tool used for analyzing the system.
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