Newsbytes

China is set to upgrade a significant number of PCs to Linux by 2020. We’ve previously reported that the Chinese government had banned the use of Windows 8 for government computers due to security concerns. Instead of the much-maligned Microsoft OS, Chinese governmental machines would run on a government-sanctioned version of Linux. It has now emerged that China could be seeking to move its computers to Linux by 2020. This date hasn’t been confirmed; nor has there been an indication of what Linux distribution would be used, though the most likely candidates are Kylin, Ubuntu Kylin and Red Flag Linux.