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Sunwah Linux (previously spelled as Sun Wah Linux and in the mainland China being known as its rays Linux Desktop Distribution) is a Chinese Linux desktop distribution specifically addressing the Chinese localization need in the handling and translation between the Unicode, Big 5 & various versions of Guobiao (or abbreviation GB) character encoding.

Evolution

Sunwah Linux is a Debian based distribution. It was the first Chinese Linux distribution to receive the Linux Standard Base (LSB) certification. The system architecture was designed in Hong Kong and the programming has been developed in Nanjing (a city of the mainland China).

The distribution was sponsored by the Sunwah Group in Hong Kong and the Jiangsu Provincial Government of China.

The distribution can be downloaded at the Open Rays community website.

Sunwah - PearL Linux (or abbreviation SWP), the technology training entity of the group, on the other hand has been providing research assistance, testing and training support to the distribution. SWP is a joint establishment of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Sunwah Group.

Sunwah Linux also supports some common events including software freedom day, Linux Professional Institute, International Information and Communication Technology Council Certification Program, Linux World, etc.

The Largest Linux Desktop Rollout

In 2005, Sunwah Linux was installed in over 140,000 PCs in primary and secondary schools in China. It is the world’s largest Linux desktop rollout to the date of this article was being edited.

Awards

In April 2006, it won the Best Linux Desktop Application Award at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in Boston. According to Mr. 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.”

Since then, the distribution also won several other Chinese National and Hong Kong awards.

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-'''Sunwah Linux''' (previously spelled as Sun Wah Linux) is internationally known as Sunwah Linux, and in the mainland [[China]] being known as its '''rays''' Linux Desktop Distribution.  It is a Chinese Linux desktop distribution specifically addressing the [[Chinese language|Chinese]] localization need in the handling and translation between the [[Unicode]], [[Big 5]] & various versions of  [[Guobiao]] (or abbreviation GB) character encoding.
+'''Sunwah Linux''' (previously spelled as Sun Wah Linux and in the mainland [[China]] being known as its '''rays''' Linux Desktop Distribution) is a Chinese Linux desktop distribution specifically addressing the [[Chinese language|Chinese]] localization need in the handling and translation between the [[Unicode]], [[Big 5]] & various versions of  [[Guobiao]] (or abbreviation GB) character encoding.
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