Ubuntu Kylin, the Chinese flavor that will surprise you for good

Here at Ubunlog and in any other medium where Canonical systems are discussed, we publish articles on Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, and Ubuntu Budgie, but we tend to forget two. The first one that we leave out a bit is Ubuntu Studio, partly because it uses the same graphical environment as Xubuntu, but we also tend to forget about the chinese version, Ubuntu Kylin that comes to surprise for good.

Unlike Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Kylin does not use the same graphical environment as any of its siblings. What he uses is a UKUI It seems like a mixture of various graphical environments, among which we would have parts that remind us of Windows, such as the file explorer. On the other hand, they also include their own applications, such as the UKUI Assistant (UKUI Assistant), but most of those used are from environments such as GNOME or MATE.

Ubuntu Kylin, because the Chinese version is also worth it

As we have mentioned, Ubuntu Kylin looks like a mix of many operating systems and, for example, it has some icons that are also available in Ubuntu Budgie, a classic start menu reminiscent of Windows XP, GNOME applications such as Rhythmbox or other MATE applications such as the Pluma text editor. Although it is not similar in design, the simplicity and cleanliness of the user interface also reminds us of Xfce.

As for the applications that you have installed by default, we have Firefox as the default web browser (Chromium is installed), mpv Media Player as a multimedia player, LibreOffice as an office suite and, the biggest stone in the road for a Nobel user, the Kylin Store as a software center. And it is not that it seems to me that it is a bad app to find and download software, but it is that it is in Chinese and, well, let's say that in my town it is not written like that.

To know if we like an operating system or not, it is best not to tell us and try it ourselves, but I can summarize what I felt when testing it (in a virtual machine) as follows:

Best of Ubuntu Kylin

• Is different. There was a time when I changed my operating system (environment) like my shirt. Now it does not happen to me, but a long time ago I got tired of my operating system and installed another. In that sense, Ubuntu Kylin offers us something different in which the most restless could stay longer.
• It is fluid. Ignore what you see in the video. I have run it in a virtual machine and recording the screen, but the system works better than others, I would say even better than Windows being in a virtual machine. It helps that it doesn't have a lot of frills, but rather a simple and functional design.
• Kylin Assistant. The operating system assistant seems very intuitive to me, which is good for those of us who have never touched it. In addition, it also offers other tools, such as cleaning tools.

What I do not like

• There are parts that are in English and it seems that they will stay that way. As you will see in the video, for example in Kylin Assistant we see "Back" instead of "Back" even though we have it configured in Spanish. Although, as a Kubuntu user, I have to say that this is not a tragedy, since Kubuntu also has this problem depending on the packages we install.
• There are parts in Chinese. No comment.
• It is a Chinese version. And by this I do not mean that it is going to break like the items in stores, but that it is developed by the Chinese government, which for some may be a negative point.
• It is worth installing it in Spanish if we want to test it in our language. Otherwise it will be in Chinese.

For all the above, I think that anyone thinking of switching to a "new" operating system should take a look at Ubuntu Kylin, as long as they are not one of those who are prejudiced in using a system co-developed by the Chinese government.

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