Kevin Chen

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I’m a software engineer and photographer. I am passionate about combining machine learning and systems programming to develop great products.

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Installing Red Star 3.0, North Korea's homegrown operating system

2015137 points45 comments Systems & Performance details

Earlier this week, someone who goes by slipstream (“pulling data out of DPRK’s ass since 2014!”) posted a torrent of North Korea’s Red Star 3.0 installer. My first instinct was to download and run it, because installing software from North Korea, what could possibly go wrong?