Sick of Microsoft?

Free Turkish Operating System Rivals Windows

Published: Sunday 13, 2005
zaman.com

The head of Microsoft Bill Gates, who visited Turkey recently, has a rival living in Turkey. Emre Sokullu a resident of Istanbul, has developed open coded Linux and adapted it to Turkish and named it Turkix.

One of the most important advantages of Turkix, which can be downloaded from www.turkix.org, is that you can use it without installing it on your computer. Turkix, which is Turkey's first Linux based integral Turkish operating system, has also attracted the attention of the Europeans. European companies have contacted Sokullu in order to install Turkix to their computers. The tenth generation descendent of Sokullu Mehmet Pasha, Emre Sokullu said that there are no security problems for computers with Turkix and that it is highly secure against viruses. Sokullu said he prefers to be called "Microsoft's rival" than "Bill Gates' rival".

The first version of Turkix was released in January 2004 and was prepared by a team led by Sokullu. As open source software based on the Linux operating system, Turkix is free of charge and does not require a license. It is also compatible with other software from Linux's rich software archive. Turkix is different from other similar operating systems with features including ability to use it from CD without installing it to your hard disc, folders and operating style similar to Windows, ease of access from the web, Turkish-language compatibility, ease of installation, and the possibility to be installed in the same computer as a Microsoft Windows operating system. Sokullu says that the latest version, Turkix 3.1, will be available by next month and adds that Turkix exceeds boundaries of Turkey. Interest in Turkix on the net has attracted the attention of European companies and some computer companies from France and Germany have contacted Sokullu saying they want to sell computers with Turkix operating systems.