Huawei unveils its own PC operating system - HarmonyOS PC

09 May 2025
The OS is coming on May 19.

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    Anonymous, 8 hours agoDo you understand what are you talking about? If you said H... moreWhy do you insist that it's Linux? Is that the only Operating System you know? What about Windows, MacOS, BSD, Haiku etc that are not Linux based?

      Hugo, 8 hours agoCapitalism transitions too crony capitalism and then oligarchy Not capitalism, but big government. The more power gov has, the easier it can be bought.

      Capitalism just tries to optimize and effectivise. If politicians can be bought then that's their problem.

        MrSTTEK, 11 hours agoNot from scratch, still Linux based. Many people are confus... moreIt's Linux-based? Wow ok then. Not really that impressive.

          i thought they would modify openkylin so nice to see more options.
          hopefully i will be able to try it sometime.

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            Anonymous, 10 hours agoBut the main problem remains: The Phone Industry is Fully S... moreCapitalism transitions too crony capitalism and then oligarchy

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              Anonymous, 9 hours agoYou really should Google HarmonyOS Next instead. It's ... moreDo you understand what are you talking about? If you said Huawei built it from scratch, based on what? Unix? Linux? NT? Java?? Nevermind, I already know. Just for the sake of argument to the normie. Yeah it's a new OS. But to me and the kernel, code, scripts, well it's L 🙄

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                Anonymous, 9 hours agoDid Huawei just modify some of Linux distros to suit their ... moreYou really should Google HarmonyOS Next instead. It's not Linux or Android. It's an operating system built from scratch by Huawei, which is what this HarmonyOS PC is based on.

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                  Anonymous, 10 hours agoJust run Geek and shit benchmark on a x86 Android, that tel... more**Permissions ...

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                    Did Huawei just modify some of Linux distros to suit their niche?? The desktop and overall UX is so familiar to certain Linux distros (not gonna name it, Huawei hardcore fans will attack me. But, certainly you can just google search for it) and don't tell me that the OS is Linux 🙄 because it's so obviously Linux 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

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                      Anonymous, 10 hours agoBut the main problem remains: The Phone Industry is Fully S... more*shouldn't . I always miss it.

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                        Anonymous, 10 hours agoJust run Geek and shit benchmark on a x86 Android, that tel... moreBut the main problem remains: The Phone Industry is Fully Suable (at least by EU) Until XXII. --nevermind the scams EU done with 'roaming', which should exist anymore, at least from a technological perspective(virtual zero costs to 'roam', considering that everything is done via TCP/IP stack), so the leeches are leeching everywhere.

                        The degree of hypocrisy... :( They actually handicaped Huawei, that's their view of 'Free Market Capitalism', but still Huawei is the World Leader, considering just the GPONs. ;)

                        Who can provide the real number in %s ? It's insane.

                        Capitalism nowadays is pure schizophrenia. No grounding with the reality.

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                          Anonymous, 10 hours agoHarmonyOS Next is not compatible with Android apps and I do... moreJust run Geek and shit benchmark on a x86 Android, that tells everything about the Phone Industry. :)

                          Nevermind we should better run MIPS on x86, tremendous quality compared, comparing the hardware.

                          So, the problem is not 'compatibility', the problem is compile-ability.

                          For the open-source software, that shouldn't be a problem, which I prefer anyway than full-network-access all crap possible closed-source full permission Android. It's pure horroness. (not worst than Windows 11 though..)

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                            • 10 hours ago

                            I wait for a Huawei phone better than Xiaomi Note 14 Pro + (especially Victus 2 related stuff) for the same price !

                            I actually got pretty scammed : I purchased the phone 3 months ago(12+512GB) and now it's 120euros cheaper !! :| + the OS ('Hyper') is absolutely awfulness, horror, bloat, spam, scam, not even the three dots for EU version to OTA it,no way to flash it to chinese rom at least, security is lagging even though the phone was more than 440euros. I'm in tremendous pain.

                            (I want a flagship iPhone SE size! which is broken now, I told you the story at Realme 10Ah battery post..)

                            I do so many sportive things and I simply can't afford 16 cm long in my pockets, it's simply non-ergonomic.

                            The glass should be the best in the world, metal frame, SoC, 120Hz only, no AI crap, completely disable the links with huawei servers if that's our wish as buyers, and I don't give the slightest shit about cameras, so, why not a flagship without cameras ?!

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                              MrSTTEK, 10 hours agoIt is sure using a micro-kernel. and it is still using a AB... moreHarmonyOS Next is not compatible with Android apps and I don't think HarmonyOS PC runs any Android apps either. They have their own ecosystem and run their own apps now. There is no reason for them to run Linux on their system.

                                Anonymous, 11 hours agoIt will begreat if run by ARM. At this point Apple should l... moreIt is running on arm, it is basically the HarmonyOS on tablets with UI rework for desktop.

                                  Anonymous, 11 hours agoHarmonyOS PC seems to be based on HarmonyOS Next. HarmonyOS... moreIt is sure using a micro-kernel. and it is still using a ABI-compatible shim to run Linux apps, drivers and handle Linux syscalls. many of them are still critical for the system. it cannot get rid of handling Linux blobs in maybe many coming years. you may think the role of the micro-kernel is like hypervisor

                                  and, from consumer perspective, the use of Android VM to run compatible apps is prevailing. Many companies may have plan to develop native Haymony apps, but eventually cancelled since consumers are pretty content with VM performance. I personally think this is very bad for the long-term development of Harmony.

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                                    Panino Manino, 11 hours agoHuawei is not "copying iOS/MacOS". If you look y... moreMost of the Chinese market is copying iOS.

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                                      It will begreat if run by ARM. At this point Apple should let iPad run MacOS so we don't need to buy Macbook.

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                                        yalim, 12 hours ago1000 external devices? It must at least 500.000. Linux is a... moreYou must've have missed the part where Chinese companies in China were spared from the Crowdstrike issue that struck a huge part of the world, which vindicated their persistence to develop their home grown technology.

                                        And the non stop meddling of uncle sam with Huawei's business partners like ASML.

                                        And may go back to Obama admin and try to listen for that magical phrase that he said which made China go all out into reducing dependence on the US.

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