EulerOS is a commercial Linux distribution developed by Huawei based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux[2] to provide an operating system for server and cloud environments.[3][4] Its open-source community version is known as openEuler, a multi-kernel project incubated and operated by the OpenAtom Foundation; the source code of openEuler was released by Huawei at Gitee on December 31. EulerOS itself officially launched September 23, 2021[5] alongside to openEuler publicly on September 25, 2021.[6][7][8]

openEuler
DeveloperHuawei Technologies
OS familyLinux (Unix-like), Unix (Compliant),[citation needed] HarmonyOS, OpenHarmony (openEuler (multi-kernel))
Working stateActive
Source modelOpen-source
Initial releaseSeptember 23, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-09-23) (EulerOS)
Latest release24.03 LTS (June 6, 2024)[1]
Latest previewSeptember 25, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-09-25) (openEuler)
Repositorygitee.com/openeuler
Marketing targetServers, Cloud computing, Personal computers,[citation needed] Embedded devices,[citation needed] Edge computing
PlatformsAArch64 (Kunpeng), x86-64, 32-bit ARM, IA-32, RISC-V, and LoongArch
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux), multi-kernel (openEuler) with UniProton Microkernel RTOS
UserlandGNU with UKUI, GNOME, Deepin, Kiran-desktop, and Xfce, POSIX, OpenHarmony, HarmonyOS (shared apps)
Influenced byCentOS, HarmonyOS, OpenHarmony, LiteOS
LicenseApache license
Official websiteEulerOS

openEuler 21.09 version launched with new file system called EulerFS, also a kernel upgrade that is organized similar to classic HarmonyOS and OpenHarmony multi-kernel architecture that carries both RTOS kernel and Linux kernel on October 1, 2021. Also, the operating system supports, UniProton RTOS kernel and kubeOS containerised OS.[9]

openEuler became an open-source project operated by OpenAtom Foundation after Huawei donated the source code of openEuler to the foundation on November 9, 2021.[10][11]

EulerOS includes Apache HTTP Server which is known as Apache, as part of its supported tools on the platform.[12]

KunLun Mission Critical Server

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EulerOS 2.0, running on the Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server, was certified to conform to The Open Group's UNIX 03 standard, however the certification expired in September 2022.[13]

EulerOS/KunLun allows replacing central processing unit board modules and memory modules without stopping the OS. Hot swapping of CPU and memory is provided by EulerOS.[14]

Code shared with HarmonyOS and OpenHarmony

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EulerOS with openEuler shares technology with Huawei's mobile operating system, HarmonyOS including BiSheng Compiler, distributed DSoftBus technology, OpenHarmony distributed file system (HMDFS), EROFS read-only file system and native HAP file format. Huawei plans to unify additional components between both OSes.[15][16]

NestOS

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In November 2021, NestOS, an operating system based on open source EulerOS was launched. It incorporates the features of EulerOS, enhancing its capabilities in the cloud to cater to specific needs. NestOS, while maintaining the EulerOS ecology, brings its own features for various applications.[17]

In October 2022, the openEuler community updated the NestOS operating system to the new version based on the openEuler 22.09 version that include enhanced features to the system with nestos-assembler container image, optimized K8S, and improvements to its OpenStack system.[18]

References

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  1. ^ Rudra, Sourav (7 June 2024). "openEuler 24.03 LTS Release Focuses on AI and Cloud Deployment". IT'S FOSS NEWS. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Huawei's operating systems get support from home city of Shenzhen in adoption push". South China Morning Post. 2023-07-30. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  3. ^ "EulerOS Introduction". Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  4. ^ "EulerOS Overview". forum.huawei.com. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  5. ^ Perrone, Michele. "Huawei launches EulerOS: what changes from HarmonyOS?". GIZCHINA. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  6. ^ Sarkar, Amy (25 September 2021). "New programming language will launch for Huawei HarmonyOS and EulerOS". HC Newsroom. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Huawei's Linux Distribution openEuler is Available Now!". It's FOSS. 2020-01-08. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  8. ^ 网易 (2021-10-08). "华为欧拉A股产业链". www.163.com. Retrieved 2023-10-24.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Wales, Britney (October 2021). "OpenEuler 21.09 officially launched with EulerFS, new file system, kernel upgrade". RPRNA. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  10. ^ "openEuler". www.openeuler.org. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  11. ^ "欧拉捐赠的背后:共建数字基础设施操作系统和生态" [Behind Euler's donation: building digital infrastructure operating system and ecology]. huawei (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  12. ^ "Managing Software Packages". Huawei EulerOS V2.0 Administrators Guide 05. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  13. ^ "Unix 03". The Open Group. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  14. ^ "Hot Swap - Huawei EulerOS V2.0 Administrators Guide 05 - Huawei". support.huawei.com. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  15. ^ Sarkar, Amy (9 November 2021). "HarmonyOS and OpenEuler has shared operating system kernel: Huawei". Huawei Central. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
  16. ^ "distributed-fs-overview". docs.openeuler.org. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  17. ^ Li, Deng (4 November 2021). "NestOS launched: Cloud Operating system based on Huawei EulerOS". HC Newsroom. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  18. ^ Mishra, Yash (3 October 2022). "OpenEuler 22.09 based NestOS Cloud system is released". HC Newsroom. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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