Turbolinux Releases UNICON 3.0 for Superior Asian Language Linux Support.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2000

Source Code and Documentation Released Open Source Under GPL;

Sophisticated Double-Byte Technology Provides

Improved Support for Asian Linux market

Turbolinux, Inc., the leader in high-performance Linux for Internet infrastructure solutions, today announced the release of UNICON 3.0 to the Open Source community.

A software package that adds improved double-byte language support for the Linux console, UNICON is a kernel enhancement that extends the reach of superior Turbolinux support to simplified and traditional Chinese, as well as other Asian languages.

UNICON 3.0 is a Linux kernel enhancement and user-level input software package with superior memory efficiency and stability that improves console font management, virtual console support and maintains compatibility with Linux applications. The package supports a wide range of Asian languages through the display of Big5, GB, GBK, JIS and KSCM under Linux.

"Turbolinux has been the leader in bringing Linux to the Asia market," said Ly Pham, executive vice president of Engineering for Turbolinux. "The latest release of UNICON shows our understanding of the complexities of the global Linux landscape and our commitment to fostering its growth."

Consisting of a Linux kernel patch, UNICON daemon and input method shared libraries, UNICON was originally created by Turbolinux developers in China and released as Open Source code under the GPL in 1999. The UNICON software supports Linux users with a consistent set of double-byte input methods, both for console and graphical modes, across multiple Asian languages.

UNICON 3.0 can be downloaded from the Turbolinux Web site at: ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com.cn/pub/turbolinux/source/unicon/unicon- 3.0-release.tar.gz.

About Turbolinux, Inc.

Founded in 1992, Turbolinux develops Linux-based software solutions for Internet and enterprise computing infrastructure, including reliable, available and scalable operating systems for workstations and servers and software clustering solutions for computing traffic management and peer-to-peer distributed computing. Backed by more than $95 million in investments from some of the world's leading technology companies, including Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, NEC, Novell, Oracle, SGI and Toshiba, Turbolinux is headquartered near San Francisco with offices around the world. For more information, visit the Turbolinux Web site at http://www.turbolinux.com.

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