openKylin Outlines Its Vision for Reimagining Linux in the AI Era at Open Source Summit Europe 2026
On October 8, Min Liu, Executive Director of openKylin, delivered a main-stage keynote titled “From AI Runtime to System Agents: Reimagining Linux for the AI Era with openKylin,” introducing KART, a unified AI runtime, along with a system-level agent execution environment.

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- Open Source Summit Europe 2026 (OSS EU 2026) took place in Prague, Czechia, from October 7 to 9.
- openKylin is an open-source operating system community originating in China, dedicated to developing an AI-integrated OS for global users.
- Model capabilities remain disconnected from desktop tasks, AI stacks are fragmented, and hardware–software integration remains highly complex. openKylin views this as a shared challenge for operating systems transitioning into the AI era, rather than one specific to any single community or company.
- openKylin 3.0 Brings AI Capabilities to the Desktop
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- [1]openKylin Outlines Its Vision for Reimagining Linux in the AI Era at Open Source Summit Europe 2026MarkTechPost · Oct 15, 01:23 PM
On October 8, Min Liu, Executive Director of openKylin, delivered a main-stage keynote titled “From AI Runtime to System Agents: Reimagining Linux for the AI Era with openKylin,” introducing KART, a unified AI runtime, along with a system-level agent execution environment.
Open Source Summit Europe 2026 (OSS EU 2026) took place in Prague, Czechia, from October 7 to 9.
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