North Korea has updated the one operating system available in the country, moving from an interface pinched from Microsoft Windows toward one resembling Apple’s OSX.

The hard-line communist nation bases its ‘Red Star OS’ on Linux, the open-source operating system, and has updated it several times since it was introduced around ten years ago.

Now in version three, it appears the tastes of programmers have changed, and the desktop that once closely resembled a Windows environment now looks to be based on its competitor.

Earlier versions of Red Star OS appeared online in 2010 after a Russian student study in the country posted it.

Screenshots of the latest updated have been produced by a blog dedicated to North Korean technology.

Mac users will be familiar with large parts of the latest programs for the people.

Red Star Os includes clones of file manager and email interfaces, the ‘Wine’ program for running Windows applications, and various pieces of virtually identical productivity software.

The finding comes a few months after North Korea announced it is producing its own domestic mobile phone, a claim which has been solidly refuted by several authorities.