****** Meet Nova OS, Cuba's National Ubuntu-Based Linux Operating System
******
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***** It's distributed in three separate editions *****
It was recently brought to our attention that there's a Linux kernel-based
operating system out there developed in Havana, Cuba, by students at the
University of Computer Sciences and sponsored by the Cuban government.
The operating system is called Nova OS and the latest available version
is 4.0,
released March 22, 2013, which is based on Canonical's Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
(Precise Pangolin) and built around the GNOME 3.4 desktop environment.
Yes, that means Nova OS does not use Ubuntu's Unity user interface,
providing
users with a traditional layout comprising two panels, using GNOME's GNOME-
Shell interface, but with a custom design.
At the moment, Nova OS 4.0 is distributed in three editions, Escritorio,
Ligero, and Servidor. The Escritorio edition is the main one, also known
as the
Desktop CD, which provides users with a complete GNOME-based desktop
environment.
On the other hand, the Ligero edition offers a more lightweight
interface for
low-end machines and computers with old or semi-old hardware components.
As you
might have guessed, the Servidor edition is the Server flavor of Nova OS.
According to its Wikipedia_page, Nova OS was created with a single goal in
mind: to replace Microsoft's Windows operating system on all computers
in Cuba.
"The free software movement is closer to the ideology of the Cuban
people,
above all for the independence and sovereignty," says Hector Rodriguez,
director of UCI.
**** Nova OS 5.0 is currently in heavy development ****
As mentioned, the current version of Nova OS is 4.0, distributed on its
official website as Live CD ISO images that contain software packages
optimized
only for 32-bit (i686) computers. There's no 64-bit version at the moment of
writing this article, but it would appear that a major update, Nova OS
5.0, is
in the works.
Talking about software, Nova OS comes with popular open-source applications
like the LibreOffice office suite, Mozilla Thunderbird email and news
client,
Samba for connecting to Windows shares, Nautilus file manager, and Wine for
running Windows apps and games.
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