Sort by CrunchGear (Free subscription) - 02/12/2009 - YouTube
Video de demostración de la distribución de Linux cubana, Nova en su primera versión.
Sort by CrunchGear (Free subscription) - 02/12/2009
Cuba is trying to eliminate its dependency on Microsoft Windows by launching and promoting a homegrown version of Linux called Nova. Government officials say they want to ween as many of the country's computers off Windows just in case the operating system has hidden hooks into the CIA, NSA, etc. Can't have that, now can they? Linux, free and open source, also gels with the country's ideology. Hooray...
Sort by Global Voices Online (Free subscription) - 02/14/2009
In conjunction with a local university, the government of Cuba released its own version of the open-source Linux operating system called Nova Baire. Citing the difficulty to obtain private software on the island, as well as security concerns, the government hopes to move 50% of their computers to this new system over the next five years
Sort by The Industry Standard (Free subscription) - 02/12/2009
Cuba released its own distribution of the free Linux operating system this week, as the Communist island seeks to wean its citizens and institutions from what it says are insecure, capitalist-produced Microsoft Corp. software, according to a report. The Reuters news service reported Wednesday that the new version is called "Nova," and was introduced at a technical conference in Havana. Based on a...
