Many governments have tried to abandon Windows. It is not only expensive, but due to its closed source nature can compromise national security. So far, there have been some successes. Pardus Linux has especially formed into a complete, easy to use, Windows replacement for Turkey; and Ubuntu Kylin is one of the most popular OS’s in China . Yet, there is one state sponsored Linux distro that has managed to slip under everyone’s nose. Nova Linux is a Cuba, Ubuntu based distro that has had its fair share of troubles through the years, but ultimately, seems to be doing pretty good. So, I, an American that doesn’t speak a lick of Spanish, gave it a whirl, and will explain some of the little quirks and benefits of this pretty cool, unique distro.
  • queer_bird
    12·
    2 years ago

    “it is still nice to see more adoption of Linux, even if it’s in Cuba.”

    Fuck this guy, lol

    • Soviet SnakeOP
      5·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, he is a Lemmy user and not the brightest individual when it comes to politics but it is what it is.

      • Cadendee [they/them]
        5·
        2 years ago

        Wikipedia (uncited) lists it as proprietary, for whatever that’s worth (not much). The repo is public but I haven’t seen source code or documentation really beyond the repo and the ISO links online but I don’t speak much spanish.

        • FuckBigTech347
          6·
          2 years ago

          If they share the source code upon request then it’s okay. It doesn’t strictly have to be publicly hosted somewhere. Though that would be preferable.

      • panic
        31·
        2 years ago

        Because communism no freedom, duh

  • Al-Andalusian
    2·
    2 years ago

    Curiously enough I actually have Nova 8.0 installed on dual boot.

    Screenshot of desktop

    It comes with Minesweeper

    It also has a guide

    • Soviet SnakeOP
      5·
      2 years ago

      ¿Por qué instalaste esta distro y no otras? No es por nada pero honestamente no me parece muy linda, entiendo que para ellos les sirve, sobretodo para uso guvernamental pero para un usuario X me parecen mejores otras opciones.

      • Al-Andalusian
        6·
        2 years ago

        Simplemente tenía curiosidad porque es una distro de Cuba, no la uso realmente, ni siquiera puedo hacer que el internet funcione xD

        • panic
          5·
          2 years ago

          Evil communist Cubans forbid internet access confirmed