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| Developer | University of Information Science |
|---|---|
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Active |
| Source model | Closed source with some open-source components (5.0 and up) |
| Initial release | February 2009 |
| Latest release | 9.0[1]  / 2 October 2023 |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Platforms | x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| License | GNU GPL |
| Official website | https://www.nova.cu/ |
Nova is a Cuban state-sponsored Linux distribution launched in February 2009.[2][3] It was developed in Havana at the University of Information Science (UCI) by students and professors to provide free and open-source software (FOSS) to inexperienced users and Cuban institutions. While the initial version was Gentoo-based, the developers switched to Ubuntu beginning with Version 2.1.[4]
In May 2016, discussions about a new version 6.0 were underway.[5] However, by 2016, Distrowatch had marked Nova as discontinued.[6] and its website, www.nova.cu had been taken down. Nova re-entered development later, and version 8.0 was released in January-March 2022.[7]
In early 2018, its repositories and download server (repo.nova.cu) was shut down temporarily, with users being told to switch to CentOS, after which Nova resumed development a couple months later. By early 2019, the distribution website was again active and DistroWatch listed it as under active development.[6]
- ^ https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=nova.
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reuterswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Timothy Prickett Morgan (12 February 2009). "Cuba crafts extra-communist Linux distro: Down with the Microsoft bourgeoisie". The Register. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ "Who are we?". Nova — Distribución Cubana de GNU/Linux. n.d. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- ^ UCI. "Se ultiman detalles para migración a Nova 5.0 en la UCI". Archived from the original on 4 October 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ^ a b DistroWatch. "Nova". distrowatch.com. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
- ^ DistroWatch. "Nova". distrowatch.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.