Canaima (operating system)

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Canaima GNU/Linux

Canaima 7.3 (Imawarí)
Developer	CANTV / CNTI / CENTIDEL / Edelca / VIT / FUNDACITE / Free software community
OS family	Linux (Unix-like)
Working state	Current
Source model	Open source
Initial release	18 October 2007; 16 years ago (2007-10-18)
Latest release	7.3[1]  / 11 December 2023; 9 months ago (11 December 2023)
Available in	Venezuelan Spanish
Update method	APT (several front-ends available)
Package manager	dpkg
Platforms	IA-32, x86-64
Kernel type	Monolithic (Linux kernel)
Userland	GNU
Default user interface	GNOME, KDE Plasma and Xfce[2]
License	Free software licenses (mainly GPL)
Official website	canaima.softwarelibre.gob.ve

Canaima GNU/Linux is a free and open-source Linux distribution that is based on the architecture of Debian. It was created as a solution to cover the needs of the Venezuelan Government as a response to presidential decree 3,390 that prioritizes the use of free and open source technologies in the public administration. On 14 March 2011, Canaima was officially established as the default operating system for the Venezuelan public administration.^{[3][failed verification]}

The operating system has gained a strong foothold and is one of the most used Linux distributions in Venezuela, largely because of its incorporation in public schools.^[4][5] It is being used in large scale projects as "Canaima Educativo", a project aimed at providing school children with a basic laptop computer with educational software nicknamed Magallanes.^[6] Use of Canaima has been presented on international congresses about the use of open standards,^[7] Despite being a young development, it has been used on the Festival Latinoamericano de Instalación de Software Libre (FLISOL).^[8]