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Developer | University of Information Science |
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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] ![]() |
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]
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