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Nova


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Nova is a user-friendly, desktop-oriented Linux distribution developed by the University of Computer Sciences in Havana, Cuba. In the product's early days the operating system was based on Gentoo Linux and Sabayon Linux, but starting from version 2.1 the developers have chosen Ubuntu as the base system. The project releases three separate editions - "Escritorio" (with GNOME Shell), "Ligero" (with a Nova-developed lightweight desktop called "Guano") and "Servidor" (a variant for servers).



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Nova Summary
Distribution Nova
Home Page https://www.nova.cu/
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Documentation --
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Related Websites HumanOS
Reviews 1.1.2: It's A Binary World
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Feature 9.0 8.0 6.0
Release Date 2023-10-02 2022-03-01 2018-03-20
End Of Life      
Price (US$) Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 1500-2100 1500-2100 800-1700
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME GNOME
Package Management DEB DEB DEB
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 i686, mips64el, x86_64
Init Software systemd systemd systemd
Journaled File Systems ext4 ext4 ext4
Multilingual en, es en, es en, es
Asian Language Support -- -- --
Full Package List 9.0 8.0 6.0
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.2.11) 1.2.6 1.2.2 1.1.0
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- --
bash (5.2.21) 5.1 5.0 4.3
bind (9.18.21) -- -- 9.10.3-P4
chromium (121.0.6167.139) -- -- --
cups (2.4.7) 2.4.1 2.3.1 2.1.3
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.3
e2fsprogs (1.47.0) 1.46.5 1.45.5 1.42.13
firefox (122.0) 109.0 94.0 53.0.2
freetype (2.13.2) 2.11.1 2.10.1 2.6.1
gcc (13.2.0) -- -- 5.3.1
gimp (2.10.36) -- -- 2.8.16
glibc (2.39) 2.35 2.31 2.23
gnome-shell (45.3) 42.5 3.36.2 3.20.4
gnucash (5.5) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.12.56) -- -- --
grub (2.12) 2.06 2.04 2.02beta2
gtk (4.12.5) 4.6.6 -- 3.20.6
httpd (2.4.58) -- -- 2.4.18
inkscape (1.3.1) -- -- --
k3b (23.08.4) -- -- --
kmod (31) 29 27 22
krita (5.2.2) -- -- --
LibreOffice (24.2.0) 7.3.7 6.4.7 5.1.4
linux (6.7.3) 5.15.0 5.4.0.84.88 4.4
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- 0.8.2
mariadb (11.1.3) -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.26.2) -- -- --
mesa (24.0.0) 22.2.5 21.0.3 11.2.0
mysql (8.3.0) -- -- 5.7.11
nautilus (45.2.1) 42.2 3.36.3 3.20.1
NVIDIA (545.29.06) -- -- --
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- 3.6.1
openjdk (21.0.2) 11.0.19u 11.0.11u 8u91
openssh (9.6p1) 8.9p1 8.2p1 7.2p2
openssl (3.2.1) 3.0.2u 1.1.1f 1.0.2g
perl (5.38.2) 5.34.0 5.30.0 5.22.1
php (8.3.2) -- -- 7.0.4
plasma-desktop (5.27.10) -- -- --
postfix (3.8.5) -- -- 3.1.0
postgresql (16.1) -- -- 9.5
Python (3.12.1) 3.10.6 3.8.10 2.7.11
qt (6.6.1) 5.15.3 5.12.8 5.5.1
samba (4.19.4) 4.15.13 4.11.6 4.3.11
systemd (255.3) 249.11 245.4 229
thunderbird (115.7.0) 102.11.0 -- --
vim (9.1) 8.2 8.1 7.4
vlc (3.0.20) -- -- --
wayland (1.22.0) -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.11) 21.1.4 1.20.11 1.18.4


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