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DistroWatch.com: Nova

Nova


Last Update: 2024-02-02 02:44 UTC


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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Feature 9.0 8.0 6.0 5.1 5.0 2013
(4.0)
2.1 2.0 1.1.2 Feature
Release Date 2023-10-02 2022-03-01 2018-03-20 2017-09-22 2015-09-22 2014-05-07 2010-06-04 2009-12-02 2009-02-20 Release Date
End Of Life                   End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB) 1500-2100 1500-2100 800-1700 1200-1300 875-875         Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Installation
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME Default Desktop
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Equo Equo Package Management
Release Model Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice OO.o OO.o OO.o Office Suite
Processor Architecture x86_64 x86_64 i686, mips64el, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686, x86_64 i686 i386 i386 i386 Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd Upstart Upstart SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4 ext4   ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS     Journaled File Systems
Multilingual en, es en, es en, es en, es en, es es en en, es es Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Full Package List 9.0 8.0 6.0 5.1 5.0 2013 2.1 2.0 1.1.2 Full Package List
Package 9.0 8.0 6.0 5.1 5.0 2013
(4.0)
2.1 2.0 1.1.2 Package
abiword (3.0.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.13) 1.2.6 1.2.2 1.1.0 1.0.27.2 1.0.27.2 1.0.25 1.0.22 1.0.20 1.0.16 alsa-lib (1.2.13)
amdgpu (23.0.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- 8.723 -- -- amdgpu (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.1 5.0 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.2 3.2 bash (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.3) -- -- 9.10.3-P4 -- -- -- -- -- -- bind (9.20.3)
chromium (131.0.6778.85) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (131.0.6778.85)
cups (2.4.11) 2.4.1 2.3.1 2.1.3 1.7.2 1.7.2 1.5.3 1.4.3 1.3.10 1.3.7 cups (2.4.11)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.3 4.2.4 4.2.4 4.1.ESV-R4 3.1.3 3.1.2p1 3.1.0 dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.46.5 1.45.5 1.42.13 1.42.9 1.42.9 1.42 1.41.11 1.41.9 1.40.9 e2fsprogs (1.47.1)
firefox (133.0) 109.0 94.0 53.0.2 54.0 38.0 19.0.2 3.6.3 3.5.3 3.0rc1 firefox (133.0)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.11.1 2.10.1 2.6.1 2.5.2 2.5.2 2.4.8 2.3.11 2.3.9 2.3.7 freetype (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0) -- -- 5.3.1 4.8.2 4.8.2 4.6.3 4.4.3 4.3.3 4.1.2 gcc (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) -- -- 2.8.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- gimp (2.10.38)
glibc (2.40) 2.35 2.31 2.23 2.19 2.19 2.15 2.11.1 2.10.1 2.6.1 glibc (2.40)
gnome-shell (47.2) 42.5 3.36.2 3.20.4 -- -- 3.4.1 -- -- -- gnome-shell (47.2)
gnucash (5.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.9)
gnumeric (1.12.57) -- -- -- -- 1.12.9 -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.57)
grub (2.12) 2.06 2.04 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 2.02beta2 1.99 1.98 0.97 0.97 grub (2.12)
gtk (4.16.7) 4.6.6 -- 3.20.6 3.12.2 3.12.2 3.4.2 2.20.0 2.18.3 2.12.9 gtk (4.16.7)
httpd (2.4.62) -- -- 2.4.18 -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.62)
inkscape (1.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4)
k3b (24.08.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (24.08.3)
kmod (33) 29 27 22 15 15 -- -- -- -- kmod (33)
krita (5.2.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.6)
LibreOffice (24.8.3) 7.3.7 6.4.7 5.1.4 4.2.8 4.2.8 3.5.7 3.2.0 3.1.1 2.4.1 LibreOffice (24.8.3)
linux (6.12.1) 5.15.0 5.4.0.84.88 4.4 3.13 3.13 3.2 2.6.32 2.6.30 2.6.28 linux (6.12.1)
Package 9.0 8.0 6.0 5.1 5.0 2013
(4.0)
2.1 2.0 1.1.2 Package
lxpanel (0.10.1) -- -- 0.8.2 -- 0.6.1 -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.5.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.5.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.3.0) 22.2.5 21.0.3 11.2.0 10.1.3 10.1.3 8.0.4 7.7.1 7.5.2 7.0.3 mesa (24.3.0)
mysql (9.1.0) -- -- 5.7.11 -- -- -- -- -- -- mysql (9.1.0)
nautilus (47.0) 42.2 3.36.3 3.20.1 3.12.2 -- 3.4.2 2.30.1 2.26.3 2.22.4 nautilus (47.0)
NVIDIA (560.35.03) -- -- -- -- -- -- 195.36.15 -- -- NVIDIA (560.35.03)
openbox (3.6.1) -- -- 3.6.1 3.5.2 3.5.2 -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23.0.1) 11.0.19u 11.0.11u 8u91 -- 7u79 -- -- -- -- openjdk (23.0.1)
openssh (9.9p1) 8.9p1 8.2p1 7.2p2 6.6p1 6.6p1 5.9p1 5.3p1 5.2p1 4.7p1 openssh (9.9p1)
openssl (3.4.0) 3.0.2u 1.1.1f 1.0.2g 1.0.1f 1.0.1f 1.0.1 0.9.8k 0.9.8k 0.9.8g openssl (3.4.0)
perl (5.40.0) 5.34.0 5.30.0 5.22.1 5.18.2 5.18.2 5.14.2 5.10.1 5.8.8 5.8.8 perl (5.40.0)
php (8.4.1) -- -- 7.0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- php (8.4.1)
plasma-desktop (6.2.4) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.2.4)
postfix (3.9.0) -- -- 3.1.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.9.0)
postgresql (17.2) -- -- 9.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- postgresql (17.2)
Python (3.13.0) 3.10.6 3.8.10 2.7.11 2.7.6 2.7.5 2.7.3 2.6.5 2.5.4 2.5.2 Python (3.13.0)
qt (6.8.1) 5.15.3 5.12.8 5.5.1 5.2.1 4.8.5 -- -- -- -- qt (6.8.1)
samba (4.21.2) 4.15.13 4.11.6 4.3.11 4.1.6 4.1.6 3.6.3 3.4.7 3.0.36 3.0.28a samba (4.21.2)
systemd (256.9) 249.11 245.4 229 204 204 -- -- -- -- systemd (256.9)
thunderbird (133.0) 102.11.0 -- -- 31.7.0 -- 17.0.3 3.0.4 -- -- thunderbird (133.0)
vim (9.1) 8.2 8.1 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.3 7.2 -- 7.1 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.21) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.8.6g vlc (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.14) 21.1.4 1.20.11 1.18.4 1.15.1 1.15.1 1.11.4 1.7.6 1.6.3.901 1.4.0.90 xorg-server (21.1.14)

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