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Cuba launches own Linux variant to counter U.S.

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 3 comments
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Cuba launched its own variant of the Linux computer operating system this week in the latest front of the communist island's battle against what it views as U.S. hegemony. The Cuban variant, called Nova, was introduced at a Havana computer conference on "technological sovereignty" and is central to the Cuban government's desire to replace the Microsoft software running most of the island's computers.

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Comments (3)

gus3 ·
As the story goes, the Chevy Nova was a dismal failure in Spanish-speaking countries. "No va" means "it doesn't go".

And now they're naming an OS the same thing.
ColonelPanik ·
No Va That means it doesn't go! Yes but NOVA means the same in Spanish and English.
azerthoth ·
That Carl Sagan is somewhere nearby?

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