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Story: Software libre! Cuba develops own free Linux called 'Nova'Total Replies: 6
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Bob_Robertson

Feb 13, 2009
11:24 AM EST 		The Che Stallman and Che Tux t-shirts take on a whole new aspect.
azerthoth

Feb 13, 2009
12:05 PM EST 		We were taking a hard look at one of the videos, and while it's said that it's a Gentoo variant, It's using the Sabayon (Gentoo deriv) package manager. So it's a binary distro with Gentoo compatability, as Entropy, which one of the videos clearly shows, is a binary only package manager.

Regardless, it's a win for Linux and Gentoo, but a much bigger win for Fabio and the Sabayon crew.
dinotrac

Feb 13, 2009
1:04 PM EST 		Pretty frickin' amazing when you consider that it all has to be done with 50s and 60s era COBOL and FORTRAN patched together with baling wire and Bondo.

There are a few goofs. For example, Cuban gcc is mostly OK, but it recognizes a PICTURE statement.
tuxchick

Feb 13, 2009
1:13 PM EST
Quoting: For example, Cuban gcc is mostly OK, but it recognizes a PICTURE statement.


You mean COBOL and FORTRAN had GUIs?
dinotrac

Feb 13, 2009
1:22 PM EST 		TC -

They do now!
Bob_Robertson

Feb 13, 2009
5:23 PM EST 		I seem to recall the term "Visual Fortran" from somewhere...
tracyanne

Feb 13, 2009
5:33 PM EST 		Smart move by the Cuban leadership. Good choice of base for their system too. I hope they succeed in meeting their stated goal, because that will be a win for Free Software as well.

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