Linux Is Comming To Rock In Cuba

Cuba is a country led by a Fidel Castro who has 11.4 million inhabitants and only 1.4 million of them who have access to the internet. Income per capita in Cuba around USD 17 to USD 20 per month or about Rp. 200 thousands, and most users who only use the computer at school or office. However, they can develop their own linux distro.

Open source operating system is implemented as an effort made to enlarge the influence of Cuba on the market against Amrik computer. And also to avoid the license fees in connection with the use of paying the operating system like Microsoft Windows.

This distribution is called Nova Linux, developed during more than one year by a student at the University of Havana. Spokesperson for the student said that “Cuba now has the device itself to the various institutions to the use of open source software” as reported by TGDaily, Friday (12/2/2009) ago.

Meanwhile Romiro Valder, Minister of Communication Cuban government that has been suggested to use the software is free and opensource says “Obtain greater control over the process of informatics problems that are very important.”

Cuba exhibit at the event this distro Conference on Communication and Technologies in Havana, Cuba. Convention years ago, where an official does not turn into anti-Microsoft conference, seen by initiator Project GNU, Richard Stallman and encourage Cuba to adapt the open source technology.

But there is no certainty of what packages are available on the Nova Linux, and this is still not known where Nova Linux can be downloaded. Cuban government does not announce the news about the creation of technical support division of the Nova operating system is Linux. So komunitaslah that will support and operate the official technical support and distribution.

Linux has been developed, and increased in popularity in South America, Africa, Eastern Europe, where companies in the population can not afford to get the latest Microsoft software. Furthermore, the open source software can be freely distributed to friends, friends, or whoever and wherever they are helping (Linux) developed very quickly from Microsoft.