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Nova (operating system)

Nova is a Cuban state-sponsored Linux distribution launched in February 2009. It was developed
in Havana at the University of Information Science by students and professors to provide free
and open-source software to inexperienced users and Cuban institutions. While the initial version
was Gentoo-based, the developers switched to Ubuntu beginning with Version 2.1.

In May 2016 discussions about a new version 6.0 were underway. However, by 2016
Distrowatch had marked Nova as discontinued. and its website, www.nova.cu had been taken
down. Nova re-entered development later, and version 6.0 was released in March 2018.

In early 2018 its repositories and download server repo.nova.cu was shut down temporarily, with
users being told to switch to CentOS, after which Nova re-continued development a couple
months later. By early 2019 the distribution website was again active and DistroWatch listed it as
under active development.

                                     

1. Goal and adoption

The goal of Nova was to achieve "sovereignty and technological independence" and to have it
installed on all computers in Cuba where Microsoft Windows is still the most widely used
operating system. The system was central to the Cuban governments desire to replace Windows.
Hector Rodriguez, Director of UCI, said that "he free software movement is closer to the
ideology of the Cuban people, above all for the independence and sovereignty." Other cited
reasons to develop the system include the United States embargo against Cuba which made it
hard for Cubans to buy and update Windows, as well as potential security issues feared by the
Cuban government because of the U.S. governments access to Microsofts source code.

Cuba was planning to convert to Nova as its main operating system; once the migration is
complete it was intended to be installed in 90% of all work places. In early 2011 the UCI
announced that they would migrate more than 8.000 computers to the new operating system.
Beginning in 2011, new computers were intended to come installed with both Windows and
Nova.

                                     

2. Software
The first version of Nova, called Baire, was based on Gentoo Linux, while Nova 2.1 Desktop
Edition was based on Ubuntu. Nova Escritorio is UCIs office suite meant to replace Microsoft
Office.
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Nova (operating system)

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Nova

Nova 4.0
Developer University of Information Science
OS family Linux
Working state Active
Source model Closed source with some open-source components (5.0 and up)
Initial release February 2009; 12 years ago
Latest release 7.0 (2020) / June 20, 2020; 11 months ago
Available in Multilingual
Platforms x86-64
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
 License GNU GPL
Official website https://www.nova.cu/

Nova is a Cuban state-sponsored Linux distribution launched in February 2009.[1][2] It was

developed in Havana at the University of Information Science (UCI) by students and professors
to provide free and open-source software (FOSS) to inexperienced users and Cuban institutions.
While the initial version was Gentoo-based, the developers switched to Ubuntu beginning with
Version 2.1.[3]

In May 2016 discussions about a new version 6.0 were underway.[4] However, by 2016
Distrowatch had marked Nova as discontinued.[5] and its website, www.nova.cu had been taken
down. Nova re-entered development later, and version 6.0 was released in March 2018.[6]

In early 2018 its repositories and download server (repo.nova.cu) was shut down temporarily,
with users being told to switch to CentOS, after which Nova resumed development a couple
months later. By early 2019 the distribution website was again active and DistroWatch listed it as
under active development.[5]

Contents
 1 Goal and adoption
 2 Software
 3 Versions
 4 See also
 5 References
 6 External links

Goal and adoption

The goal of Nova was to achieve "sovereignty and technological independence"[3] and to have it
installed on all computers in Cuba where Microsoft Windows is still the most widely used
operating system.[7][8] The system was central to the Cuban government's desire to replace
Windows.[1] Hector Rodriguez, Director of UCI, said that "[t]he free software movement is closer
to the ideology of the Cuban people, above all for the independence and sovereignty."[7] Other
cited reasons to develop the system include the United States embargo against Cuba which made
it hard for Cubans to buy and update Windows, as well as potential security issues feared by the
Cuban government because of the U.S. government's access to Microsoft's source code.[1][8]

Cuba was planning to convert to Nova as its main operating system; once the migration is
complete it was intended to be installed in 90% of all work places.[9][10] In early 2011 the UCI
announced that they would migrate more than 8,000 computers to the new operating system.[11]
Beginning in 2011, new computers were intended to come installed with both Windows and
Nova.[10]

Software
The first version of Nova, called Baire, was based on Gentoo Linux, while Nova 2.1 Desktop
Edition was based on Ubuntu.[1][12] Nova Escritorio is UCI's office suite meant to replace
Microsoft Office.[10]

Versions
Version Codename Date
1.1.2 Baire 20 February 2009
2.0 2 December 2009
2.1 4 June 2010
2011-beta3 12 February 2011
3.0 (2011) 2011
4.0 (2013, long term support) 7 May 2014
5.0 (2015) 22 March 2015
5.1 (2017) 21 September 2017
[6]
6.0 (2018) 13 March 2018
7.0 (2020) 20 June 2020

See also

 Linux portal

 Cuba portal

 Canaima (operating system)

 GendBuntu
 Inspur
 LiMux
 Linux adoption
 Red Flag Linux
 Red Star OS, the national operating system for North Korea
 Ubuntu Kylin

References
1.
 Israel, Esteban (11 February 2009). "Cuba launches own Linux variant to counter U.S."
Reuters. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  Timothy Prickett Morgan (12 February 2009). "Cuba crafts extra-communist Linux
distro: Down with the Microsoft bourgeoisie". The Register. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  "Who are we?". Nova — Distribución Cubana de GNU/Linux. n.d. Archived from the
original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  UCI. "Se ultiman detalles para migración a Nova 5.0 en la UCI". Retrieved 12 July
2016.
  DistroWatch. "Nova". distrowatch.com. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  DistroWatch. "Nova". distrowatch.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  Connors, Devin (17 February 2009). "Cuba Declares War on Windows: The land of
Castro has gone open source". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  Brown, Eric. "Cuba launches Gentoo Linux distro". Archived from the original on 27
May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  "Cuba sets to migrate to free, open-source software". Xinhua News Agency. 29
December 1010. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  "Cuba presents Linux-based operating system". Cuba Standard. 10 February 2011.
Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  "Cuba: 8000 computadoras de la Universidad de Ciencias Informáticas migraran a
Nova GNU/Linux" (in Spanish). Somos Libres. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.

12.  "Productos" (in Spanish). Nova — Distribución Cubana de GNU/Linux. n.d.

Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 24 May 2011.

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How to install Nova Launcher Beta

Greetings dear friends, Nova Launcher is one of the most used app launchers in Android phones.
The new beta includes a set of improvements and new features, which you should not wait any
longer to start trying. So in this post, I will show you how to install Nova Launcher Beta. This
Launcher has exceptional performance on phones of different price ranges. This is still supported
in the new Beta. It also includes a renewed interface and new animations. You will notice an
increase in smoothness.
One of the features is, the possibility to save a backup of your app in APK format. You can do
this directly in Launcher by holding down any app. It also includes new styles for app folders,
which you can create on the desktop. It is worth mentioning the complete integration with
Google’s news feed. These days subscribing to a beta program is not so easy for most users,
follow the next steps to install Nova Launcher Beta.

First step
Download the APK file from APK mirror web. You can do it by following the link below. I
recommend you to do it from your phone to simplify the process.

Apk Mirror | Nova Launcher Beta

Second step
Once downloaded from your browser, open the APK file. If this is the first time you are
installing an APK file, your device will ask you to grant permission to install it from unknown
sources.
Third step
Then press Settings and then press Allow from this source. Now go back and the installation
wizard will appear, finally press INSTALL.
Fourth step
After that open Nova Launcher. Then press the home button on your phone it will ask you to
select Nova Launcher as your default Launcher. And that’s it!
a home app

Conclusion
Nova Launcher is one of the best Launchers available for the Android mobile operating system.
If you want to enjoy its recent features you know how to do it. You will be able to notice how
advanced this renewal process is in this app. With nothing more to add remember to keep
visiting us for more content. Thanks for reading. Bye!

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PURPOSE
The goal of Nova was to achieve "sovereignty and technological independence" and to have it
installed on all computers in Cuba where Microsoft Windows is still the most widely used
operating system. The system was central to the Cuban government's desire to replace
Windows.

Commands

The following list of commands are supported by the RDOS/DOS CLI.[6]

 ALGOL
 APPEND
 ASM
 BASIC
 BATCH
 BOOT
 BPUNCH
 BUILD
 CCONT
 CDIR
 CHAIN
 CHATR
 CHLAT
 CLEAR
 CLG
 COPY
 CPART
 CRAND
 CREATE
 DEB
 DELETE
 DIR
 DISK
 DUMP
 EDIT
 ENDLOG
 ENPAT
 EQUIV
 EXFG
 FDUMP
 FGND
 FILCOM
 FLOAD
 FORT
 FORTRAN
 FPRINT
 GDIR
 GMEM
 GSYS
 GTOD
 INIT
 LDIR
 LFE
 LINK
 LIST
 LOAD
 LOG
 MAC
 MCABOOT
 MDIR
 MEDIT
 MESSAGE
 MKABS
 MKSAVE
 MOVE
 NSPEED
  OEDIT
 OVLDR
 PATCH
 POP
 PRINT
 PUNCH
 RDOSSORT
 RELEASE
 RENAME
 REPLACE
 REV
 RLDR
 SAVE
 SDAY
 SEDIT
 SMEM
 SPDIS
 SPEBL
 SPEED
 SPKILL
 STOD
 SYSGEN
 TPRINT
 TUOFF
 TUON
 TYPE
 VFU
 XFER

The nova Shell Utility

The nova shell utility interacts with OpenStack Nova API from the command line. It supports
the entirety of the OpenStack Nova API.

You’ll need to provide nova with your OpenStack Keystone user information. You can do this
with the –os-username, –os-password, –os-project-name (–os-project-id), –os-project-domain-
name (–os-project-domain-id) and –os-user-domain-name (–os-user-domain-id) options, but it’s
easier to just set them as environment variables by setting some environment variables:

OS_USERNAME¶

Your OpenStack Keystone user name.

OS_PASSWORD¶
 Your password.

OS_PROJECT_NAME¶

The name of project for work.

OS_PROJECT_ID¶

The ID of project for work.

OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME¶

The name of domain containing the project.

OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_ID¶

The ID of domain containing the project.

OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME¶

The user’s domain name.

OS_USER_DOMAIN_ID¶

The user’s domain ID.

OS_AUTH_URL¶

The OpenStack Keystone endpoint URL.

OS_COMPUTE_API_VERSION¶

The OpenStack Nova API version (microversion).

OS_REGION_NAME¶

The Keystone region name. Defaults to the first region if multiple regions are available.

OS_TRUSTED_IMAGE_CERTIFICATE_IDS¶

A comma-delimited list of trusted image certificate IDs. Only used with the nova boot
and nova rebuild commands starting with the 2.63 microversion.

For example:
 export OS_TRUSTED_IMAGE_CERTIFICATE_IDS=trusted-cert-id1,trusted-cert-
id2

For example, in Bash you’d use:

export OS_USERNAME=yourname
export OS_PASSWORD=yadayadayada
export OS_PROJECT_NAME=myproject
export OS_PROJECT_DOMAIN_NAME=default
export OS_USER_DOMAIN_NAME=default
export OS_AUTH_URL=http://<url-to-openstack-keystone>/identity
export OS_COMPUTE_API_VERSION=2.1

From there, all shell commands take the form:

nova <command> [arguments...]

Run nova help to get a full list of all possible commands, and run nova help <command> to get
detailed help for that command.

For more information, see the command reference.