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Cuba Launches Own Linux Variation

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-people's-OS dept.

willclem writes "According to Reuters, it seems that Cuba has launched its own variation of Linux in order to fulfill its government's desire to replace Microsoft operating systems. 'Getting greater control over the informatic process is an important issue,' said Communications Minister Ramiro Valdes, who heads a commission pushing Cuba's migration to free software."

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  1. Tux cant handle the Cuban heat. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Somehow I have a hard time picturing penguins in Cuba.

    1. Re:Tux cant handle the Cuban heat. by Zencyde · · Score: 3, Funny

      Shit, you're worried? A friend of mine has been saying Linux is Communist for aeons.

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    2. Re:Tux cant handle the Cuban heat. by greenguy · · Score: 5, Funny

      In Soviet Russia, Russia is a Soviet country!

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    3. Re:Tux cant handle the Cuban heat. by VisceralLogic · · Score: 2, Funny

      Bill Gates??? Is that you?

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    4. Re:Tux cant handle the Cuban heat. by dotancohen · · Score: 3, Funny

      Since when is russia a communist or socialist country?

      1917. Just wait a few weeks, I'm sure that kdawson will post it.

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  2. CigarOS by russlar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gives new meaning to the term patch rollup.

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    1. Re:CigarOS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Che-buntu is the name.

    2. Re:CigarOS by uberjack · · Score: 5, Funny

      I vote for 'CommUnix'

    3. Re:CigarOS by woof69 · · Score: 2, Funny

      cubix?

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  3. Not that I had used those... *cough* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...but many pirated copies can pass those checks. Have been able to do that for a long time.

    And they could have bought computers from some European retailer with pre-installed Windows.

    What I am impressed with is a country that just made having personal computers legal is developping Linux distro.

    Ever since hearing that, I have been aspiring to move to Cuba after getting my degree in CS. It will be pretty rapidly growing market there in a while.

  4. If we are voting, I vote for Castrix by tlambert · · Score: 4, Funny

    If we are voting, I vote for Castrix

    -- Terry

    1. Re:If we are voting, I vote for Castrix by sapphire+wyvern · · Score: 5, Funny

      Castrix does seem to go well with Unix...

    2. Re:If we are voting, I vote for Castrix by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's good!!!

      I was thinking Cubuntu.

    3. Re:If we are voting, I vote for Castrix by jejones · · Score: 2, Funny

      I watched too much I Love Lucy when I was a kid; I was thinking Babalubuntu.

    4. Re:If we are voting, I vote for Castrix by Goenk · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Fidel Distro" would get my vote for sure!

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  5. Cuban Linux distro name by Aranwe+Haldaloke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tell me I'm not the only one who expected its name to be Cubuntu.

    1. Re:Cuban Linux distro name by caustin_sd · · Score: 2, Funny

      I've been reading slashdot since it started. I registered today just to say that's f*cking hilarious.

  6. Re:How did microsoft get around the embargo? by xPsi · · Score: 3, Funny

    How did microsoft get around the embargo?

    They aren't a company, man. They're their own frickn' weather system. They just need the coriolis force the tell them which way to spin.

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  7. Not if it's Red Hat based by russlar · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it's Red Hat based, I say Sombrero!

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    1. Re:Not if it's Red Hat based by surman · · Score: 3, Funny

      If it's Red Hat based, I say SombrerOS!

      There, fixed it for you.

  8. Where do you get the parts? by Steauengeglase · · Score: 2, Funny

    Lunix can run on a '59 Eldorado? Impressive.

  9. Re:If we are voting, I vote for Castrix... by davidsyes · · Score: 3, Funny

    I vote "Fidelity" or "Fidelix" (Raulix doesn't sound quite right....) ... in honor of the Regime outlasting multiple US administrations...

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  10. Re:Terrible News! Please read! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yes, I am. What does that have to do with anything?

  11. You forgot your hat by iminplaya · · Score: 4, Funny

    The whole thing has been cleverly orchestrated by Microsoft. And when they defeat the red menace, they shall be seen as heroes.Beautiful plan. I wish I thought of it myself.

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  12. Re:How did microsoft get around the embargo? by houghi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, but you forget that Cuba hosts a camp where people are tortured called "Guantanamo Bay". UH, oh, never mind.

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