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Cuba Launches Own Linux Variation
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."
Gives new meaning to the term patch rollup.
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...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.
If we are voting, I vote for Castrix
-- Terry
Tell me I'm not the only one who expected its name to be Cubuntu.
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.
i\hbar\dot{\psi}=\hat{H}\psi
Shit, you're worried? A friend of mine has been saying Linux is Communist for aeons.
What day is it? Could you please tell me?
If it's Red Hat based, I say Sombrero!
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I vote "Fidelity" or "Fidelix" (Raulix doesn't sound quite right....) ... in honor of the Regime outlasting multiple US administrations...
Previously: "Linux... Toward the Sunrise..." Now: "Linux... Toward the-- No, now, part of Every Sunrise"
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.
What?
In Soviet Russia, Russia is a Soviet country!
What if I do the same thing, and I do get different results?
Since when is russia a communist or socialist country?
1917. Just wait a few weeks, I'm sure that kdawson will post it.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Yeah, but you forget that Cuba hosts a camp where people are tortured called "Guantanamo Bay". UH, oh, never mind.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.