Canaima 3.1 available

A week ago the new version of this well-known is available distribution GNU / Linux, powered by the government and the free software community of Venezuela, and aimed at its use in the public administration as well as in the educational field of that country. 


In this new version, in addition to solving the typical bugs, some changes have been included:

  • LibreOffice 3.4 
  • The Cunaguaro 8.0 web browser (derived from firefox) now has full HTML5 support 
  • Guacharo 8.0 (email client based on thunderbird) 
  • Turpial 1.6.6. Twitter client 
  • Friend 0.7.2. It is an assistant for user migration from proprietary technologies to Free Information Technologies (IT) 

Additionally, the following enhancements were made:

  • Rewriting canaima-welcome-gnome in python-webkit to implement animations in javascript.
  • New wallpapers.
  • Reorganization of the panels to adjust the space according to Netbooks and tablets.
  • New visual style for the Plymouth Starter Loader.
  • Restructuring the dependency tree to remove unnecessary packages: gnome-core, dmz-cursor-theme, gnome-themes, gnome-icon-theme, evolution, evolution-common, epiphany-browser, epiphany-browser-data.
  • Implementation of the agreements of the MiniCayapa de Sabores de Mérida:
  • Creation of the canaima-desktop-gnome metapackage.
  • Publication of the clean sources of the packages in the repository.
  • Implement quilt patches for all modified packages from the Debian project in Canaima.
  • Creation of visual, motor and cognitive accessibility meta-packages.