What it is.?

Canaima GNU / Linux is an open socio-technological project built collaboratively, focusing on the development of tools and productive models based on Information Technology (IT) Free software and operating systems which aims to build national capacity, endogenous development , ownership and promotion of free knowledge, without losing their original cause: building a technologically prepared Venezuelan nation.

Canaima currently driving major national projects both public and private, among which are the Canaima Education Project, the Internet Plan CANTV equipped, among others..

OPERATING SYSTEM FEATURES CANAIMA 

1.  Fully developed in Free Software. 
2.  It is not limited to use in the APN, but can be used by anyone.  
3. It is equipped with office tools such as OpenOffice.org, (word processing, spreadsheets, presentations), graphic design, project planning and databases.  
4. It allows interaction with the Internet, through its website, email manager and applications for making phone calls over the network browser.  
5. It is stable and safe, based on the stable version of Debian GNU / Linux, which passes through a series of processes and rigorous quality testing.  
6. Held in Venezuela by local talent.   

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software included

Like other distributions, Canaima GNU / Linux has several applications to perform office tasks, entertainment, development and configuration of the entire system. GNOME is the default interface. There are other unofficial versions maintained by the community with different desktops such as XFCE.

     Office
         LibreOffice office suite, with the following modules:
             Word processor
             Spreadsheet
             Presentations generator
             Generating mathematical formulas and drawing software
         Project Management: Planner
         HTML editor.

Following the trend set by other organizations engaged GNU / Linux since version 3, OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice replaced from version 3.1 is no longer incorporated the database manager of this office suite.

Canaima personalized desktop GNU / Linux 3.0

     Internet:
         Web browser: Ocelot 7 Iceweasel based on present since version 3.0 of Canaima and replacing Curiara browser.
         Email client: Guácharo.8
         IM client: Pidgin.9
         Client Twitter: Turpial.10

     graphics:
         LibreOffice Draw.
         GNU Paint.
         Dia diagram editor.
         Gimp
         Inkscape
         Cheese webcam viewer.
         Shotwell Photo Manager.
         Software Xsane image scanning.

     programming:
         Quanta Plus.
         Eclipse.
         Anjuta: Integrated development environment for programming in the programming languages C, C ++, Java, Python and Vala, on GNU / Linux and BSD systems.

Releases

Canaima GNU / Linux is a distribution which periodically releases have generated in recent years.11 The following table lists each version releases.

Version Codename Release date
 1.0 Canaima October 18, 2007; 7 years ago 
2.0 Canaima February 5, 2009; for 6 years.
2.0.1 RC1 Canaima April 16, 2009; for 6 years.
Canaima 2.0.1 May 15, 2009; for 6 years.
 Canaima 2.0.2 May 22, 2009; 6 years 
2.0.3 Canaima July 3, 2009; last 5 years.
 2.0.4 Canaima October 17, 2009; 5 years ago
 2.1 RC Canaima May 21, 2010; for 5 years 
 3.0 RC Roraima February 10, 2011; for 4 years.
 3.0 RC2 Roraima February 22, 2011; for 4 years.
 3.0 Roraima May 5, 2011; 4 years ago3.1 
VC1 Auyantepui December 29, 2011; for 3 years
 3.1 VC2 Auyantepui July 6, 2012; for 2 años
 3.1 VC3 Auyantepui July 18, 2012; for 2 years.
 3.1 Auyantepui November 14, 2012; for 2 years
 4.0 Kerepakupai December 04 2013
 4.1 Kukenán September 4, 2014

Meaning Color 
Red old version; unsupported. 
Yellow old version;  still supported.Current version 
Verde; with support. 
Blue future development version.