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Canaima GNU/Linux


Last Update: 2025-05-17 18:09 UTC


Canaima GNU/Linux is a Venezuelan desktop distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. It is primarily designed as a solution for the computers of National Public Administration in accordance with the presidential decree number 3.390 about the use of free technologies in National Public Administration in the country.

Popularity (hits per day): 12 months: 196 (45), 6 months: 243 (35), 3 months: 242 (35), 4 weeks: 245 (34), 1 week: 248 (34)

Average visitor rating: 4.33/10 from 3 review(s).


Canaima Summary
Distribution Canaima GNU/Linux
Home Page https://canaima.softwarelibre.gob.ve/
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Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2013-12-05: Distribution Release: Canaima GNU/Linux 4.0
 • 2013-05-16: Development Release: Canaima GNU/Linux 4.0 Alpha 1
 • 2012-11-17: Distribution Release: Canaima GNU/Linux 3.1
 • 2011-02-11: Development Release: Canaima GNU/Linux 3.0 VC1
 • 2009-05-06: Distribution Release: Canaima GNU/Linux 2.0.1
 • 2009-04-16: Development Release: Canaima GNU/Linux 2.0.1 RC1
 • More Canaima releases...

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Feature 8.0
kavanayen
7.3
imawari
5.1
chimantá
4.1
kerepakupai
3.1 2.1
Release Date 2024-10-19 2024-07-19 2017-09-06 2014-09-04 2012-11-14 2010-07-20
End Of Life            
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free
Image Size (MB) 3100-4100 2700-3800 1500-1600      
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, MATE, Xfce GNOME, KDE Plasma, LXDE, MATE, Xfce Cinnamon, MATE GNOME GNOME GNOME
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB
Release Model Rolling Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice LibreOffice OO.o
Processor Architecture i686, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i586, i686, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386
Init Software systemd systemd systemd SysV SysV SysV
Journaled File Systems ext4, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS
Multilingual Yes Yes es es es es
Asian Language Support Yes Yes -- -- -- --
Full Package List 8.0 7.3 5.1 4.1 3.1 2.1
Package 8.0
kavanayen
7.3
imawari
5.1
chimantá
4.1
kerepakupai
3.1 2.1
alsa-lib (1.2.14) 1.2.12 1.2.4 1.0.28 1.0.25 1.0.23 1.0.19
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 19.1.0 -- -- -- --
apparmor (4.1.1)            
apt (3.1.3) 2.9.8 2.2.4 1.0.9.8.4 0.9.7.9 0.8.10.3 0.7.20.2
bash (5.3) 5.2.32 5.1 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.2
bind (9.20.10) -- -- -- -- -- --
chromium (138.0.7204.92) -- -- -- -- -- --
cinnamon (6.4.10) 6.0.4 4.8.6 2.8.4 -- -- --
cups (2.4.12) 2.4.10 2.3.3 1.7.5 1.5.3 1.4.4 1.3.8
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.1 1.46.2 1.42.12 1.42.5 1.41.12 1.41.3
ffmpeg (7.1.1) 7.0.2 4.3.5 -- -- -- svn
firefox (140.0.4) 128.3.1 102.10.0 52.3.0 27.0 8.0 3.0.11
flatpak (1.16.1) -- -- -- -- -- --
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.3 2.10.4 2.5.2 2.4.9 2.4.2 2.3.7
gcc (15.1.0) 14.2.0 10.2.1 4.9.2 -- -- 4.3.2
gimp (3.0.4) 2.10.38 2.10.22 -- -- -- 2.6.2
git (2.50.1) 2.45.2 2.30.2 -- -- -- --
glibc (2.41) 2.40 2.31 2.19 2.13 2.11.2 2.7
gnome-shell (48.3) 46.4 3.38.6 -- 3.4.2 -- --
grub (2.12) 2.12 2.06 2.02beta2 -- -- 1.96
gtk (4.18.6) 4.16.3 3.24.24 3.14.5 3.4.2 2.20.1 2.12.12
httpd (2.4.64) -- 2.4.56 -- -- -- --
inkscape (1.4.2) 1.2.2 1.0.2 -- -- -- 0.46
kmod (34.2) 33 28 18 9 -- --
krita (5.2.10) -- -- -- -- -- --
LibreOffice (25.2.4) 24.8.2 7.0.4 4.3.3 4.1.4 3.4.3 3.1.1
Package 8.0
kavanayen
7.3
imawari
5.1
chimantá
4.1
kerepakupai
3.1 2.1
libselinux (3.8.1) 3.7 3.1 2.3 2.1.9 2.0.96 2.0.65
linux (6.15.6) 6.7.12 5.15.124 3.16.43 3.11.10 2.6.32 2.6.26
mariadb (11.8.2) -- -- -- -- -- --
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.26.2 1.24.1 1.12.0 -- -- --
mesa (25.1.5) 24.2.4 20.3.5 10.3.2 8.0.5 7.7.1 7.0.3
mysql (9.3.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
nautilus (48.3) 47.0 3.38.2 -- 3.4.2 2.30.1 2.20.0
NVIDIA (575.64.03) -- -- -- -- -- --
openjdk (24.0.1) 21.0.5 11.0.18 7u151 -- -- --
openssh (10.0p1) 9.9p1 8.4p1 6.7p1 6.0p1 5.5p1 5.1p1
openssl (3.5.1) 3.3.2 1.1.1n 1.0.1t 1.0.1e 0.9.8o 0.9.8g
perl (5.42.0) 5.38.2 5.32.1 5.20.2 5.14.2 5.10.1 5.10.0
php (8.4.10) -- -- -- -- -- --
plasma-desktop (6.4.2) 5.27.11 5.20.5 -- -- -- --
postfix (3.10.3) -- -- -- -- -- --
postgresql (17.5) -- -- -- -- -- --
Python (3.13.5) 3.12.6 3.9.2 2.7.9 2.7.3 2.6.6 2.5.2
qt (6.9.1) 6.6.2 5.15.2 4.8.6 -- -- 4.4.3
samba (4.22.3) 4.21.0 4.13.13 4.2.14 -- -- 3.4.3
systemd (257.7) 256.7 247.3 215 -- -- --
thunderbird (140.0.1) 128.2.0 102.10.0 52.2.1 17.0.10 8.0 2.0.0.23
vim (9.1) 9.1 8.2 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.1
vlc (3.0.21) -- 3.0.18 2.2.1 -- -- 0.9.6
wayland (1.24.0) -- -- -- -- -- --
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.18.1 4.16.0 -- -- -- --
xorg-server (21.1.18) 21.1.13 1.20.11 1.16.4 1.12.4 1.7.7 1.4.2

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4.3
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Version: 8.0
Rating: 7
Date: 2025-06-12
Votes: 0


I wanted to test Canaima Linux for one reason, to look if countries are abel to make a Linux Distro foa wide purpose use. I am from Germany and till now the EU is only willing to speak but in real they can't design a Linux distro for the use in the EU. With the new situation (US Gov.) all countries shall look to reduce the US -Centric IT-Structure. If countries like Venezoela can do it why can't the EU do it?. The Install was smooth ....my hardware is a Dell Optiplex 9020 SFF with a Xeon E3-1246 E3 with 32GB of Ram a 128GB NVME with riser-card and 500 GB 3.5" Seagate. If didn't get any hardware related problems. It's installed with dual boot with a Win11 Pro.The language is German only the apps which are not standard linux (made by venezuelan authority) which are only in spanish . The DE i choose was the Cinnamon Desktop. There is only one repo activated which reside inVenezuela. But for common use all necessary apps are there. Sorry for my english but i am not a native speaker.i didn't get any bluescreens or so. So for me it's ok.
For personal use i use arch related distros. i hope somebody find this usefull. have a nice day and may LInux on Desktop earn the role which belongs to linux.


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Version: 8.0
Rating: 1
Date: 2024-12-28
Votes: 0


This distro constantly crashes on a modern i7 computer and it is basically hopeless at getting anything done.

It is hard to give it even 1 star when even grub keeps breaking when using any of the desktops.

The biggest problem with linux is that anybody can just mix up a few programs and call it a distro.

Support for this abomination is non existent. Yes it is based on Debian, but it has its own quirks and breaks in very creative ways so most debian instructions won't get you out of troubles.

Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere.

Before wasting time with this try puppy linux, pop os, linux mint in any flavour or even haiku os. Your experience will be much more pleasant and you will find better support if a problem arises, which will be a constant if you persevere with Canaima.

The one star in the rating is because of the impossibility to go lower, but I would if I could.


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Version: 7.2
Rating: 5
Date: 2024-01-31
Votes: 8


It's been years since I used Canaima the last... This version was installed using a stick drive of 4Gb and, to spare me some time I used Gparted in advance, to prepare the HDD area of 70Gb: At the beginning 3Gb for Swap + 70 Gb as Extended (formated 4ext) partition.

Fortunately They used (and keep) the grafic install and it needs few typed instructions/commands (Keyboard + Lang. /Network + Wlan).

After the PssWrd Root they offered the guided partition (as always they did) and it took me more than 1/2 hours, since Iḿ using an old M/B with low RAM (DDR1 = 2Gb Ram).

By default it comes with Gnome and it didn't have Nvidia GeForce drivers for an old AGP 500 Gb ram. I had problems to cope with the graphic up to the moment I used Synaptic to update the video drivers of Nvidia (the machine was clumpsy and slow) up to I updated all I needed to eliminate any Windows OS off my old machine.

Although any political ill biase I have against this OS, I would recommend it much more than Emmabuntüs (which was slower and clumpsier on this same PC).

On this same machine (Pentium 4, 775i65G) I --unsuccessfully-- tried a "robustus" BrOs, AntiX (...) yet it siply worked with minimalists as puppy or FatDog. Unwilling to install Emmabuntus (which freezes too much) I have found Canaima behaves better than those I have tried (which were bigger than 2-4Gb).

Contrary to my will, I also tried "Escuela" (from Spain) and other I kindly noticed on Distrowatch, yet none of those I have mentioned worked better than this, that was troublesome, until I installed the Nvidia drivers.

As I typing on this site --tryin it on-- I recommend this OS (for old PCs) working with low resources, and slow wifi.

PS

I`d like to thank all he ppl and staff of DistroWatch! By no means I would have learned of so many distroes if this site were not mention them.

Thanks to YOU all! AJTH


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