Huayra GNU/Linux
Huayra GNU/Linux is a Linux distribution developed by the Argentine national government. It is based on the Debian architecture. In 2013, it was installed on netbooks that were distributed to schools nationally by the Connect Equality program run by ANSES, the original developer of Huayra.
Having been released in the GNU GPL license, Huayra is free software.
Software developed by the Huayra team
The Huayra team develops educational applications designed for students and teachers. There are also other applications that, while not educational, are designed for young kids.Theme
"The Huayra desktop presents a unique design. Every version of Huayra comes with a unique theme, the latest being "Liso", which includes a GRUB theme, Plymouth, icon pack, GTK2 and GTK3 application themes, window theme, MDM login manager, wallpapers and screensavers, which improve the user experience with Docky and Synapse".There are various themes like Verde, Mayo or Limbo.
Versions
This table shows all of the different versions of Huayra.| Version number | Codename | Date | Architecture | Support | Note |
| 0.* | pruebas | 1 August 2012 | i386 | * | Development version made for testing. |
| 1.0 | brisa | 10 March 2013 | i386 | * | First released version. |
| 1.1 | brisa | 14 June 2013 | i386 | * | Update. |
| 2.0 | pampero | 24 April 2014 | i386 | * | Second version. |
| 2.1 | pampero | 13 August 2014 | i386 | * | Update. |
| 2.2 | pampero | 22 November 2014 | i386 and x86_64 | * | Update. First version optimized for 64 bit processors. |
| 3.0 | sud | 17 March 2015 | i386 and x86_64 | * | Third version. Based on Debian 8.2 |
| 3.1 | sud | 21 September 2015 | i368 and x86_64 | * | Update. |
| 3.2 | sud | 15 March 2016 | i386 and x86_64 | * | Update. Based on Debian 8.3 |
| 4.0 | zonda | – | i386 and x86_64 | * | Released. Based on Debian 9 |
| 5.0 | austral | 24 April 2021 | x86_64 | * | Released. Based on Debian 10 |
| 6.0 | norte | 12 June 2023 | x86_64 | * | Released. Based on Debian 11 |
| 6.5 | ráfaga | 1 February 2024 | x86_64 | * | Released. Based on Debian 12 |
| Color | Meaning |
| Red | Old version, no longer supported. |
| Yellow | Old version, still supported. |
| Green | Current version. |
| Blue | In development. |
Huayra 6 «norte»
Released on June 12, 2023. Based on Debian 11.5 «Bullseye» and a few improvements. Along with a new version of «Huayra Motion», and its own software store, among others. There was also added a manual called "El libro vivo de hechizos de Huayra Linux"