If you're an Ubuntu buff, you'll have a pretty good idea about the subject of this article, since you already know that the Ubuntu releases are in sync with a certain graphical environment's development cycle. So, this October there is a pretty high chance of GNOME 2.28.0 arriving on a desktop near you, because the developers kept a tight watch on the schedule and delivered this next incrementation of our favorite GTK-based desktop environment, as promised. Enough introductions, let's see what has been cooking for the last five months or so in the GNOME kitchen. [tablec][row][col][/col][/row][/tablec][tablec][row][col]... [read more >>] I used to be one of PCLinuxOS' fans and I especially enjoyed the GNOME flavor so hearing that the team was ready to finally launch a new version sparkled a lot of interest in me. And what better way to express that interest than sharing my first impressions on this popular distribution?Being a GNOME person I went straight to the PCLOS GNOME page and got the 2009.1 ISO from there. 694 MegaBytes later and I was ready to dive into this new experience. Unfortunately, my enthusiasm was a little slowed down by our test machine, which refused to complete the boot-up process and hanged right after the "Starting udev" line appeared in the verbo... [read more >>] Believe it or not, Fedora 9 (dubbed Sulphur) is here! It was OFFICIALLY released (as expected) today May 13th, 2008. With hard drive encryption support implemented in the graphical installer (a feature that is missing from the popular Ubuntu distribution), latest Linux kernel 2.6.25, GNOME 2.22.1, GIMP 2.4.5 and Firefox 3 Beta 5, we guess the final release will really rock your world and it is our pleasure, here at Softpedia Labs, to introduce you to the latest features of Fedora 9.Powered by the latest and greatest Linux kernel, version 2.6.25, Fedora 9 Sulphur brings you ext4 support, a filesystem that's more scalable and performs mu... [read more >>] The GIMP team announced today the first release from the 2.5 development series. It is true that this version is unstable, but a little bird told me to give it a try and see what's it capable of. First of all, let me tell you that its interface is quite redesigned and I think that some users will have problems adjusting with it, but that's just my two cents. On the other hand, version 2.5.0 of The GIMP includes some hot new features, like the integration of GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) which will finally get support for higher color depths, more colorspaces and eventually non-destructive editing.But enough chitchat, and let... [read more >>] Every two years, Canonical prepares an LTS (Long Term Support) release of one of the best desktop Linux distributions available today. Actually, this is the second LTS edition of Ubuntu, the first one was 6.06 (Dapper Drake), released on June 1, 2006. Now that the beta version of Ubuntu 8.04 (codename Hardy Heron) is at the door and since I've tested all the alpha releases, I think it's a good moment to introduce you to the good parts and bad parts that Canonical prepared for this Long Term Support release. Therefore, this article is here to inform Ubuntu veterans, people that have discovered Ubuntu recently and future Ubuntu use... [read more >>] After five long months of development, the most expected project of 2007, KDE 4, has finally seen the light today! KDE 4 is the next generation of the popular K Desktop Environment, which seeks to fulfill the need for a powerful yet easy-to-use desktop, for both personal and enterprise computing. KDE project's goal for the 4.0 release is to put the foundations in place for future innovations on the FREE desktop.[tablec][row][col][/col][/row][/tablec]Today, we will take a closer look at the main features incorporated in the final release of KDE 4. First of all, I should let you know that for these tests, I've used the Kubuntu 7.10 ... [read more >>] Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my pleasure to let you know that Fedora 8 (codename Werewolf) has been released a few minutes ago and it can be downloaded here! Hey, hello... Are you still here? I hope so, because I want you to learn about the new features that Fedora brings with this new and heavily improved version, features that can beat (or not) Ubuntu 7.10 in some areas. Ready? Let's roll!PulseAudioOh yeah! Everybody talks about PulseAudio these days, about what it is and what it can do. Honestly, I wanted to try it myself, but when I saw the setup tutorial for it I said that I'll wait for a distribution to release it first and t... [read more >>] Today I am proud to announce the final version of Protech, a Linux distribution created especially for security professionals and programmers. Protech is powered by the lightweight Fluxbox window manager and is based on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn).[tablec][row][col][/col][col][/col][/row][/tablec]As other Ubuntu-based distributions, Protech is a Live CD that you can test just by burning the ISO image onto a blank CD and booting your PC from it. The boot options are the same as those from Ubuntu Linux, the only difference being the nice logo from Protech. The CD starts pretty fast, and without any other introduction you will enter the main des... [read more >>] When we hear Debian, we think of something humongous, a still heavyweight champion among Linux distributions worldwide. Many distributions were, are and will be based on Debian Linux. To name a few, Ubuntu is based on the Debian mammoth and Xandros is also a Debian-based distribution. But I bet you didn't see another Debian/Enlightenment-based Linux distribution, and that my friends is Elive, which reached the final and stable version (1.0) a few days ago.Elive is a plenary Linux operating system that tries to combine beauty with style, eye candy and minimal hardware requirements, and it can achieve that only with the luxurious Enligh... [read more >>] Announced at the middle of April 2007, the next version of Ubuntu Linux distribution (7.10, codename Gutsy Gibbon) has already started to stir up a lot of interest among the Ubuntu fans around the world. The Ubuntu team announced today the features that Ubuntu 7.10 will bring in late October this year. Here's a quick overview of the features you will find in Ubuntu 7.10:DesktopUbuntu 7.10 will ship with the latest version of the GNOME desktop (2.20), which will be released a few weeks before the final version of Gutsy Gibbon. On the other hand, Kubuntu will ship with the latest version of the KDE desktop (3.5.7). Moreover, Kubuntu use... [read more >>] | 
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