Softpedia is once again proud to introduce today, March 13th, a new Linux-based operating system for the masses, called elementaryOS. elementaryOS is an operating system based on the Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) distribution from Canonical, offering a light, fast, clutter-free and smooth desktop enviro... [read more >>] Clement Lefebvre, father of the Linux Mint project, announced a few days ago that the upcoming Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) operating system will feature a new desktop interface built on top of the GNOME 3 desktop environment. So, we've downloaded a development version of the Linux Mint 12 distribution and to... [read more >>] In two days, September 1st, Canonical will unleash to the world the first Beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system, due for final release on October 13th, 2011. With this occasion we thought it will be a great idea to inform our Ubuntu readers about some of the interestin... [read more >>] Tomorrow, March 31st, Canonical will unleash to the world the first Beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) operating system, due for release on April 28th, 2011. With this occasion we thought it will be a wonderful idea to inform our readers about some very nice features that will be inc... [read more >>] Our last review of the Jolicloud 1.0 operating system was very appreciated, and we thought that it will be a very good idea to give you guys a glimpse into the next release, Jolicloud 1.1, which will be available for download/upgrade in November 2010. The Jolicloud team was kind enough to give us access to... [read more >>] It's been a while since our last review of the Jolicloud operating system, and since we just got a brand-new eMachines eM350 netbook (see it in the enclosed image) we thought to give you guys a glimpse into the new release of Jolicloud 1.0. As many of you already know, the distribution is not yet avail... [read more >>] The GIMP development team has unleashed today (not yet on the official website) another development release of their popular image manipulation software. The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 2.7.1 comes with lots of improvements, new functions and many bugfixes. Among these, we can mention support for ... [read more >>] Dear readers, it is our pleasure to announce the best release of the extremely popular (not to mention free) VLC Media Player software. Dubbed "The Luggage," VLC (VideoLAN Client) reached version 1.1.0 on June 22nd, bringing features that will put other similar applications on the back seat. Among some of ... [read more >>] A couple of weeks ago, we talked a little about the upcoming artwork of Linux Mint 9 (codename Isadora) and the plans Clement Lefebvre had for this next major version of the Linux Mint operating system. However, today, we are proud to present a few screenshots and introduce you guys to the main features of ... [read more >>] April Fools turned out to be a great day for Linux enthusiasts, as GNOME developers decided to offer them something to look forward to except getting punked and do a proper launch, and a pretty big one at that. GNOME 2.30 is now available for everyone and the final release of the 2.xx series is packing some... [read more >>] |