Linux kernel 2.6.27 was released last night by its father, Linus Torvalds - "So not a lot happened after -rc9, which is mostly good. I certainly don't want to have any upheavals at the end of an -rc series, although I wouldn't have minded more people looking at the regression list. That said, I think we're in pretty good shape, and it's not like I can hold back releases indefinitely anyway." The new version brings improved support for many webcams, lots of new drivers and many other interesting features.Highlights of Linux kernel 2.6.27:· Lockless page cache and get_user_pages()· Delayed allocation for Ext4... [read more >>] Last night, the GNOME developers announced a brand new release of the GNOME desktop environment, version 2.24. It brings a lot of hot extra features, new translations and updated documentation. The upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Beta Linux distribution, which is scheduled for release on October 2nd (next Thursday), will include a fully functional version of GNOME 2.24."GNOME 2.24 is the latest version of the GNOME Desktop: a popular, multi-platform desktop environment for your computer. GNOME's focus is ease of use, stability, and first class internationalization and accessibility support. GNOME is Free and Open Source Software a... [read more >>] I knew today would be a special day, because Mozilla decided to launch the final version of Firefox 3.0, but I was not expecting this... Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to announce Wine 1.0, the final and stable release, after 15 years of development! While the compatibility with many Windows applications is not yet perfect, thousands of programs have been reported to work very well, thanks to all the loyal Wine users and testers. Wine 1.0 fixes:￭ a Counter-Strike 1.6 performance issue;￭ an X11 error: BadDrawable (X_PolyFillRectangle) when you had to switch to the virtual desktop;￭ the two Punisher demo bugs, where a... [read more >>] Every six months, the GNOME team prepares a new and revolutionary release of the ever popular GNOME desktop environment. Today, we are proud to introduce you to the latest and greatest features of an 100% FREE and open source desktop. Whether you are on a Solaris machine or the latest Ubuntu distribution, GNOME is there and with every new release it makes your life... Simply Beautiful!Let's have a look at the new features of GNOME 2.22:The Cheese software - a brand new application designed to "take care" of your webcam. It allows you to make photos and record videos using your little... webcam! Say... cheese![tablec][row][col][/col][/r... [read more >>] It's finally here, guys! GIMP 2.4 final was released last night and it can be found here. What's new? Many things are new in GIMP 2.4, things like a new default icon theme, more polished interface, new scalable brushes, new selection tools, brand new align tool, support for new file formats, fullscreen editing, amazing new crop tool, red eye removal tool, improved screenshot plug-in, improved printing and a lot more. Take a look below to see the "hot stuff" that GIMP 2.4 brings:General ImprovementsRefreshed Look[tablec][row][col][/col][/row][/tablec]GIMP has from now on a new default icon theme, complying with the Tango style guid... [read more >>] Oh boy, oh boy... which one should I play? That will be the question asked by many Linux gamers, when both Unreal Tournament 3 and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars will be fully available on the market. However, it looks like Quake Wars has just got an advantage, as the demo client was made available last night for the general public. Therefore, today we will take a quick look at this demo client of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars and we will learn some interesting facts about it!What is Enemy Territory: Quake Wars?Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is the ultimate online strategic first-person shooter, set in the Quake Universe. Enemy Territory: Quake War... [read more >>] The GNOME team has announced last night the immediate availability of the 2.20 version, which brings important features, bug fixes and improvements: "GNOME 2.20 is the latest version of the GNOME Desktop: a popular, multi-platform desktop environment. GNOME's focus is ease of use, stability, and first class internationalization and accessibility support. Based on Free and Open Source Software, GNOME provides all of the common tools computer users expect of a modern computing environment, as well as a flexible and powerful platform for software developers."Let's have a look over the new features you'll find in GNOME 2.20:Evolu... [read more >>] Yes! It's finally here! Version 8 of the most popular PDF reader on the planet, Adobe Reader, was released today for Linux and Solaris platforms. The new version is simply astonishing: it has a completely redesigned interface, new tools and it was created in such a way as to view PDF documents more efficiently. Let's take a quick look at the features that Adobe Reader 8 will bring to a Linux desktop near you:￭ Leverage a simplified user interface￭ Hold online meetings￭ Realize more secure document workflows￭ Save trees and time￭ Access learning resources￭ Search single or multiple PDF file... [read more >>] A new version of the ATI/AMD Linux display driver was just released a few minutes ago for both x86 and x86_64 platforms. I think many users have been waiting for this, as this new version brings back support for the Fedora 7 Linux distribution! Here is a guide on how to install the ATI video drivers on Fedora 7. Issues resolved in this release:￭ The kernel module build no longer fails on kernel version 2.6.22.￭ Starting AMD CCC-LE no longer fails with a floating-point exception when started in certain configurations.￭ When playing videos in I420 color format using the Xv extension and TexturedVideo (the default on R5xx)... [read more >>] Do you feel lucky today? You should, if you use one of the popular Linux distributions that can be easily found these days, because Google has just released its miraculous Desktop Search software for Linux-based systems. The Google Desktop application comes now in a beta version and its purpose is the same as in Windows and Mac OS, namely that of enabling Linux users to search for many file types, such as:￭ Gmail￭ Text files and source code￭ PDF and PS files￭ HTML files￭ Email from Thunderbird￭ OpenOffice.org documents￭ Image and music files￭ Man pages and Info pages ￭ File and ... [read more >>] | 
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