After Canonical showed off their latest operating system, Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), it is now time for another Linux mammoth to take the spotlight. In other words, Mandriva Linux 2010.0 was just released a few minutes ago, after two Alpha versions, one Beta and two Release Candidates, totaling more than four months of hard work. With this article, we are proud to present the new features that are included in the new Mandriva Linux release. Don't forget that Mandriva 2010.0 can be downloaded for free either as a Live KDE and GNOME CDs or a 100% Free DVD/Dual CD/Mini CD, for both i586 and x86_64 architectures (see download links at the... [read more >>] Dubbed Clockwork, the third maintenance version of the amazing KDE 4.3 desktop environment was released a few minutes ago by the KDE community. Bringing only translation updates and bug fixes to applications such Dolphin, Konqueror, KWin, KGeography, KLettres, KStars, KPat, Okular, KAlarm, KGpg, Okteta or JuK, KDE 4.3.3 is the next-generation KDE desktop environment for Linux, Windows and Macintosh platforms. With every release, KDE 4 is here to deliver the most modern, beautiful and attractive desktop environment! "Like the ticking of a Swiss watch, every month the KDE team brings you a new release. November's edition of KDE is a bug... [read more >>] Welcome to the 69th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions were announced last week: Endian Firewall 2.3, Toorox 10.2009, Ubuntu 9.10 and openSUSE 11.2 RC2. In other news: Nvidia releases the new 190.42 video driver for Linux users, now with support for OpenGL 3.2. For this week, we had the pleasure of reviewing the PS3 Media Server 1.10.5 application. We are also proud to announce gedit is the "Application of the Month" for October! The weekly ends with the video clip of the week, the latest Linux distributions released/updated last week and the development releases.
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[tablec][row][col]· A... [read more >>] After six alphas, a beta version and a release candidate, we are pleased to announce that Ubuntu 9.10 is here, today (October 29th), available on mirrors worldwide (see the download links at the end of the article). It is our greatest pleasure to introduce you guys to the highlights of this new release dubbed Karmic Koala. It all began on February 20th, 2009, when Mark Shuttleworth announced the Karmic Koala operating system, the next major release of the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system. Ubuntu 9.10 is also the eleventh release of the Ubuntu OS and will be supported for 18 months on both servers and desktops. Under the hood of Ubuntu... [read more >>] After quite a long development period, Nvidia finally decided to make Linux users happy again, by releasing a few minutes ago a brand-new and improved version of its graphics driver, Nvidia 190.42. As you see in the title, the big news is that Nvidia 190.42 now supports OpenGL 3.2. But, it also introduces support for the following video cards: GeForce G102M, GeForce GT 220, GeForce G210, GeForce G210M, GeForce GT 230M, GeForce GT 240M, GeForce GTS 250M and GeForce GTS 260M. However, the above is not even close to what the new driver has to offer. Here are some of the most important new features in Nvidia 190.42: · Newer Debian-base... [read more >>] Welcome to the 68th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions were announced last week: Fedora 12 Beta, CentOS 5.4, Ubuntu 9.10 Release Candidate and Elive 1.9.51. In other news: Novell releases the second beta version of the upcoming Banshee 1.6 player and Ubuntu 9.04 offering from Dell. An in-depth review of the KeePassX 0.4.1 application is also present in this edition. The weekly ends with the video clip of the week, the latest Linux distributions released/updated last week and the development releases.
Summary: [tablec][row][col]· Announced Distro: Fedora 12 Beta Is Available for Download
&middo... [read more >>] Only six days are left until the final release of Ubuntu 9.10 and, if you are anxious to get your hands on a very nice CD with the Karmic Koala operating system, then you should know that they can be pre-ordered from Ubuntu's ShipIt service, free of charge (a free account or an OpenID is required). It has started taking the orders a few days ago, so hurry up! However, Canonical wants you to consider downloading the release of Ubuntu 9.10 from the worldwide mirrors. Also, if you want to spread the word about the Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) release, which will happen on the 29th of October, you can get two nice, animated countdown script... [read more >>] With only one week left until the final release, Canonical unleashed a few minutes ago the Release Candidate version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system. As usual, we've downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 9.10 development. Oh, and once again, we would like to say Happy 5th Birthday, Ubuntu! What's new in Ubuntu 9.10 RC? Well, this is the last development version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system and much of the new features that will be part of it were presented here on our website. Nothing really changed from the Beta rel... [read more >>] With only nine days left until Karmic Koala's official release, it's time to take a look into the past. Five years ago, on the 20th of October, 2004, Mark Shuttleworth and the "warm-hearted Warthogs" from the developer team announced the first official Ubuntu release. Version 4.10, code name "Warty Warthog," was only the first representative in a line of operating systems that were made by human beings for human beings, aiming to let normal people use Linux. Let's take a quick look at when each of the Ubuntu versions was released, and what it brought new: · Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) - Released on the 20th of Octobe... [read more >>] The time has come for Fedora fans to test the Beta release of the upcoming Fedora 12 (Constantine) Linux distribution, announced a few minutes ago by the Fedora Project developers. This release is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.31.4, and it includes the KDE 4.3.2 and GNOME 2.28.0 desktop environments. Moblin support was also added in this release, as well as better power management, audio, webcam and video codec support. GNOME Shell is also available for testing, in the default software repository, and it will offer a preview of how GNOME 3 will look like. However, checking the feature list for Fedora 12, it appears that the developers complet... [read more >>] | 
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