OpenSUSE, a free and Linux-based operating system for PCs, laptops or servers that you can use to surf the web, manage your e-mails and photos, do office work, and play videos or music, is now at version 13.1 Milestone 1. According to the developers, this release is not fully functional, not to mention st... [read more >>] The current Ubuntu Developer Summit has been rather productive and it seems that Firefox is the first casualty.
The Ubuntu developers have talked about replacing the default Mozilla Firefox browser with Chromium. This might not seem like much, but this is a major decision, especially for a big company lik... [read more >>] Linux Mint 15 RC MATE Linux distribution has been launched and it marks the start of a new branch.
The MATE version of Linux Mint 15 RC (dubbed Olivia), has been launched alongside the Cinnamon version, and it incorporates a fair amount of changes.
Highlights of Linux Mint 15 RC MATE:
• MATE (a fork... [read more >>] The first RC for Linux Mint 15 has been launched and comes with two distinct flavors, Cinnamon and MATE.
According to the developers, Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” is the most ambitious project so far and they are aiming to incorporate a lot of new features.
Highlights of Linux Mint 15 RC Cinnamon:
... [read more >>] GNOME 3.8.2 has been officially launched and it features a lot of fixes, documentation and translation updates, not to mention a sleuth of new features.
As expected, not all the packages in the GNOME universe have been updated. This category includes quite a few of the core apps, such as NetworkManager, Gc... [read more >>] The display server developed by Canonical, Mir, should be in working order by the time Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) will be launched.
The Ubuntu Developer Summit is in full effect and all sort of information is coming out. One of the most interesting features about Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) is tha... [read more >>] One of the KDE developers has expressed his doubts that Kubuntu will be able to exist in its present form after Ubuntu switches to Mir.
Martin Gräßlin, the KDE developer who is questioning the future of Kubuntu, has been rather vocal in the past against Mir and against Canonical’s direction. His... [read more >>] Anomaly 2, the sequel for Anomaly Warzone Earth, has been released officially for Linux and users can now purchase it with a 10% discount.
Anomaly 2 has been described as a tower offense RTS and the developers from 11 bit studios S.A. have tried to stay true to the recipe from the first game.
“As th... [read more >>] Unity 8 is still pretty far away and the display server Mir is still in development. This doesn't mean that Canonical is not working hard on bringing the two technologies together, as soon as possible.
Ubuntu's community manager Jono Bacon has posted a video of Mir running on the next generation... [read more >>] Antergos, a distribution based on Arch Linux that used to go by the name of Cinnarch, has been released and comes with a simple version, 2013.05.12. The Cinnarch developers have considered that their new operating system is now mature enough and that it warrants a release. “After a month since our ... [read more >>] |