http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Beta Testing Lab Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 01:02:36 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 01:02:36 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Test-Drive-of-Spri-Linux-2-11-Beta-121254.shtml Spri Linux is a lightweight Ubuntu remix that gears toward speed and uses the IceWM window manager to achieve that goal. Clearly, IceWM requires less resources than its bigger siblings, like GNOME and KDE, it's even lighter than XFCE, in fact you could probably put it in the same category with LXDE. Having that Ubuntu base means that Spri Linux benefits from t... (read more)]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Beta Testing Lab http://news.softpedia.com/news/Test-Drive-of-Spri-Linux-2-11-Beta-121254.shtml Beta Testing Lab http://news.softpedia.com/news/Test-Drive-of-Spri-Linux-2-11-Beta-121254.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Doru Barbu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Test-Driving-Wolvix-2-0-0-Beta-108338.shtml After testing a lot of final, stable releases, we think it's time to provide some feedback on some projects that are still in development. So, let us welcome you to the Beta Testing Lab, where today we'll test Wolvix 2.0.0 Beta as thoroughly as possible.

Wolvix 2.0.0 Beta is a Linux distribution based on the popular Slackware 12.2. Built on top of th... (read more)]]> Thu, 2 Apr 2009 00:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Beta Testing Lab http://news.softpedia.com/news/Test-Driving-Wolvix-2-0-0-Beta-108338.shtml Beta Testing Lab http://news.softpedia.com/news/Test-Driving-Wolvix-2-0-0-Beta-108338.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Daniel Pop-Silaghi) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Testing-OpenGEU-8-04-Beta-92148.shtml Ever since the release of OpenGEU 8.04 Beta a few days ago, I felt I needed to see for myself what it brought new and to take a closer look at the praised E17 Desktop shell. Combining the power and flexibility of Ubuntu and Gnome with the beauty of E17, OpenGEU 0.04 (Luna Crescente) aims to take the step forward in developing a user-friendly system.

As Luca... (read more)]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:39:00 GMT Softpedia News - Beta Testing Lab http://news.softpedia.com/news/Testing-OpenGEU-8-04-Beta-92148.shtml Beta Testing Lab http://news.softpedia.com/news/Testing-OpenGEU-8-04-Beta-92148.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Mihai Mircea) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Test-Driving-Zenwalk-5-2-beta-Gnome-Edition-91967.shtml This was my first ever adventure with a Slakware-based GNU/Linux distribution so I cannot say it has been an easy, effortless task, but that's probably just my lack of experience, because, after I finished the installation and testing of Zenwalk 5.2 Beta GNOME edition, it all made much more sense.

Still, I would have greatly appreciated a m... (read more)]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:17:00 GMT Softpedia News - Beta Testing Lab http://news.softpedia.com/news/Test-Driving-Zenwalk-5-2-beta-Gnome-Edition-91967.shtml Beta Testing Lab http://news.softpedia.com/news/Test-Driving-Zenwalk-5-2-beta-Gnome-Edition-91967.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Mihai Mircea) http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Test-Drive-With-Celena-66791.shtml The final version of Linux Mint 3.1 (codename Celena) burst onto the Linux scene two days ago. It's based on Cassandra and is compatible with Ubuntu Feisty and its repositories.

Linux Mint is an elegant, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution based on the very popular Ubuntu distribution. It offers paid commercial support to companies and i... (read more)]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - Beta Testing Lab http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Test-Drive-With-Celena-66791.shtml Beta Testing Lab http://news.softpedia.com/news/A-Test-Drive-With-Celena-66791.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Test-Driving-Linux-Mint-Cassandra-56041.shtml The final version of Linux Mint 3.0 (codename Cassandra) burst onto the Linux scene today, based on Bianca and compatible with Ubuntu Feisty and its repositories.

Linux Mint is an elegant, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution based on the very popular Ubuntu distribution. It offers paid commercial support to companies and individ... (read more)]]> Wed, 30 May 2007 19:14:00 GMT Softpedia News - Beta Testing Lab http://news.softpedia.com/news/Test-Driving-Linux-Mint-Cassandra-56041.shtml Beta Testing Lab http://news.softpedia.com/news/Test-Driving-Linux-Mint-Cassandra-56041.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)