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Ubuntu 13.04 has a custom version of Linux kernel 3.8, a branch which has been deemed EOL (end of life) already. Canonical is planning to stay ahead of the curve with the next version of Ubuntu.

“For now, we'll plan on targeting the v3.10 kernel for Saucy but will strongly re-evaluate a move... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 23:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/It-s-Official-Ubuntu-13-10-Will-Have-Linux-Kernel-3-11-355251.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/It-s-Official-Ubuntu-13-10-Will-Have-Linux-Kernel-3-11-355251.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mark-Shuttleworth-Talked-About-Canonical-s-Conflicts-with-KDE-and-GNOME-Developers-355248.shtml
During the Ubuntu Open Week, Canonical developers have a transparency exercise with the community and they share a lot of interesting information.

Mark Shuttleworth himself has decided to talk about Canonical’s relationship with GNOME and KDE develoepers.

“We'll work as closely with both GNOME and KDE as we can.... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 22:41:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mark-Shuttleworth-Talked-About-Canonical-s-Conflicts-with-KDE-and-GNOME-Developers-355248.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mark-Shuttleworth-Talked-About-Canonical-s-Conflicts-with-KDE-and-GNOME-Developers-355248.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Unreal-Engine-4-to-Support-Linux-355246.shtml
Besides the details about this interesting game developed with the old Heavy Gear titles in mind, another piece of information has a lot more weight.

Unreal 4 is the next generation engine developed by Epic Game and if Unreal Engine 3 is anything to go by, the next installment will be a huge hit.

The guy... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 22:21:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Unreal-Engine-4-to-Support-Linux-355246.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Unreal-Engine-4-to-Support-Linux-355246.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Enlightenment-Developers-Go-to-War-Against-the-Word-GIF-355244.shtml
It’s not every day that someone has the courage to speak up about this really big problem, which is the pronunciation of the word GIF (Graphics Interchange Format).

The creator of the GIF format, Steve Wilhite, has put an end ... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 21:51:01 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Enlightenment-Developers-Go-to-War-Against-the-Word-GIF-355244.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Enlightenment-Developers-Go-to-War-Against-the-Word-GIF-355244.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Untangle-Gateway-Platform-9-4-1-Officially-Announced-355242.shtml
Untangle Gateway Platform 9.4.1 is just a bugfix release, but the users have been advised to updated as soon as possible.

Highlights of Untangle Gateway Platform 9.4.1:

• A sporadic failure of python RPC calls (mostly c... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 21:31:01 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Untangle-Gateway-Platform-9-4-1-Officially-Announced-355242.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Untangle-Gateway-Platform-9-4-1-Officially-Announced-355242.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Survival-Game-quot-Don-t-Starve-quot-Receives-a-New-World-Ready-for-Exploration-355241.shtml
Don't Starve is a 2D action game in which the players don’t received any kind of instructions or help. Their only task is to stay alive.

Highlights of the latest Don't Starve update:

• The foundation for a new explorable game area underground has been set;
• The first pass of the new Caves biome has been... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 21:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Survival-Game-quot-Don-t-Starve-quot-Receives-a-New-World-Ready-for-Exploration-355241.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Survival-Game-quot-Don-t-Starve-quot-Receives-a-New-World-Ready-for-Exploration-355241.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mesa-9-1-3-Fixes-a-Performance-Regression-355178.shtml
Mesa 9.1.3 is just a bug fix release for the previous version and, consequently, no new features have been added.

Highlights of Mesa 9.1.3:

• A Mesa 9.1 performance regression, on KWin's Lanczos shader, has been fixed;
• The Solaris build has been fixed;
• A script has been added to generate... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 19:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mesa-9-1-3-Fixes-a-Performance-Regression-355178.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mesa-9-1-3-Fixes-a-Performance-Regression-355178.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GitLab-5-2-0-Has-a-Better-Interface-355107.shtml
GitLab doesn't shy away from the fact that it is inspired by GitHub and the project is even hosted there.

According to one of the developers, Valeriy Sizov, GitLab is made by people from all over the world and take pride in the fact that critical issues are fixed within 24 hours.

Highlights of GitLab 5.2.0:
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phpMyFAQ 2.8.0 supports various database systems (PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, and MySQL) and comes with a comprehensive content management system.

Highlights of phpMyFAQ 2.8.0:

• The PHP requirement is now version 5.3.3 or later;
• phpMyFAQ is now licensed under the terms of Mozilla Public License 2.0;
&b... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 17:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/phpMyFAQ-Hits-Major-Milestone-with-Version-2-8-0-355092.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/phpMyFAQ-Hits-Major-Milestone-with-Version-2-8-0-355092.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Famous-Roundcube-Webmail-0-9-1-IMAP-Client-Release-with-Numerous-Fixes-355201.shtml
Roundcube Webmail 0.9.1 provides full functionality for an e-mail client, including MIME support, address book, folder manipulation, message searching and spell checking.

Highlights of Roundcube Webmail 0.9.1:

• A problem with a security warning that displayed for valid images, has been fixed;
• The handling of inva... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 14:08:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Famous-Roundcube-Webmail-0-9-1-IMAP-Client-Release-with-Numerous-Fixes-355201.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Famous-Roundcube-Webmail-0-9-1-IMAP-Client-Release-with-Numerous-Fixes-355201.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/VueScan-9-2-19-Fixes-Green-Scans-Problem-355110.shtml
VueScan 9.2.19 is a minor release in the series as it doesn’t bring any performance improvements for the Linux platform, just small fixes and changes.

Highlights of VueScan 9.2.19:

• A problem with the infrared alignment on Epson Perfection V700/V750 has be... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 09:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/VueScan-9-2-19-Fixes-Green-Scans-Problem-355110.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/VueScan-9-2-19-Fixes-Green-Scans-Problem-355110.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chrome-28-Dev-Improves-Auto-complete-Behavior-355042.shtml
A new Development version of Google Chrome has been launched, and it integrates a large number of functional changes and improvements.

Highlights of Google Chrome 28.0.1500.20 Dev:

• A crash bug, that has been happening with –disable-rich-notifications, has been fixed;
• A sysroot... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 08:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chrome-28-Dev-Improves-Auto-complete-Behavior-355042.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Chrome-28-Dev-Improves-Auto-complete-Behavior-355042.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tizen-2-1-SDK-Available-for-Downloaded-355064.shtml
Tizen is an open source mobile operating system based on distribution, which includes several modules from the former MeeGo, Moblin, and Maemo. The development is a joint venture, called the Tizen Association, which is made up of several companies, such as Intel, Huawei, NEC, Samsung, and a few others.

Highlights... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 07:56:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tizen-2-1-SDK-Available-for-Downloaded-355064.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Tizen-2-1-SDK-Available-for-Downloaded-355064.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Steam-for-Linux-Client-Update-Fixes-Half-Life-and-Half-Life-2-Game-Backups-355049.shtml
After a development version garners sufficient changes, Valve promotes it to stable. The work for the next beta starts almost immediately.

Highlights of the latest Steam for Linux update:

• A regression, that was causing Big Picture to activate spontaneously under some circumstances, has been fixed;
• The game ba... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 07:16:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Steam-for-Linux-Client-Update-Fixes-Half-Life-and-Half-Life-2-Game-Backups-355049.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Steam-for-Linux-Client-Update-Fixes-Half-Life-and-Half-Life-2-Game-Backups-355049.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Google-Chrome-27-Stable-Is-Out-and-Boasts-With-Faster-Page-Loading-355013.shtml
A new Stable version of Google Chrome has been launched, and it integrates a large number of functional changes and improvements.

Highlights of Google Chrome 27.0.1453.93:

• Web pages now load 5% faster on average;
• chrome.syncFileSystem API has been added;
• The ranking of pred... (read more)]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 00:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Google-Chrome-27-Stable-Is-Out-and-Boasts-With-Faster-Page-Loading-355013.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Google-Chrome-27-Stable-Is-Out-and-Boasts-With-Faster-Page-Loading-355013.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fresh-Puppy-Linux-quot-Precise-quot-5-6-Distro-Is-Available-for-Download-355012.shtml
Precise Puppy 5.6 is a distribution built on Ubuntu Precise Pangolin 12.04.2.

Highlights of Precise Puppy 5.6:

• The MoManager GUI translation manager has been updated;
• Many Woof scripts have been improved;
&bul... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 23:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fresh-Puppy-Linux-quot-Precise-quot-5-6-Distro-Is-Available-for-Download-355012.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fresh-Puppy-Linux-quot-Precise-quot-5-6-Distro-Is-Available-for-Download-355012.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Left-4-Dead-2-Beta-for-Linux-Update-Fixes-Insta-kill-Bug-355011.shtml
Left 4 Dead 2 is an FPS zombie-killing cooperative game, developed by Valve with millions of fans all over the world.

Highlights of the latest Left 4 Dead 2 patch:

• A possible insta-kill situation, that occurred when shoving a jockey who is mid-leap, has been fixed;
• The Cold Stream image has been fixed in the Camp... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 23:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Left-4-Dead-2-Beta-for-Linux-Update-Fixes-Insta-kill-Bug-355011.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Left-4-Dead-2-Beta-for-Linux-Update-Fixes-Insta-kill-Bug-355011.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Steel-Storm-Burning-Retribution-With-a-40-Discount-on-Steam-for-Linux-355010.shtml
Steel Storm: Burning Retribution is a top down action shooter developed by the Kot in Action Creative Artel studio.

The game features online warfare with up to 16 players in any of the multi-player modes, fast paced gameplay, and a first-person camera mode.

Linux System Requir... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 23:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Steel-Storm-Burning-Retribution-With-a-40-Discount-on-Steam-for-Linux-355010.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Steel-Storm-Burning-Retribution-With-a-40-Discount-on-Steam-for-Linux-355010.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/SparkyLinux-3-0-Beta-1-Is-Based-on-Debian-quot-Jessie-quot-355009.shtml
SparkyLinux 3.0 Beta 1 “Annagerman system is built on Debian GNU/Linux “Jessie.” According to the developers, Annagerman is a main-belt asteroid named after the Polish singer Anna German.

Highlights of SparkyLinux 3.0 Beta 1:

• Over 20 preconfigured... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 23:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/SparkyLinux-3-0-Beta-1-Is-Based-on-Debian-quot-Jessie-quot-355009.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/SparkyLinux-3-0-Beta-1-Is-Based-on-Debian-quot-Jessie-quot-355009.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Free-Professional-Creation-Suite-Blender-2-67a-Features-Over-80-Bugfixes-355008.shtml
Blender 2.67a is a maintenance release and integrates over 80 bug fixes.

Highlights of Blender 2.67a:

• 'Reset to Default Theme' no longer makes some node titlebars go black;
• A crash, that occurred when enabling mesh analysis intersect with wire edges, has been fixed;
• The failur... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 22:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Free-Professional-Creation-Suite-Blender-2-67a-Features-Over-80-Bugfixes-355008.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Free-Professional-Creation-Suite-Blender-2-67a-Features-Over-80-Bugfixes-355008.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Spectraball-Available-on-Steam-for-Linux-with-a-33-Discount-355007.shtml
Spectraball is a game that combines elements of platforming, puzzle solving, and amazing visuals. It’s developed by Shorebound Studios and it was initially launched on Steam back in 2008.

The game now benefits from a discount of 30% on Steam for Linux. The promotion will last until May 27.

Spectraball has an addi... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 22:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Spectraball-Available-on-Steam-for-Linux-with-a-33-Discount-355007.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Spectraball-Available-on-Steam-for-Linux-with-a-33-Discount-355007.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Torchlight-Finally-Gets-Character-Faces-on-Linux-After-Six-Months-355006.shtml
When Torchlight was ported on the Linux, for a Humble Bundle Collection, all the Linux users were very happy. As it turned out, the game has a very nasty bug that made the faces of the main characters disappear.

Numerous requests have been made towards the developers from Runic Games to fix this problem, but they have been rather busy with Torchlig... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 22:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Torchlight-Finally-Gets-Character-Faces-on-Linux-After-Six-Months-355006.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Torchlight-Finally-Gets-Character-Faces-on-Linux-After-Six-Months-355006.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/phpMyAdmin-4-0-2-RC1-Is-Available-for-Testing-355005.shtml
There aren't many changes from the previous release, but an RC means that they are getting closer to a stable version.

Highlights of phpMyAdmin 4.0.2 RC1:

• The users can use the browse function when the table name contains keyword "call";
• The table sorting in the navigation panel is no longer case-sen... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 21:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/phpMyAdmin-4-0-2-RC1-Is-Available-for-Testing-355005.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/phpMyAdmin-4-0-2-RC1-Is-Available-for-Testing-355005.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Team-Fortress-2-for-Linux-Receives-Yet-Another-Patch-355004.shtml
Team Fortress 2 features a large number of multiplayer modes, such as Capture the Flag, Control Point, Payload, Arena, King of the Hill and more. Players can choose one of the nine classes: Scout, Soldier, Pyro, Demoman, Heavy, Engineer, Medic, Sniper, and Spy.

Highlights of the Team Fortress 2 update:

• A bad mat... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 21:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Team-Fortress-2-for-Linux-Receives-Yet-Another-Patch-355004.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Team-Fortress-2-for-Linux-Receives-Yet-Another-Patch-355004.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/LibTIFF-Vulnerabilities-Fixed-in-Ubuntu-13-04-355003.shtml
According to Canonical, LibTIFF could be made to crash or run programs, as the user’s login, if it opened a specially crafted file.

It was discovered that LibTIFF incorrectly handled certain malformed images when using the tiff2pdf tool.

If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specia... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 21:08:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/LibTIFF-Vulnerabilities-Fixed-in-Ubuntu-13-04-355003.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/LibTIFF-Vulnerabilities-Fixed-in-Ubuntu-13-04-355003.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Rochard-on-Steam-for-Linux-with-a-75-Discount-354973.shtml
Rochard is a 2D platformer that relies on physics for its gameplay. You control the main character and his powerful G-Lifter in a story narrated by the famous Jon St. John (voice of Duke Nukem).

A 50% discount also applies to the newly release Rochard: Hard Times DLC, which is also available for Linux.

Linux S... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 20:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Rochard-on-Steam-for-Linux-with-a-75-Discount-354973.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-Rochard-on-Steam-for-Linux-with-a-75-Discount-354973.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Garry-s-Mod-Confirmed-on-Steam-for-Linux-354965.shtml
In case you didn’t know, Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox based upon the Source engine used in Half-Life 2.

The developer is not a fan of the Linux platform and even tricked the Linux users, on April 1, with false news about Garry's Mod.

The information about the Linux version is taken from the CDR database and by no means i... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 19:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Garry-s-Mod-Confirmed-on-Steam-for-Linux-354965.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Garry-s-Mod-Confirmed-on-Steam-for-Linux-354965.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Virtualization-Software-QEMU-1-5-0-Brings-Better-USB-3-0-Support-354951.shtml
QEMU 1.5.0 supports virtualization when executing under the Xen hypervisor or using the KVM kernel module in Linux.

Highlights of QEMU 1.5.0:

• The --audio-card-list configure option is not used anymore;
• VFIO now supports the primary VGA passthrough;
• Experimental support for USB 3.0 stre... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 18:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Virtualization-Software-QEMU-1-5-0-Brings-Better-USB-3-0-Support-354951.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Virtualization-Software-QEMU-1-5-0-Brings-Better-USB-3-0-Support-354951.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Squid-3-3-5-Released-with-Minor-Fixes-354857.shtml
Squid 3.3.5 is mainly a maintenance release, with just a few bug fixes and improvements. Users should upgrade nonetheless.

Highlights of Squid 3.3.5:

• Delay Pool class 5 tag:levels are no longer displayed incorrectly in cache manager;
• C... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 17:01:01 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Squid-3-3-5-Released-with-Minor-Fixes-354857.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Squid-3-3-5-Released-with-Minor-Fixes-354857.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samba-4-0-6-Is-Available-for-Download-354937.shtml
The sixth maintenance release is in the 4.x branch and contains all of Samba's technology parts, both a file server, which can be upgraded from existing Samba 3.x releases, and the AD domain controller previously known as “samba4.”

Highlights of Samba 4.0.6:

• SMB2 server now suppor... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 13:57:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samba-4-0-6-Is-Available-for-Download-354937.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samba-4-0-6-Is-Available-for-Download-354937.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Silviu Stahie)