http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Linux Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:15:11 GMT Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:15:11 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/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-186-252374.shtml The following Linux-based operating systems have been announced last week: Comice OS 4.0, Sabayon 8, CrunchBang 10 R20120207 and Parsix GNU/Linux 3.7r2. In other news: Google released the Google Chrome 17 web browser, bringing faster browsing and safer downloads. Softpedia Linux Blog news includes articles about KDE Development book, Retroblazer FPS, Snowlinux 2... (read more)]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-186-252374.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-186-252374.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Parsix-GNU-Linux-3-7r2-Is-Available-for-Download-252267.shtml Alan Baghumian announced last night, February 11th, the immediate availability for download of the Parsix GNU/Linux 3.7r2 operating system.

Parsix GNU/Linux 3.7r2 is the second and most probably the last update for the Parsix GNU/Linux 3.7 (Raul) distribution.

This release incorporates all the security and bug fixes, as... (read more)]]> Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:38:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Parsix-GNU-Linux-3-7r2-Is-Available-for-Download-252267.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Parsix-GNU-Linux-3-7r2-Is-Available-for-Download-252267.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/CrunchBang-Linux-10-R20120207-Available-for-Download-251626.shtml Philip Newborough announced yesterday, February 8th, that another maintenance release of his CrunchBang 10 Linux distribution is available for download.

CrunchBang Linux 10 R20120207 is a Linux distribution powered by Debian's stable Linux kernel 2.6.32 and X.Org 7.5. CrunchBang is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms,... (read more)]]> Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/CrunchBang-Linux-10-R20120207-Available-for-Download-251626.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/CrunchBang-Linux-10-R20120207-Available-for-Download-251626.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Releases-Chrome-17-Stable-251621.shtml Softpedia is the first to announced today, February 8th, that Google has just unleashed the stable and final release of the Google Chrome 17 web browser for the Linux, Macintosh, Windows and Chrome Frame platforms.

Google Chrome 17 (the actual version is 17.0.963.46) includes features such as new extensions APIs, an updated Omnibox prerendering, do... (read more)]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:13:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Releases-Chrome-17-Stable-251621.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Releases-Chrome-17-Stable-251621.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sabayon-Linux-8-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-2-and-Cinnamon-251345.shtml Fabio Erculiani proudly announced last night, February 7th, the immediate availability for download of the Sabayon Linux 8 operating system, designed for Linux enthusiasts who want the latest packages and the best performance, but don't want to spend days getting things working properly.

Including Linux kernel 3.2 and native suppor... (read more)]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 07:43:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sabayon-Linux-8-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-2-and-Cinnamon-251345.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sabayon-Linux-8-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-2-and-Cinnamon-251345.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Comice-OS-4-Mac-Looking-Linux-251243.shtml Softpedia is proud to introduce today, February 7th, a new Linux distribution, called Comice OS, which is actually a redesigned version of the Pear OS Linux.

Remember Pear OS? It's that Mac OS looking (see screenshots below) Ubuntu-based operating system introduced last year on our Linux section.

Well, it looks like David Tava... (read more)]]> Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:25:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Comice-OS-4-Mac-Looking-Linux-251243.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Comice-OS-4-Mac-Looking-Linux-251243.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-185-250886.shtml The following Linux-based operating systems have been announced last week: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.4, Clonezilla Live 1.2.12-10, DEFT Linux 7, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Alpha 2 and Linux Mint 12 KDE. Softpedia Linux Blog news includes articles about Wine 1.4 RC2, Ubuntu 12.10 Developer Summit, KDE Telepathy 0.3, Spark, PS3 Media Server 1.50.1, Frugalware 1.6 RC2, OpenShot 1... (read more)]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-185-250886.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-185-250886.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Jailbreak-iPhone-4S-and-iPad-2-on-Linux-250681.shtml The following tutorial will teach all Linux users how to jailbreak their Apple iPhone 4S and Apple iPad 2 devices.

As you all know, the Chronic Dev Team finally released the highly anticipated version of Absinthe jailbreak tool for the Linux platform. With Absinthe users can easily untether jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2 devices power... (read more)]]> Sat, 4 Feb 2012 15:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Jailbreak-iPhone-4S-and-iPad-2-on-Linux-250681.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Jailbreak-iPhone-4S-and-iPad-2-on-Linux-250681.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-12-KDE-Officially-Released-250602.shtml Clement Lefebvre, father of the Linux Mint project, proudly announced a few minutes ago, February 2nd, that the final and stable version of the Linux Mint 12 KDE edition operating system is available for download.

Being based on Kubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), Linux Mint 12 KDE is built on top of the KDE SC 4.7.4 environment, it is powered by ... (read more)]]> Fri, 3 Feb 2012 15:10:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-12-KDE-Officially-Released-250602.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-12-KDE-Officially-Released-250602.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Alpha-2-Has-Firefox-10-250335.shtml Softpedia is the first to announce today, February 2nd, that the second and last Alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system is now available for download. As usual, we've grabbed a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS development.

What's new in Ubun... (read more)]]> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 19:40:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Alpha-2-Has-Firefox-10-250335.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Alpha-2-Has-Firefox-10-250335.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/DEFT-Linux-7-Is-Based-on-Lubuntu-11-10-249971.shtml After months of hard work, the DEFT Linux team proudly announced that the final and stable version of the DEFT Linux 7 operating system is now available for download.

DEFT Linux 7 is the first Linux distribution able to perform Computer Forensics, Network Forensics, Mobile Forensics, Cyber ​​Intelligence and Incident Response.

"D... (read more)]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/DEFT-Linux-7-Is-Based-on-Lubuntu-11-10-249971.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/DEFT-Linux-7-Is-Based-on-Lubuntu-11-10-249971.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Clonezilla-Live-1-2-12-10-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-2-249580.shtml Steven Shiau proudly announced today, January 30th, a new stable release of his popular Clonezilla Live operating system, used for cloning hard disk drives.

Clonezilla Live 1.2.12-10 is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms and includes major improvements and assorted bugfixes.

Clonezilla Live 1.2.12-10 is powered by... (read more)]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Clonezilla-Live-1-2-12-10-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-2-249580.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Clonezilla-Live-1-2-12-10-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-2-249580.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Debian-6-0-4-Squeeze-249497.shtml The Debian project proudly announced a couple of days ago, January 28th, the fourth maintenance release of the stable Debian 6.0 operating system.

Debian 6.0.4 brings fixes to various security issues, as well as improvements to some serious problems. Some of the packages included in the previous versions of the distribution were also updated with the De... (read more)]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Debian-6-0-4-Squeeze-249497.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Debian-6-0-4-Squeeze-249497.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-184-249173.shtml The following Linux-based operating systems have been announced last week: Chrome OS Linux 1.8.1017. In other news: The openSUSE Project announced the official release schedule for the upcoming openSUSE 12.2 operating system; Spain’s Extremadura administration announced that they will move 40,000 PCs to Debian Linux; the KDE Project announced the release o... (read more)]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-184-249173.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-184-249173.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chrome-OS-Linux-1-8-1017-Comes-with-Google-Chrome-18-0-1017-2-249151.shtml The latest version of Chrome OS Linux has been released. Not to be confused with the similarly named operating system built by Google, Chrome OS Linux is an openSUSE remix which focuses on the Chrome browser and uses a number of other Google software that is available for Linux.

The latest update, Chrome OS Linux 1.8.10... (read more)]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chrome-OS-Linux-1-8-1017-Comes-with-Google-Chrome-18-0-1017-2-249151.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chrome-OS-Linux-1-8-1017-Comes-with-Google-Chrome-18-0-1017-2-249151.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-3-4-Development-Release-Is-Here-247584.shtml The GNOME Project announced a few minuntes ago, January 26th, the immediate availability for testing of the fourth development release of the upcoming GNOME 3.4 desktop environment, which brings various fixes and improvements.

With a delay of one week, the GNOME 3.3.4 desktop environment is ready for testing and it brings updates to main compo... (read more)]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:10:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-3-4-Development-Release-Is-Here-247584.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-3-4-Development-Release-Is-Here-247584.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-KDE-SC-4-8-on-Ubuntu-11-10-248829.shtml The following tutorial will teach Ubuntu and Kubuntu users how to install the newly released KDE SC 4.8 on the Ubuntu/Kubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system.

After another six months of hard work, the famous KDE Software Compilation (SC) suite reached version 4.8 on January 25th, 2012.

Loaded with many interesting and... (read more)]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-KDE-SC-4-8-on-Ubuntu-11-10-248829.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-KDE-SC-4-8-on-Ubuntu-11-10-248829.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/KDE-Software-Compilation-4-8-Officially-Released-248730.shtml KDE e.V. and the developers behind the KDE project has proudly announced a few minutes ago, January 25th, the final and stable release of the highly anticipated KDE Software Compilation 4.8 environment. 

After six month of hard work, the KDE Software Compilation 4.8 is finally here, bringing beautiful new features, various softw... (read more)]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:04:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/KDE-Software-Compilation-4-8-Officially-Released-248730.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/KDE-Software-Compilation-4-8-Officially-Released-248730.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Spain-s-Extremadura-Moves-40-000-PCs-to-Linux-248394.shtml Teodomiro Cayetano López, Extremadura's CIO (Chief Information Officer), confirmed on January 23rd that the administration of Spain’s autonomous region will move all their desktop PCs to Debian Linux.

"The project is really advanced and we hope to start the deployment the next spring, finishing it in December." said Teodomir... (read more)]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:31:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Spain-s-Extremadura-Moves-40-000-PCs-to-Linux-248394.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Spain-s-Extremadura-Moves-40-000-PCs-to-Linux-248394.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/openSUSE-12-2-Release-Schedule-248129.shtml A day after Benjaman Brunner's announcement about the end-of-life (EOL) of the openSUSE 11.3 operating system, on January 21st Bryen Yunashko published the release schedule of the upcoming openSUSE 12.2 Linux distribution.

The openSUSE Project releases new versions of its openSUSE Linux operating system every 8 months, with a life cycle of 18 months fo... (read more)]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/openSUSE-12-2-Release-Schedule-248129.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/openSUSE-12-2-Release-Schedule-248129.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-183-247839.shtml The following Linux-based operating systems have been announced last week: Ubuntu Secured Remix 11.10. In other news: Canonical promises your own private Ubuntu Cloud in only 5 days. Softpedia Linux Blog news includes articles about Wine 1.3.37, DEFT Linux 7 RC1, R.I.P 13.7, ArtistX 1.2, LibreOffice 3.4.5, LibreOffice 3.5.0 Beta 3, Frugalware 1.6 RC1, SQLite 3.7... (read more)]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-183-247839.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-183-247839.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-You-Own-Private-Ubuntu-Cloud-In-5-Days-247263.shtml Canonical is promoting these days their new product, Ubuntu Cloud Jumpstart, a service that promises to deploy a private cloud infrastructure on the client's hardware.

How it works? Simple! During five days, a Canonical services engineer and a Canonical engagement manager will build your private cloud on your own servers.

"Canoni... (read more)]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:21:01 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-You-Own-Private-Ubuntu-Cloud-In-5-Days-247263.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-You-Own-Private-Ubuntu-Cloud-In-5-Days-247263.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Ubuntu-Secured-Remix-11-10-246999.shtml Softpedia is proud to introduce today a new Linux operating system based on the popular Ubuntu distribution, Ubuntu Secured Remix.

Ubuntu Secured Remix 11.10 is actually based on the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system and is a slightly modified version of the Ubuntu Desktop Live CD.

Ubuntu Secured Remix was created wi... (read more)]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:21:01 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Ubuntu-Secured-Remix-11-10-246999.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Ubuntu-Secured-Remix-11-10-246999.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-182-246335.shtml The following Linux-based operating systems have been announced last week: Fuduntu 2012.1 and Linux Mint 12 KDE Release Candidate. In other news: Canonical showcased the Ubuntu TV concept at CES 2012; Canonical announces Ubuntu User Days in the weekend of 14-15 January. Softpedia Linux Blog news includes articles about IPFire 2.11 Core 55, Tiny Core Linux 4.2.1,... (read more)]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-182-246335.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-182-246335.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-User-Days-14-15-January-246190.shtml Even if you're an Ubuntu user or you just heard about it and you want to learn more about Ubuntu, you can attend the Ubuntu User Days event this weekend!

Ubuntu User Days will be take place from Saturday 13:30 UTC through Sunday 03:00 UTC on the Ubuntu Classroom IRC channel.

Canonical created the Ubuntu User Days as a set of chat-based class... (read more)]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-User-Days-14-15-January-246190.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-User-Days-14-15-January-246190.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Linux-Mint-12-KDE-Release-Candidate-245829.shtml Clement Lefebvre, father of the Linux Mint project, unleashed a couple of minutes ago, January 11th, the Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux Mint 12 KDE operating system.

Linux Mint 12 KDE Release Candidate features updated applications, general improvements and new features, all to make your desktop experience more comforta... (read more)]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Linux-Mint-12-KDE-Release-Candidate-245829.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Linux-Mint-12-KDE-Release-Candidate-245829.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fuduntu-2012-1-Features-Linux-Kernel-3-1-6-245573.shtml Andrew Wyatt proudly announced a few minutes ago, January 10th, the immediate availability for download of the Fuduntu 2012.1 Linux operating system.

Fuduntu 2012.1 is a maintenance release, featuring small improvements and fixing existing bugs. It is powered by Linux kernel 3.1.6, and has Chromium 16 web browser, as well as the latest Ad... (read more)]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:43:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fuduntu-2012-1-Features-Linux-Kernel-3-1-6-245573.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fuduntu-2012-1-Features-Linux-Kernel-3-1-6-245573.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Canonical-Showcases-Ubuntu-TV-and-IVI-at-CES-Exclusive-Images-245136.shtml Softpedia has been informed that Canonical plans to make an exclusive demonstration of an Ubuntu TV and Ubuntu In-vehicle Infotainment (IVI) at CES 2012.

Canonical announced a couple of days ago that it will be present, for the first time, at the CES 2012 (Consumer Electronics Show) event, in Las Vegas, US.

... (read more)]]> Mon, 9 Jan 2012 07:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Canonical-Showcases-Ubuntu-TV-and-IVI-at-CES-Exclusive-Images-245136.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Canonical-Showcases-Ubuntu-TV-and-IVI-at-CES-Exclusive-Images-245136.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-181-244966.shtml The following Linux-based operating systems have been announced last week: Dreamlinux 5.0. In other news: Softedia introduced the new Cinnamon desktop environment made by Linux Mint's developer; Softedia introduced Ubuntu YouTube Scope and Lens for Unity; Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux kernel 3.2. Softpedia Linux Blog news includes articles about ... (read more)]]> Sun, 8 Jan 2012 00:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-181-244966.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-181-244966.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-2-Officially-Released-244498.shtml After seven release candidates, Linus Torvalds announced a few hours ago, January 4th, the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.2. 

Among the new features incorporated in Linux kernel 3.2 we can mention better support for large files by supporting block sizes bigger than 4KB and up to 1MB in EXT4, upper limits of CP... (read more)]]> Thu, 5 Jan 2012 06:15:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-2-Officially-Released-244498.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-2-Officially-Released-244498.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)