http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Linux Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2010 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:36:24 GMT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:36:24 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/KDE-Software-Compilation-4-4-0-Released-134478.shtml A few minutes ago, the wonderful developers behind the KDE project announced the final and stable release of the highly anticipated KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC) 4.4.0. Dubbed Caikaku, KDE SC 4.4.0 is the next major release with over 7,000 bugs squashed, over 1,400 new features, new applications, new effects, and much more! KDE SC 4.4.0 is composed of... (read more)]]> Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:16:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/KDE-Software-Compilation-4-4-0-Released-134478.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/KDE-Software-Compilation-4-4-0-Released-134478.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-83-134297.shtml Welcome to the 83rd issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!

The following Linux-based operating systems were announced last week: openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 1, VortexBox 1.1, Elive 1.9.60, Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 2 and Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition. In other news: Canonical announced the immediate availability of an important kernel update for its U... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 10:14:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-83-134297.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-83-134297.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-Linux-Mint-8-KDE-Community-Edition-134286.shtml Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint community proudly announced on Saturday, February 6th, the final release of the Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition operating system. Based on Kubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), the new version is now powered by Linux kernel 2.6.31 and built on top of the KDE Software Compilation 4.3.4. Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edit... (read more)]]> Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-Linux-Mint-8-KDE-Community-Edition-134286.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-Linux-Mint-8-KDE-Community-Edition-134286.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-and-Test-Mandriva-Linux-2010-1-Alpha-2-134094.shtml The second Alpha release of the upcoming Mandriva Linux 2010.1 (Spring) operating system, due for launch in early June this year, is now available on mirrors worldwide. Once again, bleeding-edge packages are at home with Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 2, including Linux kernel 2.6.33 RC6, KDE Software Compilation 4.4 RC3, GNOME 2.29.6, Mozilla Firefo... (read more)]]> Sat, 6 Feb 2010 10:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-and-Test-Mandriva-Linux-2010-1-Alpha-2-134094.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-and-Test-Mandriva-Linux-2010-1-Alpha-2-134094.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-Kernel-Vulnerabilities-in-Ubuntu-6-06-8-04-8-10-9-04-and-9-10-134162.shtml Canonical announced a few hours ago the immediate availability of a new Linux kernel security update for the following Ubuntu distributions: 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake), 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron), 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and 9.10 (Karmic Koala). The update also applies to Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu and it patches... (read more)]]> Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:24:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-Kernel-Vulnerabilities-in-Ubuntu-6-06-8-04-8-10-9-04-and-9-10-134162.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/10-Kernel-Vulnerabilities-in-Ubuntu-6-06-8-04-8-10-9-04-and-9-10-134162.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Elive-2-0-Gets-Closer-Every-Day-133899.shtml The developers behind the Elive project cooked yet another unstable release of their Elive Live CD Linux distribution, now at version 1.9.60. Being powered by Debian, the Enlightenment E17 desktop environment and Linux kernel 2.6.30, the newly released Elive 1.9.60 offers a new driver for CD-ROMs, the ability to configure your touchpad and some other goodies. Wit... (read more)]]> Wed, 3 Feb 2010 08:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Elive-2-0-Gets-Closer-Every-Day-133899.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Elive-2-0-Gets-Closer-Every-Day-133899.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-VortexBox-1-1-133801.shtml Listening to the VortexBox, Sonos and SqueezeBox communities' requests, Andrew Gillis proudly announced on February 1st the new VortexBox 1.1 release, which includes a lot of great features. VortexBox will turn your computer into an easy-to-use and out-of-the-box music jukebox and server. With it, you can rip Audio CDs to the FLAC and MP3 formats, add ID3 tags, grab ... (read more)]]> Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:41:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-VortexBox-1-1-133801.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-VortexBox-1-1-133801.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/openSUSE-11-3-Milestone-1-Ready-for-Testing-133773.shtml Last evening, February 1st, Henne Vogelsang announced that the first milestone of the upcoming openSUSE 11.3 operating system was available for testing. This first development version is distributed as a KDE4 and GNOME Live CDs for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. It contains bleeding-edge packages, such as Linux kernel 2.6.32, GNOME 2.29.5, KDE ... (read more)]]> Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:08:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/openSUSE-11-3-Milestone-1-Ready-for-Testing-133773.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/openSUSE-11-3-Milestone-1-Ready-for-Testing-133773.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-82-133670.shtml Welcome to the 82nd issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!

The following Linux-based operating systems were announced last week: SystemRescueCd 1.3.5, PC/OS 10 and Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS. In other news: the KDE community announced the third release candidate for the upcoming KDE Software Compilation 4.4 suite; AMD released the ATI Catalyst 10.1 video drivers ... (read more)]]> Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:48:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-82-133670.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-82-133670.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-04-4-LTS-Is-Available-for-Download-133458.shtml Dear Ubuntu 8.04 users, Steve Langasek announced a few minutes ago the fourth maintenance release of the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) operating system, which (in case you forgot) is supported with maintenance updates and security fixes until April 2011 on desktops, and April 2013 on servers. Once again, this new maintenance release brings to its dedi... (read more)]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-04-4-LTS-Is-Available-for-Download-133458.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-8-04-4-LTS-Is-Available-for-Download-133458.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-ATI-Video-Driver-for-Linux-Supports-Ubuntu-9-10-133331.shtml Last evening, January 27th, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) announced a brand-new version of its versatile ATI Catalyst proprietary Display Driver for Linux users. ATI Catalyst 10.1 updates the software to version 8.69 and it introduces production support for the Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system from Canonical. Available for both x86 a... (read more)]]> Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:17:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-ATI-Video-Driver-for-Linux-Supports-Ubuntu-9-10-133331.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-ATI-Video-Driver-for-Linux-Supports-Ubuntu-9-10-133331.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/PC-OS-10-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-9-04-133236.shtml Yesterday evening, January 26th, Roberto Dohnert proudly announced the immediate availability for download of the PC/OS 10 Ubuntu-based operating system. Not only that the new PC/OS has drastically changed its version number, from 2009.x to 10, but it is also distributed in two editions: OpenWorkstation and WebStation! PC/OS 10 is now based on the popular Ubuntu... (read more)]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/PC-OS-10-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-9-04-133236.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/PC-OS-10-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-9-04-133236.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/SystemRescueCd-1-3-5-Incorporates-GParted-0-5-1-133227.shtml On January 25th, François Dupoux released version 1.3.5 of the SystemRescueCd Linux-based operating system. The new SystemRescueCd 1.3.5 is now powered by Linux kernel 2.6.31.12, with an updated Btrfs filesystem from Linux kernel 2.6.32. The popular GParted application for partitioning tasks was updated, as well as the FSArchiver and NTFS-3... (read more)]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/SystemRescueCd-1-3-5-Incorporates-GParted-0-5-1-133227.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/SystemRescueCd-1-3-5-Incorporates-GParted-0-5-1-133227.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/KDE-SC-4-4-Will-Arrive-in-Two-Weeks-133132.shtml On January 25th, the KDE developers announced the second Release Candidate, and the last development release of the upcoming and highly anticipated KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC) 4.4. This development release, dubbed CampKDE, is here as a testing base for all of you who want to report bugs. The final release of KDE Software Compilation 4.4 will be availabl... (read more)]]> Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:07:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/KDE-SC-4-4-Will-Arrive-in-Two-Weeks-133132.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/KDE-SC-4-4-Will-Arrive-in-Two-Weeks-133132.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-81-133020.shtml Welcome to the 81st issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!

The following Linux-based operating systems were announced last week: Android-x86 1.6, Linux Mint 8 RC1 KDE Community Edition, Ubuntu Electronics Remix 9.10 and Tiny Core Linux 2.8. In other news: the Ubuntu Manual team needs your help to make the upcoming manual, for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx... (read more)]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-81-133020.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-81-133020.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-Tiny-Core-Linux-2-8-132964.shtml Robert Shingledecker, founder of the Tiny Core Linux project, announced on January 23rd the immediate availability of the Tiny Core Linux 2.8 operating system. The new release brings, as usual, a lot of bugfixes, updates to scripts, included applications, and various improvements. Without further introduction, let's take a closer look at some of the most import... (read more)]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:16:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-Tiny-Core-Linux-2-8-132964.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-Tiny-Core-Linux-2-8-132964.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Ubuntu-Electronics-Remix-9-10-132890.shtml We are proud to present today a new Ubuntu-based (or Remix) Linux distribution, this time for electronics. Called Ubuntu Electronics Remix, or UER for short, it is based on the popular Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system and comes as a Live DVD ISO image with lots of free electronics software. Except for the electronics software, everything else... (read more)]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:47:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Ubuntu-Electronics-Remix-9-10-132890.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Ubuntu-Electronics-Remix-9-10-132890.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-8-RC1-KDE-Edition-Arrives-132766.shtml Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint community are proud to present today (January 21st) the first release candidate of the upcoming Linux Mint 8 KDE Community Edition operating system. Powered by Linux kernel 2.6.31 and built on top of the KDE Software Compilation 4.3.4, Linux Mint 8 KDE RC1 comes with many improvements in various areas of interest. It is no... (read more)]]> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-8-RC1-KDE-Edition-Arrives-132766.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-8-RC1-KDE-Edition-Arrives-132766.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Run-Android-for-Your-PC-132652.shtml Today we are proud to announce a new operating system, a port of Google's famous Android platform for the x86 (32-bit) architecture. Simply named Android-x86, this Live CD Linux distribution is designed mostly for the Eee PC netbooks, but can also run on any other 32-bit (x86) platform. The current stable version of Android-x86 is based on Android 1.6 (Donut) and it's po... (read more)]]> Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:50:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Run-Android-for-Your-PC-132652.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Run-Android-for-Your-PC-132652.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Manual-Needs-You-Help-132478.shtml As we proudly announced at the beginning of this month, the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS operating system will be accompanied by a comprehensive manual. The Ubuntu Manual will be designed for beginners in Linux/Ubuntu and it will contain essential how-tos, guides and basic information about Ubuntu and its components, and everything one needs to know after installing it. Today, ... (read more)]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:12:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Manual-Needs-You-Help-132478.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Manual-Needs-You-Help-132478.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-80-132359.shtml Welcome to the 80th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!

The following Linux-based operating systems were announced last week: BackTrack 4, SimplyMEPIS 8.0.15, PelicanHPC 2.0, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Alpha 2 and Pardus Linux 2009.1. In other news: Amarok 2.2.2 brings new and highly anticipated features, as well as plenty of bug fixes. The weekly ends with the v... (read more)]]> Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-80-132359.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-80-132359.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pardus-Linux-2009-1-Released-132299.shtml Onur Küçük proudly announced last night (January 15th) the immediate availability of the Pardus 2009.1 Linux-based operating system. Powered by a brand-new Linux kernel 2.6.31.11, built on top of the amazing KDE Software Compilation 4.3.4 environment and with bleeding-edge applications, such as the Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 web browser or The GIMP 2.6.8... (read more)]]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:59:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pardus-Linux-2009-1-Released-132299.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pardus-Linux-2009-1-Released-132299.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-10-04-LTS-Alpha-2-Has-Better-Support-for-Nvidia-132086.shtml A few minutes ago, the Ubuntu development team unleashed the second alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) operating system, due for release in late April this year. As usual, we've downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS development.

What's ne... (read more)]]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-10-04-LTS-Alpha-2-Has-Better-Support-for-Nvidia-132086.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-10-04-LTS-Alpha-2-Has-Better-Support-for-Nvidia-132086.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/PelicanHPC-2-0-Is-Based-on-Debian-Squeeze-131971.shtml PelicanHPC GNU/Linux reached today version 2.0, as announced last evening (January 12th) by Michael Creel, on the distribution's website. Based on the Debian Squeeze testing branch, PelicanHPC 2.0 updates a few core packages, and introduces some improvements and various bug fixes. PelicanHPC is a Live CD Linux distribution based on the Debian mammoth, w... (read more)]]> Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:31:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/PelicanHPC-2-0-Is-Based-on-Debian-Squeeze-131971.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/PelicanHPC-2-0-Is-Based-on-Debian-Squeeze-131971.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/SimplyMEPIS-8-0-15-Is-Ready-for-Download-131953.shtml MEPIS LLC, through Warren Woodford, announced yesterday, January 12th, the immediate availability for download of the SimplyMEPIS 8.0.15 operating system, for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. This is a maintenance update to the stable branch of SimplyMEPIS and it includes Linux kernel 2.6.27.43, KDE 3.5.10, OpenOffice.org 3.1.1, Mozilla Firefox 3.5.... (read more)]]> Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:03:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/SimplyMEPIS-8-0-15-Is-Ready-for-Download-131953.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/SimplyMEPIS-8-0-15-Is-Ready-for-Download-131953.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-Amarok-2-2-2-131844.shtml Announced on January 11th, Amarok 2.2.2 brings some interesting improvements and lots of bug fixes since previous releases. But there are also some new features in Amarok 2.2.2, such as the return of the highly anticipated "Custom Labels," which allows users to add a personal touch to their music collection. Furthermore, the moodbar was added to make their music exper... (read more)]]> Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:51:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-Amarok-2-2-2-131844.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-Amarok-2-2-2-131844.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/BackTrack-4-Is-Finally-Here-131809.shtml Offensive Security, leaders in Online information security training, proudly announced last evening the final release of their extremely popular security oriented operating system, BackTrack 4. After quite a long development period, the team tried to make BackTrack 4 one of the perfect Linux distributions for security-related tasks. It is now powered by a new Linux k... (read more)]]> Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:36:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/BackTrack-4-Is-Finally-Here-131809.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/BackTrack-4-Is-Finally-Here-131809.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-79-131725.shtml Welcome to the 79th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!

The following Linux-based operating systems were announced last week: SimplyMEPIS 8.5 Beta 4, Toorox 01.2010, VLOS 2.0 Beta 1, Elive 1.9.56 and Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 1. In other news: the Ubuntu community announces that a comprehensive Ubuntu Manual will be available with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS; th... (read more)]]> Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:38:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-79-131725.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-Issue-79-131725.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Mandriva-Linux-2010-1-Alpha-1-131702.shtml Announced on Saturday night (January 9th), the first Alpha release of the upcoming Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Linux distribution, due for launch in early June this year, is now available on mirrors worldwide. This first Spring release includes only bleeding-edge packages, starting with Linux kernel 2.6.33 RC3 and continuing with KDE Software Compilation 4.4 Bet... (read more)]]> Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Mandriva-Linux-2010-1-Alpha-1-131702.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Mandriva-Linux-2010-1-Alpha-1-131702.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-KDE-Software-Compilation-4-4-RC1-131604.shtml A few minutes ago, the KDE community project announced the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming and highly anticipated KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC) 4.4. This development version brings improvements and bug fixes in various areas, especially for Nepomuk and Plasma. The KDE Software Compilation is composed of the KDE Plasma Workspace,... (read more)]]> Fri, 8 Jan 2010 15:17:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-KDE-Software-Compilation-4-4-RC1-131604.shtml Linux http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-KDE-Software-Compilation-4-4-RC1-131604.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)