http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Linux Distributions Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 01:02:40 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 01:02:40 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/Snowlinux-2-MATE-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-12-04-272067.shtml Lars Torben Kremer proudly announced this weekend, on May 26th, the immediate availability for download of the final version of the Snowlinux 2 MATE operating system.

Dubbed Cream, Snowlinux 2 MATE is based on the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system and it is powered by Linux kernel 3.2.0 and the MATE desktop environment, ... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 10:51:01 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Snowlinux-2-MATE-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-12-04-272067.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Snowlinux-2-MATE-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-12-04-272067.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-13-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-271384.shtml Clement Lefebvre proudly announced a few hours ago, May 23rd, the immediate availability for download of the final release of the Linux Mint 13 operating system.

Dubbed Maya and powered by Linux kernel 3.2, Linux Mint 13 is based on Canonical’s Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system, but distributed with the MATE and C... (read more)]]> Wed, 23 May 2012 21:10:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-13-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-271384.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-13-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-271384.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mageia-2-Has-Been-Officially-Released-271106.shtml The Mageia development team, through Anne Nicolas, proudly announced a few minutes ago, May 22nd, the immediate availability for download of the Mageia 2 Linux operating system.

Mageia 2 is the proof that Mandriva is not dead! The new RPM-based Linux operating system from Mageia offers bleeding-edge core components combined with some of the gr... (read more)]]> Tue, 22 May 2012 20:55:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mageia-2-Has-Been-Officially-Released-271106.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mageia-2-Has-Been-Officially-Released-271106.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/grml-2012-05-RC1-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-3-6-270467.shtml Michael Prokop announced last night, May 17th, the immediate availability for download and testing of the first Release Candidate of the upcoming grml 2012.05 Debian-based operating system.

Dubbed Ponyhof and based on Debian Testing (15/05/2012), grml 2012.05 RC1 comes with the missing tools from the downsized 2011.12 release of grml, and th... (read more)]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 16:51:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/grml-2012-05-RC1-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-3-6-270467.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/grml-2012-05-RC1-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-3-6-270467.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chakra-GNU-Linux-2012-05-Has-KDE-SC-4-8-3-269498.shtml The Chakra Development Team, through Anke Boersma, proudly announced last evening, May 14th, the immediate availability for download of the Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.05 operating system.

Dubbed Archimedes, Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.05 is the third maintenance release for 2012 and it is powered by Linux kernel 3.2.8 and KDE Software Compilation 4.8... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 06:54:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chakra-GNU-Linux-2012-05-Has-KDE-SC-4-8-3-269498.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chakra-GNU-Linux-2012-05-Has-KDE-SC-4-8-3-269498.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Debian-6-0-5-Squeeze-269282.shtml The Debian project proudly announced a couple of days ago, May 12th, the immediate availability for download of the fifth maintenance release of the Debian 6 Linux operating system.

Debian 6.0.5 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 distrib... (read more)]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 11:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Debian-6-0-5-Squeeze-269282.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Debian-6-0-5-Squeeze-269282.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Business-Remix-Officially-Released-268891.shtml Canonical proudly announced a few minutes ago, May 10th, the immediate availability for download of the Ubuntu 12.04 Business Remix operating system.

Do you remember Ubuntu Business Remix? Of course you do, it was introduced by Mark Shuttleworth and Canonical a few months ago, on February 10th, 2012, with the motto “Time co... (read more)]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 21:25:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Business-Remix-Officially-Released-268891.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Business-Remix-Officially-Released-268891.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Salix-OS-13-37-With-MATE-268844.shtml George Vlahavas from the Salix OS development team, proudly announced last evening, May 9th, that a new edition of the Salix OS 13.37 operating system is now available for download, featuring the MATE desktop environment.

Salix OS 13.37 MATE is a flavor of the Salix operating system, which is based on the Slackware 13.37 Linux distribution.
... (read more)]]> Thu, 10 May 2012 15:41:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Salix-OS-13-37-With-MATE-268844.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Salix-OS-13-37-With-MATE-268844.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/SolusOS-1-Has-Firefox-12-and-Linux-Kernel-3-0-268555.shtml Ikey Doherty proudly announced a couple of hours ago, May 9th, the immediate availability for download of the first and stable version of the SolusOS operating system.

The SolusOS Linux distribution, which was in development (with one Testing release, 2 Beta releases and 4 Release Candidate versions) from the beginning of the year, is ... (read more)]]> Wed, 9 May 2012 13:30:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/SolusOS-1-Has-Firefox-12-and-Linux-Kernel-3-0-268555.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/SolusOS-1-Has-Firefox-12-and-Linux-Kernel-3-0-268555.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Puppy-Linux-5-3-3-Slacko-Uses-Linux-Kernel-3-1-10-267954.shtml Barry Kauler announced a couple of days ago, May 5th, the immediate availability for download of the Puppy "Slacko" 5.3.3 Linux distribution, based on the Slackware Linux 13.37 operating system.

Puppy Linux "Slacko" 5.3.3 is an update of the 5.3.1 version, bringing fixes and improvements. It is now powered by Linux kernel 3.1.10 an... (read more)]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 07:18:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Puppy-Linux-5-3-3-Slacko-Uses-Linux-Kernel-3-1-10-267954.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Puppy-Linux-5-3-3-Slacko-Uses-Linux-Kernel-3-1-10-267954.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Studio-12-04-LTS-Officially-Released-266848.shtml After the release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin), Canonical proudly announced the immediate availability of their operating system for the audio, video, and graphic enthusiast or professional, Ubuntu Studio 12.04 LTS.

Just like Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu Studio 12.04 is also an LTS (Long Term Support) release, but supported for only th... (read more)]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:21:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Studio-12-04-LTS-Officially-Released-266848.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Studio-12-04-LTS-Officially-Released-266848.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Officially-Released-266543.shtml Dear Ubuntu geeks, Softpedia is the first to announced today, April 26th, that the final and stable release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is here, available on mirrors worldwide (see the download links at the end of the article).

Dubbed Precise Pangolin, the new Ubuntu 12.04 operating system is the 16th release of the Ubuntu OS and it will be supported f... (read more)]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Officially-Released-266543.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Officially-Released-266543.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-Debian-Edition-201204-Officially-Released-266255.shtml Clement Lefebvre announced last evening, April 24th, the immediate availability for download of the final and stable version of Linux Mint Debian Edition 201204.

Linux Mint Debian Edition 201204 incorporates three of the best and popular desktop environments available at the moment for the Linux platform: the beautiful and innov... (read more)]]> Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-Debian-Edition-201204-Officially-Released-266255.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-Debian-Edition-201204-Officially-Released-266255.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Snowlinux-2-Has-Been-Officially-Released-265886.shtml Lars Torben Kremer proudly announced this weekend, on April 21st, the immediate availability for download of the final version of the Snowlinux 2 operating system.

Dubbed Ice, Snowlinux 2 is based on the Debian 6 "Squeeze" operating system and it is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.32 and the GNOME 2.30 desktop environment.

Among va... (read more)]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:41:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Snowlinux-2-Has-Been-Officially-Released-265886.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Snowlinux-2-Has-Been-Officially-Released-265886.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mageia-Linux-2-Beta-3-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-3-1-265331.shtml Anne Nicolas announced yesterday, April 28th, the immediate availability for download of the third and last Beta release of the upcoming Mageia 2 operating system.

Mageia 2 Beta 3 is powered by Linux kernel 3.3.1, improving support for Xen virtualization, addition of a new iSCSI stack or NFC, and the Tomoyo framework.

"For ... (read more)]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mageia-Linux-2-Beta-3-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-3-1-265331.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mageia-Linux-2-Beta-3-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-3-1-265331.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chakra-GNU-Linux-2012-04-Has-KDE-SC-4-8-2-264771.shtml The Chakra Development Team, through Anke Boersma, proudly announced yesterday, April 16th, the immediate availability for download of the Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.04 operating system.

Dubbed Archimedes, Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.04 is the second maintenance release for 2012 and it is powered by Linux kernel 3.2.8 and KDE Software Compilation 4.8... (read more)]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:31:01 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chakra-GNU-Linux-2012-04-Has-KDE-SC-4-8-2-264771.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Chakra-GNU-Linux-2012-04-Has-KDE-SC-4-8-2-264771.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/openSUSE-12-2-Milestone-3-Has-GNOME-3-4-264425.shtml The openSUSE Project, through Jos Poortvliet, announced last night, April 12th, the immediate availability for download and testing of the third Milestone release of the upcoming openSUSE 12.2 operating system.

Delayed one week because the move to i686 desktop Linux kernel for 32-bit architectures, the openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 3 operating sys... (read more)]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:03:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/openSUSE-12-2-Milestone-3-Has-GNOME-3-4-264425.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/openSUSE-12-2-Milestone-3-Has-GNOME-3-4-264425.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-Debian-Edition-201204-RC-Released-264138.shtml Clement Lefebvre announced last evening, April 11th, the immediate availability for download of the Release Candidate version of Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 201204.

Linux Mint Debian Edition 201204 RC comes packed in two editions, one with the MATE 1.2 and Cinnamon 1.4 desktop environments and the other one with the lightweight Xfc... (read more)]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:44:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-Debian-Edition-201204-RC-Released-264138.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-Debian-Edition-201204-RC-Released-264138.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-ClearOS-Community-6-2-0-Release-Candidate-1-262757.shtml Peter Baldwin announced last evening, April 3rd, that the first Release Candidate of the upcoming ClearOS Community 6.2.0 operating system is now available for download and testing.

ClearOS Community 6.2.0 RC1 is a major release including lots of interesting changes and improvements, especially that it is built on the source cod... (read more)]]> Wed, 4 Apr 2012 11:21:02 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-ClearOS-Community-6-2-0-Release-Candidate-1-262757.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-ClearOS-Community-6-2-0-Release-Candidate-1-262757.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gentoo-Linux-12-1-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-3-and-ZFS-Support-262164.shtml The Gentoo developers, through Robin H. Johnson, proudly announced yesterday (April 1st) the immediate availability for download of the Gentoo Linux 12.1 operating system.

Gentoo Linux 12.1 is a quite a major upgrade to the popular distro, bringing bleeding-edge features like Linux kernel 3.3, XOrg Server 1.12.0, KDE Software ... (read more)]]> Mon, 2 Apr 2012 06:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gentoo-Linux-12-1-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-3-and-ZFS-Support-262164.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gentoo-Linux-12-1-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-3-and-ZFS-Support-262164.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Beta-2-Release-261670.shtml
Click here to see the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Beta 2 screenshot tour!

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After the release of VectorLinux 7.0 on November 27th, 2011, here comes the Light Edition of the VectorLinux 7.0 Linux operating system, bringing new features and... (read more)]]> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:31:01 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/VectorLinux-7-0-Light-Edition-Officially-Released-260344.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/VectorLinux-7-0-Light-Edition-Officially-Released-260344.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/openSUSE-12-2-Milestone-2-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-3-259790.shtml The openSUSE Project, through Jos Poortvliet, announced a few minutes ago the immediate availability for download and testing of the second Milestone release of the upcoming openSUSE 12.2 operating system.

Delayed 10 days, the openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 2 release was actually made available for download on the openSUSE server a couple of... (read more)]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:03:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/openSUSE-12-2-Milestone-2-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-3-259790.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/openSUSE-12-2-Milestone-2-Has-Linux-Kernel-3-3-259790.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ultimate-Edition-3-2-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-Has-Unity-259220.shtml TheeMahn proudly announced last night, March 16th, the immediate availability for download of the Ultimate Edition 3.2 operating system.

Ultimate Edition 3.2 is now based on the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system and includes the Unity interface, as well as the GNOME 3.2 desktop environment and its Fallback mode.
... (read more)]]> Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:46:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ultimate-Edition-3-2-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-Has-Unity-259220.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ultimate-Edition-3-2-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-Has-Unity-259220.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Debian-5-0-10-Has-Been-Officially-Released-258057.shtml The Debian Project announced two days ago, on March 10th, the immediate availability for download of the Debian 5.0.10 Linux operating system.

Debian 5.0.10 is the last update to the Debian 5.0 (Lenny) Linux distribution, which reached end-of-life on February 6th, 2012.

This release brings together all the corrections for sec... (read more)]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:56:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Debian-5-0-10-Has-Been-Officially-Released-258057.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Debian-5-0-10-Has-Been-Officially-Released-258057.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-12-LXDE-Officially-Released-257682.shtml Clement Lefebvre, father of the Linux Mint project, proudly announced a few minutes ago the immediate availability for download of the Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) LXDE Edition operating system.

Linux Mint 12 LXDE brings updated applications and provides refinements, as well as new features, in order to make your desktop environment much more comfort... (read more)]]> Fri, 9 Mar 2012 11:30:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-12-LXDE-Officially-Released-257682.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Mint-12-LXDE-Officially-Released-257682.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/CentOS-5-8-Has-Been-Officially-Released-257328.shtml Johnny Hughes announced last evening, March 7th, the immediate availability for download of the CentOS 5.8 Linux operating system.

CentOS 5.8 is available as an installable DVD ISO image (see download link at the end of the article) for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures and it is based on the upstream release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5... (read more)]]> Thu, 8 Mar 2012 07:37:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/CentOS-5-8-Has-Been-Officially-Released-257328.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/CentOS-5-8-Has-Been-Officially-Released-257328.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Beta-1-Release-256118.shtml
Click here to see the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Beta 1 screenshot tour!

Click here to see the Kubuntu 12.04 LTS Beta 1 screenshot tour!
What's new in Ub... (read more)]]> Thu, 1 Mar 2012 20:50:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Beta-1-Release-256118.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Beta-1-Release-256118.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-17-Alpha-Officially-Released-255561.shtml The Fedora Project proudly announced a few minutes ago, February 28th, the immediate availability for download and testing of the Alpha version of the upcoming Fedora 17 operating system, due for release in May 2012.

Dubbed Beefy Miracle and powered by Linux kernel 3.3, Fedora 17 Alpha brings lots of new features, improvements and bug fixes.
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Being based on the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system, the brand-new Dream Studio 11.10 distribution has lots of new features and a beautified Unity-based desktop.

Drea... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dream-Studio-11-10-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-11-10-254945.shtml Linux Distributions http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dream-Studio-11-10-Is-Based-on-Ubuntu-11-10-254945.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor)