http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Open Source Software Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 01:06:55 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 01:06:55 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/Linux-Kernel-3-4-Has-Been-Officially-Released-270647.shtml After another seven Release Candidates, Linus Torvalds proudly announced a few hours ago, May 20th, the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.4.

Among the new features incorporated in Linux kernel 3.4 we can mention lots of improvements to the Btrfs filesystem, as well as support for Nvidia GeForce 600 'Kepler', RadeonH... (read more)]]> Mon, 21 May 2012 05:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-4-Has-Been-Officially-Released-270647.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-4-Has-Been-Officially-Released-270647.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GIMP-2-8-Final-Officially-Released-267572.shtml The GIMP development team unleashed earlier today, May 3rd, the final version of the highly anticipated GIMP 2.8 image editor software.

As expected, GIMP 2.8 brings numerous changes, including new and updated features, bugfixes, as well as stability improvements.

GIMP 2.8 comes with amazing new features, such as the highly acclaimed ... (read more)]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 12:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GIMP-2-8-Final-Officially-Released-267572.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GIMP-2-8-Final-Officially-Released-267572.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xfce-4-10-Has-Been-Released-266973.shtml After more than one year of hard work, the Xfce development team proudly announced a couple of days ago, on April 28th, the immediate availability for download of the Xfce 4.10 desktop environment.

Xfce 4.10 supersedes the previous Xfce 4.8 version found on major Linux distributions, and it comes with improved user experience and a polished desktop inte... (read more)]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:23:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xfce-4-10-Has-Been-Released-266973.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xfce-4-10-Has-Been-Released-266973.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-1-Has-Been-Officially-Released-265161.shtml The first point release of the GNOME 3.4 desktop environment was announced a few minutes ago, April 18th, by the GNOME Project developers.

As usual with a maintenance release, the GNOME 3.4.1 update brings important fixes and various improvements among various packages such as Baobab, Brasero, Empathy, Eye of GNOME, GCalctool, GDM, GTK+, Mo... (read more)]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:30:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-1-Has-Been-Officially-Released-265161.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-1-Has-Been-Officially-Released-265161.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-Has-Been-Officially-Released-261476.shtml GNOME 3.4, the next major update of the GNOME 3 desktop environment, has just been released today, March 28th, by the hard working people behind the GNOME Project.

GNOME 3.4 comes after another six months of development, bringing lots of improvements in various areas, as well as new features and updated translations.

The major go... (read more)]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-Has-Been-Officially-Released-261476.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-Has-Been-Officially-Released-261476.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/XBMC-11-0-Has-Support-for-iOS-Devices-260846.shtml Nate Thomas from the XBMC development team proudly informed users on March 24th, that the XBMC media center project has reached final 11.0 version.

Dubbed Eden, the XBMC 11.0 release has been expected by users for many months now, especially for the highly expected features that were added.

We can mention that it comes with the Ro... (read more)]]> Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:08:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/XBMC-11-0-Has-Support-for-iOS-Devices-260846.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/XBMC-11-0-Has-Support-for-iOS-Devices-260846.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-Release-Candidate-Is-Available-for-Download-260135.shtml The GNOME Project announced a few minutes ago, March 23rd, the immediate availability for download and testing of the Release Candidate version of the upcoming GNOME 3.4 desktop environment, which brings more fixes to the existing bugs.

GNOME 3.4 RC (Release Candidate) is here to update the usual core components, such as GNOME C... (read more)]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 20:44:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-Release-Candidate-Is-Available-for-Download-260135.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-Release-Candidate-Is-Available-for-Download-260135.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-3-Has-Support-for-Android-259336.shtml After seven release candidates, Linus Torvalds proudly announced a few hours ago, March 18th, the immediate availability for download of Linux kernel 3.3, which now includes code from the Android project.

Among the new features incorporated in Linux kernel 3.3 we can mention support for the TI C6X architecture, the ability to restripe betwe... (read more)]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 06:13:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-3-Has-Support-for-Android-259336.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-3-Has-Support-for-Android-259336.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-Beta-2-Released-258427.shtml Delayed seven days, the second Beta release of the upcoming GNOME 3.4 desktop environment was announced today, March 14th, by the GNOME Project developers.

GNOME 3.4 Beta 2 updates various packages such as NetworkManager, Baobab, Brasero, Empathy, Eye of GNOME, Epiphany, Nautilus, Vala, GTK+, gvfs, GNOME Icon Theme, GNOME Desktop, GNOME Control Center, GN... (read more)]]> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-Beta-2-Released-258427.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-Beta-2-Released-258427.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/MyUnity-3-0-Supports-Ubuntu-12-04-and-Themes-255220.shtml Softpedia has been informed this morning, February 27th, by Fabio Colinelli that the fabulous MyUnity Unity configuration utility for the Ubuntu platform reached version 3.0, supporting desktop themes and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin).

Looks like the Italian developer worked very hard on the new version of MyUnity, completely rede... (read more)]]> Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/MyUnity-3-0-Supports-Ubuntu-12-04-and-Themes-255220.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/MyUnity-3-0-Supports-Ubuntu-12-04-and-Themes-255220.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-Beta-1-Released-255001.shtml The GNOME Project announced a few minutes ago, February 24th, the immediate availability for download and testing of the first Beta release of the upcoming GNOME 3.4 desktop environment, which brings assorted improvements and features.

The GNOME 3.4 Beta 1 release is ready for testing and it brings updates to main components, such as GNOME Contacts, GNOME C... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-Beta-1-Released-255001.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-4-Beta-1-Released-255001.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Transmission-2-50-Final-Official-Release-254004.shtml The development team behind the famous Transmission torrent downloader app have just announced the final and stable release of Transmission 2.50.

Transmission 2.50 is a major upgrade to the popular BitTorrent client, bringing lots of improvements in various areas, as well as assorted bug fixes.

Transmission 2.5 will mo... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Transmission-2-50-Final-Official-Release-254004.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Transmission-2-50-Final-Official-Release-254004.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-VLC-2-0-Media-Player-Official-Release-253735.shtml The VideoLAN organization proudly unleashed a few minutes ago the final and stable release of the highly anticipated VLC 2.0 media player.

VLC Media Player 2.0 is a major upgrade to the extremely popular video player, which comes with the ability to open more formats, experimental Blu-Ray support, faster decoding on multi-core CPUs an... (read more)]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:50:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-VLC-2-0-Media-Player-Official-Release-253735.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-VLC-2-0-Media-Player-Official-Release-253735.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/LibreOffice-3-5-Is-Now-Available-for-Download-252695.shtml With a one week delay, The Document Foundation company launched a few minutes ago the final and stable release release of the LibreOffice 3.5 open source office suite for Linux, Windows and Macintosh platforms.

LibreOffice 3.5 brings lots of new and attractive features, as well as overall stability improvements to all its components, a... (read more)]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:30:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/LibreOffice-3-5-Is-Now-Available-for-Download-252695.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/LibreOffice-3-5-Is-Now-Available-for-Download-252695.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-3-4-Development-Release-Is-Here-247584.shtml The GNOME Project announced a few minutes 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 compon... (read more)]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:10:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-3-4-Development-Release-Is-Here-247584.shtml Open Source Software 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/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 - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/KDE-Software-Compilation-4-8-Officially-Released-248730.shtml Open Source Software 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/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 - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-2-Officially-Released-244498.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-2-Officially-Released-244498.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Cinnamon-The-GNOME-3-Replacement-244107.shtml Clement Lefebvre is proud to announce the unique availability of the Cinnamon Project, a GNOME 3 desktop environment fork which offers a traditional layout, its easy to use, powerful, flexible, and provides advanced features.

If you don't like Ubuntu's Unity and/or the controversial GNOME 3 desktop environment, we are introducing today,... (read more)]]> Tue, 3 Jan 2012 17:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Cinnamon-The-GNOME-3-Replacement-244107.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Cinnamon-The-GNOME-3-Replacement-244107.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Amarok-2-5-Adds-New-USB-Mass-Storage-Support-240943.shtml Softpedia is the first to inform that the Amarok developers unleashed a few minutes ago, December 15th, the final and stable Amarok 2.5 music player and organizer software for Linux OSes.

Amarok 2.5.0 is here after few months of hard work, bringing major features, such as a re-written USB Mass Storage, improved iPod support and an integra... (read more)]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:51:01 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Amarok-2-5-Adds-New-USB-Mass-Storage-Support-240943.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Amarok-2-5-Adds-New-USB-Mass-Storage-Support-240943.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Features-Unity-Configuration-Tool-239928.shtml Fabio Colinelli proudly announced us a few hours ago that the MyUnity project reached version 2 and it brings full support for Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Nawrhwal) and revamped interface and new features.

MyUnity is an independent configurator for Unity, a small system utility for Ubuntu, that can handle the customization of the Unity Lau... (read more)]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:31:02 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Features-Unity-Configuration-Tool-239928.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Features-Unity-Configuration-Tool-239928.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-3-2-Development-Release-Is-Here-236487.shtml The GNOME Project announced a few minuntes ago, November 24th, the immediate availability for testing of the second development release of the upcoming GNOME 3.4 desktop environment, which brings assorted fixes and improvements.

GNOME 3.3.2 brings a new module (libgxps), and it updates the packages such as GConf, NetworkManager, Clutter, E... (read more)]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:15:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-3-2-Development-Release-Is-Here-236487.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-3-2-Development-Release-Is-Here-236487.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-PS3-Media-Server-1-50-0-Final-Now-235806.shtml The PS3 Media Server developers announced yesterday, November 20th, the immediate availability for download of the PS3 Media Server 1.50.0 application for Linux, OSX and Windows platforms.

The PS3 Media Server is a DLNA compliant UPnP Media Server for the PlayStation 3 gaming console. PS3 Media Server is written in Java, therefore it can b... (read more)]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-PS3-Media-Server-1-50-0-Final-Now-235806.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-PS3-Media-Server-1-50-0-Final-Now-235806.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-MyUnity-Ubuntu-s-Unity-Configurator-234714.shtml MyUnity is a small system utility for Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) that can handle the customization of the Unity Launcher and Panel.

MyUnity is an independent configurator (yes, that means you don't need other third party tools) and above all it just works. See below the highlights section to see what exactly MyUnity allows you to d... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-MyUnity-Ubuntu-s-Unity-Configurator-234714.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-MyUnity-Ubuntu-s-Unity-Configurator-234714.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/LibreOffice-3-4-4-Is-Now-Available-for-Download-233372.shtml A few minutes ago, November 9th, The Document Foundation company proudly announced the fourth maintenance release of the LibreOffice 3.4 open source office suite software for Linux, Windows and Macintosh platforms, bringing several bugfixes.

LibreOffice 3.4.4 is here to fix some of the most-important bugs found by users in the previous ... (read more)]]> Wed, 9 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/LibreOffice-3-4-4-Is-Now-Available-for-Download-233372.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/LibreOffice-3-4-4-Is-Now-Available-for-Download-233372.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-1-Released-Adds-Support-for-NFC-Chips-229562.shtml Yes! After ten release candidates, Linus Torvalds marked a few minutes ago (October 24th) the Linux kernel 3.1 sources as final/stable and ready for immediate download.

Among the new features included in Linux kernel 3.1 we can mention OpenRISC opensource CPU support, various slab allocator improvements, writeback throttling improv... (read more)]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-1-Released-Adds-Support-for-NFC-Chips-229562.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Kernel-3-1-Released-Adds-Support-for-NFC-Chips-229562.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-2-1-Has-Been-Released-228780.shtml A day after Owen Taylor's announcement for GNOME Shell 3.2.1, here comes the final and stable release of the GNOME 3.2.1 desktop environment.

GNOME 3.2.1 is the first maintenance release of the wonderful open source GNOME 3.2 desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems.

As you all know, the final version of the popular GNOME 3.2 desk... (read more)]]> Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:11:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-2-1-Has-Been-Released-228780.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-2-1-Has-Been-Released-228780.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-2-Officially-Released-224453.shtml GNOME 3.2, the next major update of the GNOME 3 desktop environment, has just been released earlier today by the wonderful developers behind the GNOME Project.

The GNOME developers proudly announced on September 28th, in a press release, that the final and stable version of the popular GNOME 3.2 desktop environment is now available for download.
... (read more)]]> Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-2-Officially-Released-224453.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-2-Officially-Released-224453.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-2-Release-Candidate-Is-Here-Final-Landing-in-One-Week-223095.shtml GNOME 3.2 is almost here, the team has made available the release candidate version for testing and the final build is expected to land in a week.

If you can't wait for that long or want to help some of the remaining bugs, if any, you can grab the sources and see what the second update to the third major iteration of t... (read more)]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-2-Release-Candidate-Is-Here-Final-Landing-in-One-Week-223095.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-2-Release-Candidate-Is-Here-Final-Landing-in-One-Week-223095.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Lubuntu-Software-Center-221531.shtml The upcoming Lubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system, due for release on October 13th, will introduce a new software center application.

The Lubuntu Software Center is, of course, a clone of the popular Ubuntu Software Center (the old version), but designed to be lightweight, for the Lubuntu 11.10 Linux distribution.

Lubuntu ... (read more)]]> Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:26:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Lubuntu-Software-Center-221531.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/Introducing-Lubuntu-Software-Center-221531.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-2-Beta-2-3-1-91-Is-Available-for-Download-221270.shtml A few days late, the second GNOME 3.2 beta build has arrived. Codenamed GNOME 3.1.91, the second beta continues to fix the remaining bugs and puts the finishing touches on the upcoming stable release, slated for the end of the month.

Major updates in GNOME 3.1.91 (3.2 Beta 2) include the fact that core modules depend on fewer Pyth... (read more)]]> Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-2-Beta-2-3-1-91-Is-Available-for-Download-221270.shtml Open Source Software http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-3-2-Beta-2-3-1-91-Is-Available-for-Download-221270.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Lucian Parfeni)