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Tiny Core Linux 2.6 Is Now Available for Download

Robert Shingledecker, founder of the Tiny Core Linux project, announced last evening (November 26th) the immediate availability of the Tiny Core Linux 2.6 distribution, a version that brings updated applications and scripts, various improvements and, of course, a couple of bug fixes. But let's take a closer look...

27 November 2009
06:21 GMT

Best Buy Mobile to Sell Google Mobile App

The mobile retail unit of Best Buy Co., Inc., Best Buy Mobile, has revealed the signing of an agreement with Google for the delivery of Google Mobile App to more customers. According to the company, this way, it becomes the first retailer in the US that partners with Google for the distribution of Google Mobile App o...

6 November 2009
04:41 GMT

Windows Mobile to Be Distributed by Bsquare

BSQUARE Corporation has announced today it has become the first company in the world that will distribute Microsoft's Windows Mobile software and mobility applications all around the world. As the recent agreement the two signed reveals, the software giant will provide to the market Windows Mobile licensing...

6 November 2009
02:52 GMT

iPhone on Orange UK Come November 10

It's a common fact that wireless carriers in the UK have long waited for O2's exclusivity on the Apple iPhone to come to an end, and that two of them already announced a while ago that they would soon offer the device to their users. One of these carriers, Orange, is now reported to prepare the iPhone for l...

26 October 2009
11:06 GMT

LinuxConsole 1.0.2009 Is Out

Thursday, October 15th, Yann Le Doare proudly announced the immediate availability of his LinuxConsole 1.0.2009 operating system, now powered by Linux kernel 2.6.30.5. The LinuxConsole distribution comes now in three main editions: CD, DVD and Multimedia, but the good news is that the LinuxConsole Jukebox is also ava...

16 October 2009
06:46 GMT

First Alpha of Dreamlinux 4.0 XFCE Edition Released

The Dreamlinux team announced earlier today (October 13th) the immediate availability of the alpha version of the upcoming Dreamlinux 4.0 XFCE Linux distribution. This Xfce edition of the Dreamlinux operating system is a new project which tries to combine the good looks of the main Dreamlinux distribution with the sp...

13 October 2009
10:30 GMT

Tiny Core 2.4.1 Released

Robert Shingledecker, founder of the Tiny Core Linux project, announced on October 9th the availability of Tiny Core Linux 2.4.0, a version that brings major updates to this very small Linux distribution (only 11 MB in size). However, today (October 10th), its creator announced the first maintenance version of the af...

10 October 2009
15:16 GMT

Easy Peasy 1.5 Is Based on Ubuntu 9.04

Jon Ramvi had the pleasure to announce earlier today, September 8th, the immediate availability of Easy Peasy 1.5, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed for netbooks. Among the new features brought by Easy Peasy 1.5, we can mention support for many new netbooks, 3D desktop effects, faster startup times, a new l...

8 September 2009
05:45 GMT

The Calculate Linux Team Launches Scratch Edition 9.8

About a month has passed since the release of Calculate Linux 9.7, but the development team worked hard this time to bring you Calculate Linux Scratch 9.8. This LiveCD distribution is intended for the creation of customized Calculate Linux derivatives that can be recorded later on to a CD or transferred to a live USB...

14 August 2009
06:51 GMT

Trisquel 2.2 Is Based on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

The Trisquel GNU/Linux team announced yesterday the release of Trisquel 2.2, codename "Robur." This is the third and last maintenance update for the Trisquel 2.x LTS branch, tracking the releases of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, on which it is based. However, this Linux distribution doesn't use Ubuntu's package ...

10 August 2009
07:21 GMT

Arch Linux 2009.08 Released, Comes with KDE 4.3.0

Dieter Plaetinck announced yesterday on the distribution's forums the immediate availability of Arch Linux 2009.08. Released 6 months after the previous version, this latest edition includes kernel 2.6.30.4-1, udev 141-5 and an upgrade to the distribution's package manager, packman 3.3.0-2. Arch Linux 2009...

10 August 2009
05:10 GMT

Slackware 13.0 RC2 Brings Updated X Server and Video Drivers

A few hours ago Slackware's creator, Patrick Volkerding, announced that the second release candidate of the upcoming Slackware 13.0 Linux distribution was available for download. This update brings numerous new base packages, like the Linux kernel version 2.6.29.6, X.Org Server 1.6.3 and the K Desktop Environmen...

6 August 2009
08:19 GMT

Mandriva Linux 2010.0 Alpha 2 Has KDE 4.3 RC3 and GNOME 2.27.5

The second alpha of Mandriva Linux 2010.0 was launched last night, on July 31st, by the Mandriva team. The development cycle of Mandriva Linux 2010.0 will continue with a beta release at the end of August, two release candidates scheduled for September and October, and the official public release expected around Nove...

1 August 2009
05:41 GMT

Clonezilla 1.2.2-26 Is Powered by Linux Kernel 2.6.30-3

Steven Shiau announced yesterday, July 25th, the immediate availability of a new stable release of his system-cloning Linux distribution, Clonezilla 1.2.2-26. The new version is now powered by Linux kernel 2.6.30-3 from backports.undebian.org and it introduces a couple of important bugfixes, as well as software updat...

25 July 2009
03:13 GMT

sidux 2009-02 Has KDE 4.2.4 and Linux Kernel 2.6.30

Stefan Lippers-Hollmann proudly announced earlier today the immediate availability of sidux 2009-02 Linux distribution, dubbed "Αιθήρ." The new release ships with the powerful Linux kernel 2.6.30 and the breathtaking KDE 4.2.4 desktop environment. sidux is a full-featured Live CD based on Debian...

15 July 2009
06:06 GMT

GameStop Says It Isn't Worried About Digital Distribution

The game industry is definitely changing as the times move forward. One of the biggest changes in terms of game distribution is the appearance of online stores, owned by game publishers, like Valve, or console producers, like Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo, which offer players the very easy opportunity of downloading th...

27 November 2008
02:19 GMT

openSUSE 11.1 Beta 4 Is Now Available

The openSUSE team announced last night the fourth beta version of openSUSE 11.1. The new development release, openSUSE 11.1 Beta 4, includes a few important bugfixes and some improvements in different areas. However, the most important thing to mention in this release is the full support for common fingerprint r...

4 November 2008
02:21 GMT

GameTap Offers Overlord for Free

GameTap is a pretty popular online game distribution service that relies on gamers having a subscription in order to play the titles they buy. These subscriptions cost 99 cents in the first month and 10 dollars after that. The service has over 1,000 titles in its portfolio and new games are added every week in order ...

24 October 2008
16:01 GMT

openSUSE 11.1 Beta 3 Released

The third beta version of openSUSE 11.1 was announced last night by the hard working people behind the openSUSE project. "The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the availability of beta 3 of the 11.1 release. It's a few days late, but much better for the delay. Beta 3 is now available for immediate download a...

23 October 2008
06:45 GMT

Casual Games Portal Adds 50 Mac-Compatible Titles

Game Club Cafe is a casual games portal created and maintained by the independent game developer Codeminion. The portal now features a collection of over 50 titles for Mac. Codeminion is well known for titles like Ancient Quest of Saqqarah and Magic Match.According to Konrad Olesiewicz, Codeminion co-owner, Game Club...

1 October 2008
15:01 GMT

OpenGEU 8.04.1: Faster Desktop Experience, Great Looks

Dubbed Luna Crescente and based on Ubuntu Hardy Heron, OpenGEU 8.04.1 was announced a few days ago. The developers say that OpenGEU 8.04.1 has so many improvements that you will simply fall in love with it - "This is a very important day for our team and project, this release is a milestone indeed. In the latest Open...

11 September 2008
08:10 GMT

MEPIS AntiX 7.0 RC1 Available Now

The lightweight derivative of MEPIS, AntiX 7.0 RC1 was announced last night by the hard working team behind this project. This version comes with an improved look, including the wallpaper, all the reported bugs have been fixed and all the packages have been updated to be in sync with MEPIS 7.0 Beta 4 release.MEPIS An...

28 September 2007
10:48 GMT

Mandriva 2008 RC2 Brings Radeon HD Support

Kepler is the codename given to the second and last release candidate of the upcoming Mandriva Linux 2008, announced yesterday by the Mandriva team: "The second release candidate for Mandriva Linux 2008 is now available. This release candidate is available as a three CD or one DVD Free edition (containing no non-free...

22 September 2007
04:11 GMT

openSUSE 10.3 RC1 Released

The openSUSE team is working hard on the new version of their free Linux operating system, scheduled for release somewhere in October, very close to the Ubuntu 7.10 release. They are proud to announce the release candidate version of openSUSE 10.3: "After quite a few rebuilds and testing, the openSUSE team is happy t...

21 September 2007
02:30 GMT

Fedora 8 Test 2 Released

A few minutes ago, the Fedora project team has released the second Alpha of the upcoming Fedora 8 Linux distribution. Test 2 features a 2.6.23 Linux kernel and the following improvements:■ A brand new graphical firewall configuration tool, system-config-firewall replaces system-config-security level ■ ...

13 September 2007
11:06 GMT

Vector Linux for 64-bit Architectures

Vector Linux 5.9-Pseudo64-0.1 is the first public alpha release of 64-bit Vector Linux, still in early development code. This is the first 64-bit version of Vector launched by its developers, an essential step for Vector Linux in transforming itself into a major distribution.As last year Vector's team offered fo...

13 September 2007
10:59 GMT

Third Release Candidate of DSL 4.0 Available Now

The third release candidate of the upcoming DSL (Damn Small Linux) 4.0, was announced last week and contains the following fixes and improvements:■ Added taskbar buttons & click to focus in .jwmrc■ Corrected rdesktop icon to rdesktop.lua■ Added emelfm - dropped mc■ Updated association for ...

11 September 2007
05:47 GMT

openSUSE 10.3 Beta 3 Released

The openSUSE team is working hard on the new version of their free Linux operating system, scheduled for release somewhere in October, very close to the Ubuntu 7.10 release. They are proud to announce today the third beta version of openSUSE 10.3: "It's my pleasure to announce the availability of openSUSE 10.3 B...

7 September 2007
02:23 GMT

Mandriva 2008 RC1 Released

Copernic is the codename given to the first release candidate of the upcoming Mandriva Linux 2008, announced yesterday by the Mandriva team: "The first release candidate of Mandriva Linux 2008, codenamed Copernic, is now available. This release candidate is available as a three CD or one DVD Free edition (containing ...

6 September 2007
03:43 GMT

First Beta of Linux Mint 3.1 Has Arrived

Following the huge success of Cassandra and Bianca, the Linux Mint developers continue their success with a brand new version of their free operating system, Linux Mint 3.1, codname Celena. Using Cassandra's 2.6.20-15 kernel and GNOME 2.18, Celena brings many new features and tools:mintAssistant[tablec][row][col...

5 September 2007
07:50 GMT

Introducing BlackRoute

BlackRoute is yet another Slackware-based Linux distribution for security and forensic analysis, created for x86 compatible architectures. What is so special about BlackRoute is the fact that it tries to create an Open Source Linux distribution for advanced users, security and network specialists and system administr...

3 September 2007
06:11 GMT

Ubuntu 8.04 a.k.a. Hardy Heron

Jono Bacon, the Ubuntu community manager, announced today the name of the next release of Ubuntu Linux, version 8.04, codename Hardy Heron:"I am delighted to have the pleasure of announcing the Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04), the next version of Ubuntu that will succeed Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10, due for release in Octobe...

29 August 2007
14:11 GMT

Ubuntu 7.10 Alpha 5 Brings New Printing System and X GUI

The fifth element ... ahem... Alpha release of the upcoming Ubuntu 7.10 (codename Gutsy Gibbon) was released last night. Tribe 5 comes with HOT new features and improvements, like a graphical configuration tool for X, new printing system and some hot Ubuntu Firefox features: "The Ubuntu developers are hurrying to bri...

23 August 2007
16:16 GMT

openSUSE 10.3 Beta 2 Released

The openSUSE team is working hard on the new version of their free Linux operating system, scheduled for release somewhere in October, very close to the Ubuntu 7.10 release. They are proud to announce today the second beta version of openSUSE 10.3. This beta comes with the latest and greatest Linux kernel 2.6.22.3, G...

23 August 2007
09:06 GMT

Ark Linux & Ark Linux Live 2007.1 Released

The Ark Linux team has announced the availability of Ark Linux 2007.1 and Ark Linux Live 2007.1, a version that brings new drivers, better hardware detection, encrypted wireless network and new software:"The Ark Linux team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Ark Linux 2007.1, the latest version of it...

20 August 2007
03:33 GMT

MEPIS Releases KDE 4 Live DVDs

To verify the compatibility of KDE 4 builds with the SimplyMEPIS 7.x operating system, Warren Woodford of MEPIS has built KDE4 Beta 1 Live DVDs: "I decided to share my KDE 4 Beta 1 isos, so others could take a first look at KDE 4 and also to demonstrate that I'm serious about the commitment that MEPIS 7.x will b...

13 August 2007
06:11 GMT

Ubuntu 7.10 Alpha 4 Released

The fourth Alpha release of the upcoming Ubuntu 7.10 (codename Gutsy Gibbon) was released last night. Tribe 4 comes with many new features and improvements, fast user switching, new shutdown splash and an improved desktop search tool: "The Ubuntu developers are hurrying to bring you the absolute latest and greatest s...

10 August 2007
02:10 GMT

openSUSE 10.3 Beta 1 Available Now

The openSUSE team is working hard for the new release of their free Linux operating system, scheduled for release somewhere in October, very close to the Ubuntu 7.10 release. They are proud to announce today the first beta version of openSUSE 10.3. This beta comes with OpenOffice 2.3 beta (that has the ability to rea...

9 August 2007
09:48 GMT

Mandriva 2008 Brings Windows Migration Support

Cassini is the name of the first beta release of the upcoming Mandriva Linux 2008, announced yesterday by the Mandriva team: "The first beta of Mandriva Linux 2008, codenamed Cassini, is now available. This beta is available only as a three CD Free edition (containing no non-free software or drivers) for the x86-32 a...

9 August 2007
05:51 GMT

Freespire 2.0 Is Here

Linspire, Inc. is proud to announce the immediate availability of the 2.0 Freespire operating system: "This is by far our most advanced desktop Linux system we've released to date," said Larry Kettler, President and CEO of Linspire, Inc. "Everything is cutting edge, utilizing the latest core technologies, from t...

8 August 2007
04:16 GMT

Linux Mint 3.0 Xfce Available Now

The Linux Mint Community is proud to present a new release of the Linux Mint distribution, this time based on the light and powerful XFCE desktop environment: "This is the first XFCE release of Linux Mint. It is made by and for the Linux Mint Community and it is maintained by Merlwiz79." - says the Linux Mint team. L...

8 August 2007
02:30 GMT

Fedora 8 Test 1 Released

A few minutes ago, the Fedora project team released the first Alpha of the upcoming Fedora 8 Linux distribution: "We interrupt your rawhide for a moment to make a small announcement. Fedora 8 Test one has been loosed upon the world today. Test 1 is for "alpha" users. This is the time when we would like to have full c...

7 August 2007
10:59 GMT

Absolute Linux 12.0.1 Released

Paul Sherman, developer of Absolute Linux, announced last night the immediate availability of the Absolute Linux 12.0.1, an update to the Slackware 12.0 modification. This version is compatible with Slackware packages, but leaner and includes some helpful tools to make configuration and setup a lot easier for desktop...

7 August 2007
03:48 GMT

Second Alpha of Damn Small Linux 4.0 Released

The second Alpha of the upcoming DSL (Damn Small Linux) 4.0, has just been released today. The DSL 4.0 Alpha 2 release contains the following fixes and improvements:■ Fixed shutdown bug.■ Added more associations for dfm.■ Updated exit.lua to support swm "exit to prompt".■ Fixed bug with df...

31 July 2007
04:55 GMT

Skolelinux 3.0 Available Now

Skolelinux International announced the final release of their Skolelinux 3.0 Linux distribution: "This is an community release with comprehensive support from regional and national projects in Germany, Spain, France, Greece and Norway. The Skolelinux project is now a part of Debian under the name Debian-Edu. Several...

23 July 2007
03:56 GMT

Slackware 12.0 RC2 Is Here

Slackware is one of the earliest Linux distributions created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux, Inc. One of the things Slackware is best known for among the open source community is the fact that it takes in only the stable releases of applications; stability and simplicity being the two fundamental concepts ...

26 June 2007
07:35 GMT

Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Tribe 1 Available Now

The first Alpha release of the upcoming Ubuntu 7.10 (codename Gutsy Gibbon) has just been made public 10 minutes ago. Highlights of this release include:• GNOME 2.19.2;• Linux kernel 2.6.22-6.13 (2.6.22-rc3-based);• The kernel now features dynticks, which in laptops should mean more battery life and burnfree laps, a...

7 June 2007
10:10 GMT

Fedora 7 Is Here

Fedora 7 (codename Moonshine) has been released world wide, 20 minutes ago! This new version of Fedora Linux brings many new features and improvements, such as:■ Rock solid wireless networking support;■ Wireless firmware;■ Pungi will be used for tree building;■ Fast user switching;■...

31 May 2007
10:22 GMT

Test Driving PCLinuxOS

PCLinuxOS (also known as PCLOS) is an installable Live CD distribution based on the Mandriva Linux operating system. While PCLinuxOS tries to be a very elegant Linux desktop, on the other hand its main aim is to be easy to use by everyone who dares to try a Linux distribution. Looking back in time (a few years), PCL...

23 May 2007
11:03 GMT

Puppy Linux 2.16 Released

Who loves puppies? For all those who do, and even for those who don't, Barry Kauler has announced the release of "another wonderful new puppy", Puppy Linux 2.16. The new release is said to come with a significant number of features. Puppy 2.16 suports encryption of the "pup_save" file, with a choice of "light"...

17 May 2007
11:59 GMT


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