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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced last evening, February 13th, that the sixth maintenance releases of the stable Linux kernel 3.2 are available for download and all users should upgrade to it as soon as possible. Linux kernel 3.2.6 includes the usual DRM fixes, ALSA improvements, a few ARM updates, and lots of other small... |
14 February 2012
02:25 GMT |
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Earlier today, February 13th, Nvidia unleashed version 295.20 of its graphics driver for Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD operating systems. Nvidia 295.20 fixes lots of bugs to mention here, but a notable one is the "OpenGL applications hang" issue on GNOME Shell and KDE environments.The Nvidia Display Driver 295.20 also i... |
13 February 2012
10:23 GMT |
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SeaMonkey, a web browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing suite, is now at version 2.7.1. Only a few changes are present in SeaMonkey 2.7.1, but the developers fixed important issues and there are even a couple of new features implemented.Highlights of SeaMonkey 2.7.1:· If ... |
12 February 2012
12:37 GMT |
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Wine 1.4 RC3, a new development version of the famous framework used to run Windows applications on Linux, has been announced by Alexandre Julliard, the leader of the Wine project. This version is the third release candidate for the Wine 1.4 branch and represents an important milestone in the development of Wine (Win... |
12 February 2012
03:44 GMT |
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A lot of people have said that the Ubuntu Software Center will fail because it's offering something that is not usual on Linux, more precisely applications and games that cost money.
The Ubuntu Software Center store can be consulted online and not only from inside the operating system, so anyone can check what... |
10 February 2012
09:41 GMT |
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Version 0.8.39 of the e-book reader and management software Calibre, has just been announced, bringing some functionality changes and a couple of new drivers.
Calibre 0.8.39 has some new features, closes some important bugs, and adds some new drivers for a couple of devices.
Highlights of Calibre 0.8.39:
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10 February 2012
02:40 GMT |
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GNOME Shell, a user interface which provides functions for the GNOME 3 desktop environment, has just received a new update and it's now at version 3.3.5. As usual, versions from development branch of GNOME Shell come packed with a lot of updates and feature, and GNOME Shell 3.3.5 is now exception. Here are some ... |
9 February 2012
10:47 GMT |
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Mutter, a window and compositing manager that displays and manages your desktop via OpenGL, has reached version 3.3.5. Owen Taylor has announced that Mutter 3.3.5 was released and repaired a few problems and updates some translations.Highlight of Mutter 3.3.5:· MetaShapedTexture no longer is a ClutterTexture s... |
9 February 2012
10:45 GMT |
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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, a... |
8 February 2012
13:13 GMT |
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A few days after the release of Linux kernel 3.2.3 and Linux kernel 3.2.4, Greg Kroah-Hartman once again announced on February 6th yet another maintenance version of the Linux kernel 3.2 stable series. Linux kernel 3.2.5 is here to bring a single PCI fix (Rework ASPM disable code) submitted by Matthew Garrett. Theref... |
7 February 2012
03:17 GMT |
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Openshot 1.4.2, a video editor that features 3D animation, curve-based camera motion, compositing, transitions, audio mixing, vector titles, and many others, has been announced by its developer, Jonathan Thomas. Openshot doesn't (usually) has frequent updates, but is seems that the issues found in the previous v... |
7 February 2012
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RetroBlazer, a first person shooter developed by Amilcar Parr, now has a demo test available for download. Inspired by the old games such as Quake and Doom, the players get to fight through different military installations and vast ruins, using a large number of weapons and items.Gamers can also collect items t... |
6 February 2012
10:42 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced a few days ago that the third and fourth maintenance releases of the stable Linux kernel 3.2 are available for download and all users should upgrade as soon as possible. While Linux kernel 3.2.3 brings the usual driver updates, ARM and iPv6 improvements, and lots of bug fixes, the Linux k... |
6 February 2012
06:32 GMT |
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Canonical has decided to remove the "Notes" feature from the Ubuntu One interface, on Tuesday, February 28th. The developers in charge with the Ubuntu One web interface said that the U1 Notes feature is not really working as it should and it would eat up a lot of human resources to elevate its quality to make i... |
6 February 2012
04:20 GMT |
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SDG Systems has announced that Trimble Yuma, a rugged tablet computer built to endure a lot of "punishment," is now available for purchase and runs the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Netbook Edition operating system. The Linux operating system installed on the Yuma tablet enables the mobile use of geospatial applicati... |
6 February 2012
02:30 GMT |
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Four KDE contributors have managed to produce a handbook for new KDE developers, in just five days, with help from several organizations. A guide that would help new KDE contributors was needed, giving potential developers valuable insights of what such task would entail. Google was the one to propose to KDE develope... |
6 February 2012
02:07 GMT |
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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 ... |
4 February 2012
10:01 GMT |
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The Document Foundation has chosen to make public the way LibreOffice is developed and to show how everything gets done with a piece of software so complex and which is more or less developed by the community. According to The Document Foundation, there are almost 400 developers. The reason for this disclosure is n... |
4 February 2012
02:11 GMT |
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The security researcher and the developer of the Suhosin PHP Extension, Stefan Esser, found a serious arbitrary remote code execution vulnerability and reported it to the PHP Group. As a result, PHP 5.3.10 was released to address the issue.
The update fixes an arbitrary remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2012-... |
3 February 2012
10:57 GMT |
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Wine 1.4 RC2, a new development version of the famous framework used to run Windows applications on Linux, has been announced by Alexandre Julliard, the leader of the Wine project. This version is the second release candidate for the Wine 1.4 branch and represents an important milestone in the development of Wine (Wi... |
3 February 2012
04:30 GMT |
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Version 0.8.38 of the e-book reader and management software Calibre, has been announced, bringing new functionality to the import book function. Calibre 0.8.38 brings a much needed feature that is present in a lot of other applications who deal with libraries. Calibre can now watch a folder and instantly add an... |
3 February 2012
02:35 GMT |
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Desura is a name that is going to come up a lot more often in the future, mainly because it's practically the only digital distribution platform for Linux games that presents itself in a commercial, but friendly manner. Sure, there are other options to buy games or to just download Linux games. Ubuntu Software C... |
31 January 2012
17:01 GMT |
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As promised, Mozilla unleashed a few minutes ago, January 31st, the final release of the Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0 email client for all supported platforms, including Linux, of course. Thunderbird 10.0 includes some nice features, such as a new ability that allows users to search the Web, as well as the ability to cre... |
31 January 2012
10:02 GMT |
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Oil Rush is an interesting strategy game that has a twist in the gameplay, combining simple RTS action with a tower defense flavor. It’s not hard to like it and to admire what the developers have managed to accomplish with the engine. The game was created by the Unigine Corp studio and it’s using the Un... |
31 January 2012
07:55 GMT |
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Ladies and gentlemen, Mozilla unofficially released today, January 31st, the highly anticipated Mozilla Firefox 10.0 web browser for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows operating systems. As usual, there's no official announcement yet, but the binary and source archives of the final version of Mozilla Firefox 10.0 were ... |
31 January 2012
02:23 GMT |
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GNU Health, a free Health and Hospital Information System that features Electronic Medical Record (EMR), is now at version 1.4.3. Luis Falcón, the author and main developer of GNU Health, has announced a new version of his software, featuring a lot of important changes, such as:· Menus, icons and naviga... |
31 January 2012
02:12 GMT |
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ownCloud 3, a web-based storage application, has been released and brings new features that improves basic services. Cloud applications are just making their way into our lives. ownCloud 3 is a storage application that offers flexible access to your data, either on your laptop, phone or just another PC, anywhere in t... |
31 January 2012
02:00 GMT |
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KDE Telepathy, a suite of applications that form an instant-messaging client for Jabber, Gmail, Facebook, MSN, is now at version 0.3. What makes KDE Telepathy different is that it completely integrates with Plasma Workspaces, but can also be used as a normal application.The KDE Telepathy coincides with the release of... |
30 January 2012
06:00 GMT |
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Wine 1.4 RC1, a new development version of the famous framework used to run Windows applications on Linux, has been announced by Alexandre Julliard, the leader of the Wine project. This version is the first release candidate for the Wine 1.4 branch and represents an important milestone in the development of Wine (Win... |
30 January 2012
02:30 GMT |
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Asus may ship the Transformer Prime with a locked bootloader, but this hasn’t stopped hackers from running Ubuntu Linux on the 10.1-inch tablet.
As always, this Android hack came our way via the XDA Forums, where a user going by the name of Zedomax created a video demoing Ubuntu running on the Prime, together ... |
27 January 2012
16:41 GMT |
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Oil Rush, a unique blend of strategy and tower defense game, CoreBreach, an anti-gravity racing game with combat-based gameplay, and “And Yet It Moves”, a physics-based platform game, have all made it to Ubuntu Software Center in January. Oil Rush is a strategy combined with a tower defense game that is b... |
27 January 2012
11:07 GMT |
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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... |
27 January 2012
09:21 GMT |
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Version 0.8.37 of the e-book reader and management software Calibre, has just been announced, bringing some functionality changes and a couple of new drivers. Calibre 0.8.37 has new drivers for Motorola Photon and Point of View PlayTab, a checkbox for the plugins window so that users can only see installed add-... |
27 January 2012
02:38 GMT |
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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 b... |
26 January 2012
16:10 GMT |
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Support for Linux is coming to Windows Azure, and the latest job listing found on Microsoft’s website points exactly in this direction. The Redmond-based company is currently hiring a SR Software Development Engineer to help ensure “interoperability between Windows and Linux in Microsoft virtual and cl... |
26 January 2012
10:49 GMT |
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Samba, a component that seamlessly integrates Linux/Unix Servers and Desktops into Active Directory environments using the winbind daemon, is now at version 3.6.2. Samba 3.6.2 comes with a lot of fixes, but two of them were deemed important by the developers. The first fix makes Winbind receive user/group information... |
26 January 2012
08:17 GMT |
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Oil Rush, a unique blend of strategy and tower defense game, powered by the UNIGINE graphical engine, is now available to purchase for Linux platforms. The developers of Oil Rush, Unigine Corp, have made the game available through the UNIGINE Online Store, for the measly price of $19.95 (€15).Oil Rush feat... |
26 January 2012
06:05 GMT |
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Greg Kroah-Hartman announced last night, January 25th, that the second maintenance release of the stable Linux kernel 3.2 is available for download and all users should upgrade to it as soon as possible. Linux kernel 3.2.2 brings lots of fixes, some new driver updates, especially for ALSA, and a couple of NFS, UBIFS,... |
26 January 2012
02:45 GMT |
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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 i... |
24 January 2012
12:31 GMT |
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Opera, a full-featured Internet browser, which includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and other advanced functions, is now at version 11.61. The last major update for the stable version of the famous Opera browser was announced in December, 2011. After a month of development, the changelog is... |
24 January 2012
10:40 GMT |
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The Chronic Dev Team has just released a few minutes ago the a new version of their Absinthe jailbreak tool for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 devices, bringing support for the Linux platform. Until now, the Absinthe untethered jailbreak utility for Apple A5 devices had support only for thr Mac and Windows operating systems, b... |
24 January 2012
02:18 GMT |
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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 ... |
23 January 2012
12:11 GMT |
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Benjamin Brunner sadly announced a couple of days ago that the openSUSE 11.3 Linux operating system reached end-of-life (EOL) on January 20th, 2012. As originally announced by Softpedia two months ago, support for openSUSE 11.3 is now officially dropped, which means that starting with January 20th, 2012, the openSUSE... |
23 January 2012
06:21 GMT |
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The Desura gaming client now has an open source brother, called Desurium and hosted on Github, licensed under GPL (GNU Public License) version 3. Detailed instructions about how to install and run the open source version of the Desura client on both Linux and Windows platform are also available on the Github page."As... |
23 January 2012
03:44 GMT |
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GNOME Shell, a user interface which provides functions for the GNOME 3 desktop environment, has just received a new update and it's now at version 3.2.2.1. After just one day, GNOME Shell was updated again, from version 3.2.2 to 3.2.2.1. The yesterday's release had over 15 changes and lots of updated transl... |
20 January 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Snort, an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system (IDS/IPS) developed by Sourcefire, which combines the benefits of signature, protocol, and anomaly-based inspection, is now at version 2.9.2.1. There are a few updates for the latest version of Snort, 2.9.2.1, but the addition of new alerts for H... |
20 January 2012
10:15 GMT |
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Version 0.8.36 of the e-book reader and management software Calibre, has just been announced, bringing a much needed Tag Editor feature. Another important change in Calibre 0.8.36 is the introduction of a new driver for Infibeam Pi 2, a new device that has just hit the market.Calibre 0.8.36 also comes with new featur... |
20 January 2012
02:26 GMT |
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The developement team at Quantum Bytes Studio are preparing a new MMORPG game that will work on Linux. Relics of Annorath is a MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) game that uses the Unigine Engine, and by the looks of it the rendered world is beautiful.Relics of Annorath will have a native client ... |
19 January 2012
08:40 GMT |
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Mutter, a window and compositing manager that displays and manages your desktop via OpenGL, has reached version 3.2.2. Owen Taylor has announced that Mutter 3.2.2 was released to fix a rare crash occurrence, in unredirected full-screen windows, and a memory leak that plagued the previous version. The contributor were... |
19 January 2012
06:08 GMT |
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Clutter, a GObject based library for creating fast, visually rich, graphical user interfaces which works by manipulating a scene-graph of 2D surfaces, or 'actors', inside a 3D space, is now at version 1.9.4. The developers have stated that Clutter 1.9.4 is an unstable snapshot and should be treated as such,... |
19 January 2012
05:55 GMT |
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