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Scientific Linux 5.4 Brings Improved Support for Wi-Fi Networks

Connie Sieh and Troy Dawson announced last evening (November 4th) the immediate availability of Scientific Linux 5.4, a Linux distribution put together by various universities and labs around the world. Being based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 4, the new release of Scientific Linux brings improved support for...

5 November 2009
06:43 GMT

Monomaxos 4.0 English Edition Released

Dimitris Papadatos proudly announced on November 3rd that the fourth edition of Monomaxos Greek operating system was now also available for English users! Being based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), Monomaxos 4.0 comes as a 1.7 GB Live DVD and it offers out of the box support for HD (High-Definition) video files a...

4 November 2009
06:26 GMT

Endian Firewall 2.3 Includes Lots of New Features

On October 27th, Christian Graffer from the Endian team proudly announced the immediate availability of the Endian Firewall Community 2.3 Linux-based operating system. The new version includes a lot of bug fixes, improvements and many new and breathtaking features. We, at the Softpedia Labs, took the 2.3 release for ...

28 October 2009
07:45 GMT

GoblinX 3.0 GNOME Edition Has Support for Netbooks

Flavio Pereira de Oliveira announced last night (September 8th) the 3rd release of his popular Slackware-based Live CD Linux distribution, GoblinX GNOME, also known as G:Noblin. This new, stable version brings GNOME 2.24 as the default desktop environment and includes translations in many languages. But the most impo...

9 September 2009
05:51 GMT

First Lubuntu Test ISOs Available

Yesterday the LXDE community received an announcement on their blog, in which developer Mario Behling told the world about the availability of the first Lubuntu test images, based on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). The upcoming operating system already proves to be a serious contender to Xubuntu, the ISO weighing in at a...

1 September 2009
06:13 GMT

Vine Linux 5 Offers Support for 64-Bit Architectures

Daisuke Suzuki from the Vine Linux team announced today the immediate availability of Vine Linux 5.0, a free Japanese community Linux-based operating system for both workstations and server machines. The new version of Vine Linux brings support for the x86_64 (AMD64 or Intel64) architecture and bleeding-edge packages...

25 August 2009
04:02 GMT

SystemRescueCd 1.2.3 Has Better Support for EXT4

François Dupoux announced two days ago, on August 10th, the immediate availability of the SystemRescueCd 1.2.3 operating system. The new version of this tiny Gentoo-based Linux distribution for system administration and data recovery tasks comes now with the alternative Linux kernel 2.6.27.29, a few important ...

12 August 2009
08:59 GMT

Phoronix Test Suite in a Live DVD, Based on Ubuntu

Michael Larabel and the team from Phoronix Media announced on August 4th, 2009 the immediate availability of their first Linux-based operating system, PTS Desktop Live 2009.3. Dubbed Gernlinden and based on Ubuntu Linux, PTS Desktop Live provides a platform for achieving automated and reproducible hardware benchmarks...

5 August 2009
09:11 GMT

Linux Mint 7 KDE Edition Arrives

Clement Lefebvre and the community behind the Linux Mint project proudly announced a few minutes ago on their official blog the immediate availability of the final release of Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) KDE Community Edition operating system. Being based on the Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) distribution, Linux Mint 7 KDE ...

3 August 2009
10:41 GMT

Announcing Sabayon Linux 4.2 CoreCD Edition

Kelly Schwartz from the Sabyon team announced a few days ago the immediate availability of the CoreCD edition of the popular Sabayon Linux 4.2, a Gentoo-based operating system. The CoreCD is a minimalistic version designed to provide the base for building your own Sabayon Linux system. Sabayon Linux 4.2 CoreCD is ava...

28 July 2009
10:34 GMT

Pardus Linux 2009 Brings KDE 4.2.4 and Firefox 3.5.1

Onur Küçük from the Pardus development team just announced last night the immediate availability of the Pardus 2009 Linux distribution. Powered by a brand new Linux kernel 2.6.30.1, with a fantastic KDE 4.2.4 desktop environment and the amazing Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1 web browser, the new Pardus Linux ...

18 July 2009
10:41 GMT

Ubuntu Christian Edition 5.0 Is Based on Ubuntu 9.04

The Ubuntu CE development team proudly announced yesterday, July 17th, the immediate availability of the Ubuntu Christian Edition 5.0. Being based on the powerful Jaunty Jackalope (Ubuntu 9.04), the new, highly anticipated release of Ubuntu Christian Edition includes a brand new DansGuardian GUI, E-sword installer an...

18 July 2009
04:04 GMT

Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS Released

Steve Langasek announced last night (July 16th) the third maintenance release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron), which (in case you forgot) is supported with maintenance updates and security fixes until April 2011 on desktops, and April 2013 on servers. Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS brings to its dedicated users a lot of security...

17 July 2009
02:22 GMT

SystemRescueCd 1.2.2 Is Now Powered by Linux Kernel 2.6.29.6

François Dupoux announced earlier today the immediate availability of the SystemRescueCd 1.2.2 Linux distribution. Being powered by Linux kernel 2.6.29.6, the new version of this tiny Gentoo-based OS for system administration and data recovery comes with a few important updated packages and a couple of improve...

13 July 2009
03:59 GMT

Parted Magic 4.3 Comes Now with Firefox 3.5

Yesterday evening, on June 9th, Patrick Verner announced the immediate release of Parted Magic 4.3, a Slackware-based Linux distribution that was created to help users easily partition their hard drivers or perform recovery tasks. Parted Magic 4.3 is here to fix some of the bugs found in previous releases, but it als...

10 July 2009
09:43 GMT

CrunchBang Linux 9.04.01 Released for 32 and 64-bit Architectures

A few hours ago, Philip Newborough proudly announced the next major version of his lightweight Linux distribution, CrunchBang 9.04.01. CrunchBang is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and powered by the Openbox window manager. The good news is that, for the first time, CrunchBang is now avai...

8 July 2009
06:25 GMT

Sabayon Linux 4.2 KDE Edition Features KDE 4.2.4

After the release of the GNOME edition of Sabayon Linux 4.2, on June 30th, Fabio Erculiani proudly announced yesterday evening, July 6th, the immediate availability of the Sabayon Linux 4 KDE operating system, now with KDE 4.2.4. Being based on the previous version, this second KDE edition of Sabayon Linux 4 brings a...

7 July 2009
05:49 GMT

First Release Candidate of Linux Mint 7 KDE Edition Arrives

Clement Lefebvre and the community behind the Linux Mint project proudly announced last night on the official blog the immediate availability of the first release candidate of Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) KDE Community Edition operating system. This first RC is based on the popular Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) distributio...

6 July 2009
03:54 GMT

PCLinuxOS 2009.2 KDE and GNOME Editions Are Available

The PCLinuxOS team announced yesterday evening, June 30th, the second maintenance release of PCLinuxOS 2009 in both of its KDE 3 and GNOME 2 variants. Besides the usual bugfixes and updated applications, PCLinuxOS 2009.2 comes now packed with a new tool called "notification-updater," which notifies the user about ava...

1 July 2009
06:49 GMT

Sabayon Linux 4.2 GNOME Features Tuz-Powered Kernel

Fabio Erculiani announced yesterday evening, June 30th, the immediate availability of a new maintenance version of the Sabayon Linux 4 GNOME Edition operating system, now with GNOME 2.26.2! Being based on the Lite MCE version, this second GNOME edition of Sabayon Linux 4 brings a "ready to use" version of the po...

1 July 2009
03:25 GMT

Tiny Core Linux 2.1 Is Out

Robert Shingledecker, founder of the Tiny Core Linux project, announced yesterday, June 28th, the release of Tiny Core Linux 2.1, a very small Linux distribution that is only 11 MB in size. This version comes with many updates as well as important features: the new modutils will further improve space efficiency and t...

29 June 2009
05:24 GMT

Toorox 06.2009 Runs KDE 4.2.4

Jörn Lindau announced two days ago, on June 27th, a new release of his Toorox Linux distribution. Toorox 06.2009 brings many updates and a few improvements to the USB Stick creator and external USB HDD installations. "Some users had problems (Kernel Panic) after an installation and booting from an external USB-H...

29 June 2009
02:30 GMT

linuX-gamers 0.9.5 Brings Lots of Games to Linux Users

The development team behind the linuX-gamers project proudly announced earlier today that version 0.9.5 of their Linux-based Live DVD was now available for download. Being packed with a lot of games of various types, such as RPG, FPS, RTS, TBS, arcade or puzzle, linuX-gamers 0.9.5 is a 'boot-and-play' Linux...

26 June 2009
06:02 GMT

First Look: Ultimate Edition 2.2

Though only four months passed since the previous release, Ultimate Edition 2.2 was a highly anticipated upgrade by fans all over the world, especially for the fact that it would almost certainly use the Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) base. And so it is. TheeMahn announced the new version a few days ago and we coul...

25 June 2009
06:19 GMT

Linux Mint 7 x64 Released

Linux Mint 7 (codename Gloria) was released last month and it has been a resounding success. Though initially it supported only 32-bit architectures, we are now happy to announce that Clement Lefebvre released, a few minutes ago, the x64 version of Linux Mint 7. As expected, it has the same Ubuntu 9.04 base and the...

24 June 2009
08:58 GMT

Elive 1.9.31 Offers Support for Acer Aspire One

The Elive team announced today yet another unstable release of their Elive Live CD Linux distribution, now at version 1.9.31. Being powered by Debian, Enlightenment E17 and Linux kernel 2.6.26.8, the new development version of Elive, brings many improvements and bug fixes in various areas. But, the good news is that,...

24 June 2009
06:46 GMT

R.I.P. Linux 9.2 Has Linux Kernel 2.6.29.5

Only twelve days after announcing version 9.1, Kent Robotti released yesterday a new stable version of his popular R.I.P. (Recovery Is Possible) Linux distribution. R.I.P. 9.2 uses the Linux kernel 2.6.29.5, updates the SVN for GRUB 2 1.96 and comes with a development version of QEmacs 0.4.0 and the recently released...

24 June 2009
02:38 GMT

Available Now: g:Mini 3.0

Flavio Pereira de Oliveira proudly announced last evening (June 22nd) the immediate availability of the g:Mini 3.0, formerly known as GoblinX Mini Edition. Being powered by Linux kernel 2.6.27.6 and the XFCE 4.6 desktop environment, the g:Mini edition was designed especially for those who want to remaster the well-kn...

23 June 2009
06:33 GMT

First Alpha of Mandriva Linux 2010 Is Out

One day after the scheduled release, the first alpha of Mandriva Linux 2010 was launched by the Mandriva team. The announcement was made yesterday, on the 21st of June, and states that this version is only available as a "Free" DVD version for both 32- and 64-bit architectures. Mandriva 2010 Alpha 1 brings the curren...

22 June 2009
09:59 GMT

GeeXboX 1.2.2 Is Capable of Multi-Threaded Video Decoding

The GeeXboX team proudly announced a few days ago, on June 19th, the release of their media center Linux distribution, GeeXboX 1.2.2. This new version boasts quite a few exciting new features, of which the most important one has to be the experimental support for multi-threading video decoding. What does that mean?...

22 June 2009
03:19 GMT

Fedora 12 Release Schedule and Goals

While every Fedora fan enjoys the newly released Fedora 11 Linux-based operating system, the developers are working hard on the next release, Fedora 12, due for release in November-December 2009. Make sure you visit our website, starting with August 18th when the first alpha will be released, as we will do a full cov...

18 June 2009
06:13 GMT

Available Now: Fedora 11 LXDE Remix

Rahul Sundaram announced today the release of a new Fedora 11 remix, especially created for those who want a lightweight desktop environment. The Fedora 11 LXDE Remix Live CD provides optimum integration and compatibility with LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) and is available for 32 bit processor architectu...

16 June 2009
07:41 GMT

SystemRescueCd 1.2.1 Is Powered by Linux Kernel 2.6.29.4

François Dupoux announced on June 15th the immediate availability of the SystemRescueCd 1.2.1 Linux distribution. Being powered by Linux kernel 2.6.29.4, the new version of this tiny Gentoo-based OS for system administration and data recovery comes with a few important updated packages and a couple of improvem...

16 June 2009
03:45 GMT

First Look: Fedora 11

Four days ago, on June 9th, Fedora fans once again rejoiced as their favorite operating system reached a new version. Fedora 11, or Leonidas, is available for 32 and 64 processor architectures on single Live CD formats or Install DVDs. Of course, both KDE and GNOME users will be able to choose Fedora 11 with one of t...

13 June 2009
09:21 GMT

R.I.P. Linux 9.1 Comes with Opera 10 and GRUB 2

Kent Robotti announced yesterday (June 11th) yet another stable release of his popular R.I.P. (Recovery Is Possible) Linux distribution. R.I.P. 9.1 comes with the newly released Opera 10 Beta (the installation is available as an option in the X11 setup menu), an updated SVN version of GRUB 2 1.96 and the latest beta ...

12 June 2009
09:20 GMT

Fedora 11 Is Here

After a two-week delay, the Fedora Project team finally announced, two minutes ago, the release of Fedora 11, also known as Leonidas. The multitude of new features and improvements in this new version made the waiting time seem even longer, especially for dedicated fans. Well, at least the buzz from Ubuntu and Mandri...

9 June 2009
10:14 GMT

Mandriva One 2009.1 Review

Mandriva is one of the most mature Linux distributions out there and, in time, a very loyal community was created around it. Innovation and ease of use have always been the top priorities for Mandriva, and this can be seen in the team's effort to bring exciting new features with every release. Coming six months ...

6 June 2009
17:41 GMT

Calculate Linux Desktop 9.6 with Xfce 4.6.1

A week ago, Alexander Tratsevskiy announced the immediate availability of the Calculate Linux Desktop 9.6 KDE Live DVD Linux distribution. Today, he is proud to present a new edition of its Gentoo-based Linux distribution, called Calculate Linux Xfce 9.6. Having the same main components as the main edition of Calcula...

5 June 2009
05:08 GMT

grml 2009.05 Improves USB Installation

The team behind the grml project announced yesterday, June 1st, the release of grml 2009.05, codename Lackdose-Allergie, for both 32- and 64-bit architectures. grml 2009.05 is based on vanilla kernel 2.6.28.10, complete with various patches and extra modules. The software packages were updated to the Debian Unstable ...

2 June 2009
04:12 GMT

Calculate Linux Desktop 9.6 Has KDE 4.2.3

Alexander Tratsevskiy proudly announced earlier today the immediate availability of the Calculate Linux Desktop 9.6 KDE Live DVD Linux distribution. Being based on the Gentoo Linux, Calculate Linux Desktop 9.6 is an anniversary version, as the first version was released exactly two years ago, on May 29, 2007. It is p...

29 May 2009
06:51 GMT

PC/OS Open64 Workstation 10 Is Based on Ubuntu 9.04

Roberto J. Dhnert announced yesterday, May 27th, the release of his PC/OS Open64 Workstation 10 Linux distribution. This new version is based on the latest Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and was exclusively created for 64-bit architectures. PC/OS Open64 Workstation 10 also contains all the security patches and bugfix...

28 May 2009
15:11 GMT

CentOS 5.3 Live CD Released

The CentOS Development Team announced today the immediate availability of their CentOS 5.3 Live CD Linux distribution. This version is based on the previously released CentOS 5.3 for i386 processor architectures. In order to make the ISO fit on a single 700 MB CD, the Emacs, K3B and Scribus applications had to be rem...

27 May 2009
12:51 GMT

Linux Mint 7 Is Based on Ubuntu 9.04

Clement Lefebvre and the community behind the Linux Mint project proudly announced last night on their official blog the immediate availability of the final release of the Linux Mint 7 (codename Gloria) operating system. Linux Mint 7 is based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and it is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.28,...

27 May 2009
02:08 GMT

Puppy Linux 4.2.1 Launched

The team behind the Puppy Linux project announced today, May 22nd, the first maintenance release of Puppy Linux 4.2 (Deep Thought). "I have just uploaded Puppy-4.2.1 final to ibiblio.org and Puppy-4.2.1retro is on its way up as well. [...] This is a bug fix update for Puppy-4.2 and includes very few changes from the ...

22 May 2009
14:51 GMT

ArtistX 0.7 Includes Over 2500 Multimedia Applications

Marco Ghirlanda, ArtistX developer, announced on May 21st the immediate availability of version 0.7, now created using the popular Remastersys Live CD creation program. Being powered by the Linux kernel 2.6.27, ArtistX 0.7 is still based on the Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) operating system and features the GNOME 2.24 ...

22 May 2009
06:28 GMT

Ubuntu 9.04 Review

In only a few years of existence, Ubuntu reached a very high level of popularity. With the slogan "Linux for human beings," Canonical clearly aimed to provide a smoother transition for the regular desktop users who wanted a change in their everyday computing experience. Though some may question Ubuntu's true con...

21 May 2009
02:05 GMT

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 Released

Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of Open Source solutions, announced last night (May 18th) the immediate availability of the final release of the eighth update for their Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 operating systems. Besides the usual bug fixes and software updates, there are also the new features that...

19 May 2009
05:16 GMT

Clonezilla Live 1.2.2-14 Improves Mac OS Cloning

Steven Shiau announced today, May 18th, a new stable release of his system-cloning Linux distribution. Clonezilla 1.2.2-14 is using the Debian Lenny repositories (as of 05/17/2009) and is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.29-4 from backports.undebian.org. "We are happy to announce Clonezilla live 1.2.2-14 is the new stab...

18 May 2009
16:31 GMT

Foresight Linux 2.1.1 Has GNOME 2.26.1

The Foresight Linux Project team announced, on May 15th, the immediate availability of a new version of their Linux distribution. Foresight Linux 2.1.1, coming three months after the 2.1.0 release, brings notable changes, including the latest GNOME desktop environment and a new Linux kernel. "It is with great pleas...

18 May 2009
04:05 GMT

Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 1 Released

While everybody is enjoying Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), the new release of the Ubuntu operating system, somewhere deep in the Ubuntu headquarters the developers are working hard to bring us all the new stuff that happens in the Linux world today. Therefore we proudly announce that the first alpha release of Ubunt...

14 May 2009
08:30 GMT


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