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Version 4.0 of the .NET Micro Framework is now available for download, with Microsoft releasing the solution at the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles, on November 16th. The Redmond company had promised since early 2009 that the latest iteration of the .NET Micro Framework will become an... |
17 November 2009
08:13 GMT |
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Welcome to the 71th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux-based operating systems were announced last week: SystemRescueCd 1.3.2, DEFT Linux 5, sidux 2009-03, openSUSE 11.2 and Linux Mint 8 RC1. This week's YouTube-powered video clip showcases the "hidden" powers of the newly released openSUSE ... |
16 November 2009
06:26 GMT |
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Android 2.0, the latest flavor of Google's operating system for mobile phones, has been released on Motorola DROID for more than a week now, while the SDK went available a few days before the handset's launch, and now we learn that Google also released the Android 2.0 source. The best part here is that, as... |
16 November 2009
02:33 GMT |
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Stefan Lippers-Hollmann proudly announced earlier today (November 11th) the immediate availability of the sidux 2009-03 Linux-based operating system (codename "Mamos"). The new release ships with the ultimate Linux kernel 2.6.31.6 and the breathtaking KDE 4.3.2 desktop environment. sidux is a full-featured Live CD ba... |
11 November 2009
05:47 GMT |
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Welcome to the 70th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux-based operating systems were announced last week: Mandriva Linux 2010, Monomaxos 4.0 English Edition, Scientific Linux 5.4 and Moblin 2.1. In other news: the KDE Community released the third maintenance release of the famous KDE 4.3 desktop en... |
9 November 2009
06:54 GMT |
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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 |
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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 |
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While open-source software and applications have been providing a generous and efficient way to replace proprietary software in our day-to-day life, many Governments around the Globe have hesitated in adopting such solutions for their official platforms. Last week, the U.S. Department of Defense has released to the p... |
2 November 2009
10:13 GMT |
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Welcome to the 69th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions were announced last week: Endian Firewall 2.3, Toorox 10.2009, Ubuntu 9.10 and openSUSE 11.2 RC2. In other news: Nvidia releases the new 190.42 video driver for Linux users, now with support for OpenGL 3.2. For this week, we had ... |
2 November 2009
09:16 GMT |
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Every Linux user that has used the GNOME desktop environment must have had at least an encounter with its default text editor, Gedit. You start it up, and it looks like a simple notepad type application with a toolbar added on top. However, don't let yourself fooled by that simple appearance. If you know how to ... |
31 October 2009
10:41 GMT |
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While everyone was celebrating the release of Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), Joe Brockmeier proudly announced last night (October 29th) the immediate availability of the second and final release candidate of the upcoming openSUSE 11.2 Linux-based operating system. This last development version fixes some of the nasty bu... |
30 October 2009
07:06 GMT |
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Joern Lindau announced today the next release of Toorox, version 10.2009. This Gentoo-based Linux distribution features the KDE 4.3.2 desktop environment and many other updated packages, all running on top of the 22.6.31 Linux kernel and Xorg Server 1.6.5. The base install also comes with OpenOffice.org 3.2.1, Amarok... |
29 October 2009
07:21 GMT |
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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 |
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Qualcomm has announced recently the establishment of a new separate wholly owned subsidiary, named Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC), which is aimed mainly at offering support for mobile open-source platforms. The new QuIC subsidiary brings together a team of engineers who are focused on optimizing open-source softwa... |
26 October 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Welcome to the 68th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions were announced last week: Fedora 12 Beta, CentOS 5.4, Ubuntu 9.10 Release Candidate and Elive 1.9.51. In other news: Novell releases the second beta version of the upcoming Banshee 1.6 player and Ubuntu 9.04 offering from Dell. ... |
26 October 2009
06:37 GMT |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4.0 was released about a month and a half ago, and it was only natural for the CentOS developers to follow suit. Yesterday it was up to Karanbir Singh to officially announce the immediate availability of CentOS 5.4. This new release comes in i386 and amd64 versions and, unexpectedly, Live d... |
22 October 2009
06:41 GMT |
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The Symbian Foundation announced on Tuesday that it had reached a new milestone in its move towards making the Symbian operating system open source with releasing the platform microkernel (EKA2) and with support for the development kit under the Eclipse Public License (EPL). According to the Foundation, the release o... |
22 October 2009
04:52 GMT |
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Welcome to the 67th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions were announced last week: Dreamlinux 4.0 XFCE Edition, Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0r0, openSUSE 11.2 RC1 and LinuxConsole 1.0.2009. In other news: Novell releases the second beta version of the upcoming Banshee 1.6 player and Ubuntu 9.0... |
19 October 2009
05:32 GMT |
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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 |
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While openSUSE 11.2 has been in development for quite a while now, today the developer team has made available the first release candidate of this operating system, as it nears its November 12 due date. In it you will find the Linux kernel version 2.6.31.3, GNOME 2.28 and PulseAudio 0.9.19 and Qt 4.5.3, to name just ... |
15 October 2009
10:07 GMT |
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Alan Baghumian proudly announced today the release of Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0r0 (codename Kev), a Linux distribution based on Debian and designed for laptop and desktop users. In Parsix 3.0 everything is new, starting with the Linux kernel 2.6.29.6 (contains extra drivers and patches), GNOME 2.26.3 and continuing with t... |
15 October 2009
06:24 GMT |
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Until now, Dell has been shipping Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) with its Linux computers and, frankly, this operating system is more than a year and a half old. Well, thanks to the Dell fanboys and girls who submitted requests to the IdeaStorm project, the computer manufacturer decided to honor its customers' reques... |
15 October 2009
04:03 GMT |
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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 |
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Welcome to the 66th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions were announced last week: SystemRescueCd 1.3.1, Gentoo 10, Tiny Core 2.4.1 and Mandriva Linux 2010.0 RC2. In other news: The KDE Community announced the second maintenance release of the KDE 4.3 desktop environment. An in-depth re... |
12 October 2009
07:19 GMT |
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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 |
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I wrote this editorial after the recent nominees for the Open Source CMS Award from Packt were released to the public a few weeks ago. After passing through a testing, updating and indexing process with all the nominees, some useful tips, details and conclusions can be presented to help readers in their voting proces... |
8 October 2009
07:56 GMT |
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Everybody likes award ceremonies, especially those in which regular people vote for the winner. Maybe this is the reason why the Packt Open Source CMS Award has managed to consolidate itself as a realistic and meaningful prize for the best open source CMSs around. After a month-long open nomination process, voting ha... |
8 October 2009
03:09 GMT |
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The KDE developers are almost right on time, because a month ago they churned up version 4.3.1 of their desktop environment, and yesterday saw the release of KDE 4.3.2. This translation and service upgrade contains a huge amount of bugfixes and graphical improvements, dispelling the negative impression that KDE 4 lef... |
7 October 2009
02:41 GMT |
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Back in 1999, Daniel Robbins released the first version of Gentoo Linux, which quickly became renowned for its unmatched speed. Fast forward to September 2009 and you'll see that Gentoo is still one of the most appreciated source-based Linux distributions. Since this venerable distro has just had its 10th birthd... |
5 October 2009
10:01 GMT |
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SystemRescueCd creator François Dupoux is committed to keeping his distribution running on the latest and greatest software, because yesterday he released SystemRescueCD 1.3.1 and, as everyone is expecting, it is powered by version 2.6.31.1 of the Linux kernel. Along with that you will find a 2.6.27.35 alterna... |
5 October 2009
08:05 GMT |
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Welcome to the 65th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions were announced last week: Calculate Linux Desktop 9.9, Astaro Security Gateway 7.500, Ubuntu 9.10 Beta and GoblinX 3.0. In other news: The Amarok developers announced version 2.2 of their popular Amarok Media Player, now with a c... |
5 October 2009
02:11 GMT |
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Lydia Pintscher announced yesterday the release of the much-anticipated Amarok 2.2 music player for the K Desktop Environment. Dubbed "Sunjammer," this version has a completely cleaned-up user interface, Playlist manager enhancements and fixes, a better Context View layout, faster music folder scanning and improved i... |
2 October 2009
05:39 GMT |
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Mobile phones based on the open-source Symbian platform are expected to see a great increase in shipments over the following five years, a new report from Juniper Research shows. According to the Open Source OS report from the research firm, Symbian handset shipments are to double by 2014, reaching 180 million, up fr... |
1 October 2009
09:06 GMT |
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A massive cluster of high-performance computers may have the ability to artificially generate new forms of artificial life, experts believe. Numerous combinations of chemicals are put together in a virtual environment, and their interactions are documented. Silicon Valley scientists propose turning software originall... |
30 September 2009
02:44 GMT |
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Welcome to the 64th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
We'll start this edition of our weekly with a fine overview of the newly released GNOME 2.28 desktop environment. The following Linux distributions were announced last week: Ultimate Edition Gamers 2.3, Network Security Toolkit 2.11.0 and Moblin 2.0. In oth... |
28 September 2009
04:37 GMT |
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Recent reports reveal that Apple has chosen to open-source its multiprocessor task-management technology – Grand Central Dispatch. Grand Central Dispatch takes full advantage of new, powerful hardware by making all the components of Mac OS X multicore-aware. Thus, the technology optimizes resources for allocati... |
28 September 2009
02:51 GMT |
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It looks like Intel hasn't spent too much time contemplating the release of Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition. The chip maker and the rest of the developers working on the project scrambled back to work and stirred the netbook market a little more. Yesterday they announced that Moblin v2.0 was finally stable... |
25 September 2009
03:56 GMT |
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During the Intel Developer Forum, which took place in San Francisco on 22nd-24th of September, Canonical, Dell and Intel took the opportunity to unveil the Ubuntu Moblin Remix Developer Edition. This operating system uses software from Ubuntu Linux, on top of which the core Moblin Version 2.0 interface, libraries, an... |
24 September 2009
17:01 GMT |
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If you're an Ubuntu buff, you'll have a pretty good idea about the subject of this article, since you already know that the Ubuntu releases are in sync with a certain graphical environment's development cycle. So, this October there is a pretty high chance of GNOME 2.28.0 arriving on a desktop near you... |
24 September 2009
06:15 GMT |
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Paul Blankenbaker announced yesterday the release of Network Security Toolkit 2.11.0, a completely redesigned and engineered version of this Linux distribution that provides tools for system administrators and security experts. The developers have based the system on Fedora Live CD technology, which provides support... |
23 September 2009
04:55 GMT |
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Welcome to the 63rd issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions were announced last week: SystemRescueCD 1.3.0, Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6, Puppy Linux 4.3, Mandriva 2010.0 RC1 and Parted Magic 4.5. In other news: AMD releases ATI Catalyst 9.9 video driver suite for Linux systems and the KOffice th... |
21 September 2009
08:11 GMT |
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This Sunday, Patrick Verner announced the release of Parted Magic 4.5, a new version of the popular partitioning and data-recovery Linux distribution. It includes many fixes and improvements, especially for Intel graphics cards and the newly introduced point to point networking support. We all know that getting the ... |
21 September 2009
06:21 GMT |
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The Mandriva developers woke up early during the week-end and delivered the Mandriva Linux 2010.0 Release Candidate 1 to the awaiting supporters of this operating system. There are a lot of versions to choose from: the well-known Mandriva One, both with GNOME and KDE, the Free edition that is made exclusively from op... |
21 September 2009
04:15 GMT |
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Barry Kauler is back at the helm of the Puppy Linux project, and he just released version 4.3 of the popular lightweight Linux distribution. Puppy Linux 4.3 is a massive upgrade from the 4.2 series, with almost all the components updated or replaced. Also, the whole system through which this Linux distribution is bei... |
18 September 2009
04:55 GMT |
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It looks like the two biggest social networks in the US are getting into an open-source war as, just days after Facebook released the Tornado framework, MySpace is releasing its own piece of open software with the Qizmt framework, designed to handle large amounts of unstructured data, which is now powering the &ldquo... |
16 September 2009
11:52 GMT |
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Last summer URL shortener Tr.im made quite a few waves when it announced that the service would be shut down by the year's end due to lack of any perspective revenue model. The response, both from the press but also from the users, made Nambu Networks, the company that owns Tr.im, reconsider the closure and afte... |
16 September 2009
10:55 GMT |
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We all know that computers tend to gather all kind of stale files that pile up in different temporary or cache folders, ultimately slowing down the system and occupying valuable disk space. Any self-respecting geek takes on the job of manually cleaning those files every once in a while, but no matter how through you ... |
16 September 2009
08:01 GMT |
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The KOffice team announced on September 15th, through Inge Wallin, the second beta release of the upcoming KOffice 2.1 open source office suite. This new development version contains lots of bug fixes, especially for translations and various typos. However, the most important improvements are definitely the Microsoft... |
16 September 2009
06:48 GMT |
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SystemRescueCD, the popular data-recovery and system-administration Linux distribution, has just been updated. Version 1.3.0 brings the latest and greatest, stable Linux kernel, 2.6.31, along with btrfs-progs 1.41.9, thus incorporating support for the new Btrfs file system, which has been undergoing development since... |
14 September 2009
13:31 GMT |
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Welcome to the 62nd issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
We start this weekly with a beta testing of the Spri Linux Beta distribution. The following Linux distributions were announced last week: Easy Peasy 1.5, CRUX 2.6, GoblinX 3.0 GNOME Edition, moonOS 3, Bluewhite64 Linux 13.0, Absolute Linux 13.0 and Linux Mint 7 ... |
14 September 2009
06:10 GMT |
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