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FreeBSD 8.0.3 Fixes NTFS Volume Import

FreeNAS, a free implementation of a minimal FreeBSD distribution, has just reached version 8.0.3, bringing some serious updates. FreeNAS 8.0.3 is a major change and benefits from tons of updates. A complete list can found in the official announcement.Highlights of FreeBSD 8.0.3:· Smaller block and frag sizes f...

5 January 2012
05:54 GMT

DoudouLinux 2011.11 Available for Download

DoudouLinux, a distribution build for children, that strives to make computer use and other assorted activities a lot more fun and interesting, is now at version 2011.11. Even if DoudouLinux 2011.11 is based on the current stable release of Debian Squeeze, it still requires a lot of work. The final version should be ...

12 December 2011
09:40 GMT

Mageia 2 Alpha 1 Gets KDE, GNOME, and LXDE

Developers of Mageia, a fork of Mandriva Linux supported by a not-for-profit organization of recognized and elected contributors, have announced the Mageia 2 Alpha 1 release. Mageia 2 Alpha 1 is a testing release for finding bugs, to look out for important missing packages, and most importantly a development platform...

28 November 2011
09:10 GMT

ALT Linux 6.0 Centaurus Released

ALT Linux, a Linux distribution based on Sisyphus, codenamed Centaurus, has just reached version 6.0. ALT Linux is an universal GNU/Linux distro intended for use on servers, desktops and laptops.ALT Linux 6.0 comes with new some exiting features, such as:· Selection of installed solutions such as web server or...

2 November 2011
10:10 GMT

Linux Mint 12 Will Be Launched in November

Linux Mint 12, a Linux distribution that is designed to work on most modern systems, will see the light on day sometime in November. Linux Mint will have GNOME 3 for the first time, after so many releases with th GNOME 2 desktop environment.Apparently, when Linux Mint 11 was launched, it was to early to implement GNO...

18 October 2011
05:14 GMT

Wary Puppy 5.2 Released

Wary Puppy, a  build of Puppy Linux that targets older hardware, has just received a major update, according to the developers. The biggest news is that all the base packages were recompiled in T2 and certain choices were made with the plan of seamless upgrading from X.Org 7.3 to 7.6. It doesn't mean that W...

14 October 2011
10:55 GMT

SEGA Takes Over Electronic Arts Distribution in Japan

Video game publisher SEGA has announced that it has signed a deal which will see it distribute all the games that Electronic Arts launches on the Japanese market, with the first video game affected by the move being Shadows of the Damned, which is set to launch at some point during September. SEGA will take over ...

5 July 2011
03:32 GMT

Linux Mint Xfce 201104 Has Been Officially Released

Clement Lefebvre and the community behind the Linux Mint project have announced a few minutes ago the final and stable release of Linux Mint Xfce 201104, a distro which is build on top of a Debian Testing package base and uses the same repositories as LMDE. Linux Mint Xfce 201104 comes with a series of improvements o...

6 April 2011
08:17 GMT

Android 2.2 Now on 57.6% Active Android Devices

Android 2.2 Froyo, the platform version that Mountain View-based Internet giant Google announced officially over half a year ago, is currently powering over 57.6 percent of all active handsets running under Android.This marks an increase of over 5 percentage points when compared to the number of devices that platfor...

4 February 2011
05:41 GMT

Parted Magic 5.9 Is Available for Download

Patrick Verner announced a couple of days ago, on January 12th, the immediate availability for download of the Parted Magic 5.9 Linux distribution for partitioning tasks. The new release is just a maintenance version that updates two programs and fixes various booting issues.The new Parted Magic 5.9 has been released...

14 January 2011
10:11 GMT

Mandriva 2010.2 Officially Released

Earlier today, December 23rd, Mandriva announced the 2010.2 release of its popular Mandriva Linux distribution, available for download on mirrors worldwide. The new release of the Mandriva Linux operating system is an incremental update for the Mandriva 2010.1 version, released this year on July 8th. Mandriva Linux ...

23 December 2010
04:29 GMT

Chakra GNU/Linux 0.3.0 Features KDE SC 4.5.4

Phil Miller announced yesterday, December 20th, the immediate availability for download of the final version of the Chakra GNU/Linux 0.3.0 operating system, which features the amazing KDE Software Compilation 4.5.4 environment.Dubbed Ashoc, Chakra GNU/Linux 0.3.0 features a brand new Linux kernel 2.6.35.9 with LZMA s...

21 December 2010
07:51 GMT

Chakra GNU/Linux 0.3 RC1 Is Available for Testing

The Chakra Development Team announced yesterday, December 10th, the immediate availability for download and testing of the Chakra GNU/Linux 0.3 RC1 operating system, which features the recently released KDE Software Compilation 4.5.4 environment.Chakra GNU/Linux 0.3 RC1 now features the new Linux kernel 2.6.33.7-3 wi...

10 December 2010
10:02 GMT

Vinux 3.1 Is Based on Ubuntu 10.10

Tony Sales proudly announced today, December 9th, the immediate availability for download of the Vinux 3.1 operating system for the visually impaired. Based on Ubuntu 10.10, the new release of Vinux brings lots of interesting features, new and updated applications, bugfixes and enhancements.Vinux 3.1 is a Linux distr...

9 December 2010
13:31 GMT

Unity Linux 2010_02 Is Powered by Linux kernel 2.6.35.7

Unity Linux 2010_02 has been released two days ago, on November 17th, and it includes a new kernel, the latest Enlightenment 17 environment, and many fixes or enhancements. Unity Linux 2010_02 is dubbed Unite17."We have another Unite17! It has a brand-new exterior and interior, because I took the liberty of use the t...

19 November 2010
06:04 GMT

2010 Was the Busiest Year for Scareware Authors

According to a report from Panda Security, as much as 40% of fake antivirus programs ever created were released this year and infected over 5% of all computers in the world.This type of applications, which are collectively known as scareware or rogueware, originally appeared four years ago. However, they only became ...

17 November 2010
11:31 GMT

Ultimate Edition 2.8 Is Based on Ubuntu 10.10

Now that Ubuntu 10.10 has been released, a big number of Linux distributions are now based on it. Ultimate Edition 2.8 makes no exception, as it was built off Ubuntu 10.10.Ultimate Edition 2.8 is an Ubuntu 10.10 based release that comes with many updates and upgrades, as well as 12 new applications. Ultimate Edition ...

20 October 2010
06:12 GMT

Calculate Linux 10.9 Is Powered by Kernel 2.6.35.5

Alexander Tratsevskiy proudly announced today, October 8th, the immediate availability for download of the Calculate Linux 10.9 operating system.There are many changes in this release, especially the inclusion of the new Linux kernel 2.6.35.5, Amarok 2.3.1, and OpenOffice.org Office Suite 3.2.1."After five months of ...

8 October 2010
22:11 GMT

Parsix GNU/Linux 3.6 Released

Earlier today, September 7th, Alan Baghumian proudly announced the immediate availability for download of the Parsix GNU/Linux 3.6 operating system. Dubbed "Vinnie," the new version brings lots of updated applications, new artwork, new features and many bugs fixed.Parsix GNU/Linux 3.6 is synchronized with the Debian ...

7 September 2010
06:30 GMT

HTC Inks Distribution Agreement with Synnex

Earlier this week, global designer of smartphones HTC Corporation announced the signing of a new distribution agreement, this time around with one of the largest distribution companies in New Zealand, namely Synnex.According to the mobile phone maker, the addition of Synnex to its list of global distribution partner...

21 August 2010
09:01 GMT

openSUSE 11.3 Available for Download

After the release of Mandriva Linux 2010.1, the time has come for the popular openSUSE operating system to take the spotlight. In other words, we are proud to announce that openSUSE 11.3 was made available for download earlier today, and it is our pleasure to offer you a quick look at the new features included in the...

15 July 2010
07:05 GMT

Zenwalk Internet Cafe Edition 2.2 Released

The Zencafe Community proudly announced last evening, July 12th, the immediate availability for download of the new and improved Zencafe 2.2 operating system designed to be used in Internet Cafes. Being based on the newly released Zenwalk 6.4 Linux distribution, Zencafe is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.33.4 and include...

13 July 2010
05:10 GMT

PCLinuxOS 2010.07 Comes in Four Flavors

Bill Reynolds proudly announced last evening, July 8th, the immediate availability for download of the new PCinuxOS 2010.07 operating system. This release is available on mirrors worldwide and it comes in four editions: KDE4, GNOME, LXDE and XFCE. Being powered by Linux kernel 2.6.33.5, PCinuxOS 2010.07 offers update...

9 July 2010
08:15 GMT

HTC Partners with Synnex for Distribution in Australia

Taiwanese mobile phone maker HTC Corporation recently announced the signing of a distribution agreement with Synnex, one of the largest distribution companies in Australia. The global designer of smartphones is already present on the market in Australia, yet the new agreement is expected to enable it expand its reac...

17 June 2010
08:13 GMT

Motorola Might Launch 20 Android Phones This Year

Mobile phone maker Motorola is hard at work with the development of new handsets that would run under Google's Android operating system, with some of them already leaking into the wild. When wrapping up the ongoing year, the company might have on display 20 new Android-based devices, which should be present on ...

8 June 2010
05:11 GMT

Zenwalk Linux 6.4 Is Finally Here

Jean-Philippe Guillemin proudly announced last evening, May 27th, the immediate availability of the Zenwalk Linux 6.4 operating system. The new release is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.33.4, with the BFS scheduler, and the new XFCE 4.6.2 desktop environment. Cutting-edge packages and overall performance improvements ar...

28 May 2010
07:17 GMT

Available Now: StressLinux 0.5.113

Carsten Schöne announced today the latest release of StressLinux, version 0.5.113, which fixes the Memtest entry of the boot menu. StressLinux 0.5.113 is based on the openSUSE 11.2 Linux distribution and includes now the mprime application that allows users to calculate Mersenne primes. "This small release fixes...

26 May 2010
06:00 GMT

Fedora 13 Released

Dear Fedora fans, we are pleased to announce that the major update of the Fedora Linux operating system is now here, available for download on mirrors worldwide (see below for download link). Dubbed Goddard, the brand-new Fedora 13 operating system is a solid release with major improvements and enhancements. We are ...

25 May 2010
10:19 GMT

SystemRescueCd 1.5.4 Incorporates FSArchiver 0.6.10

Yesterday night, May 19th, François Dupoux announced version 1.5.4 of the SystemRescueCd Linux-based operating system. The new SystemRescueCd 1.5.4 includes the alternative Linux kernel 2.6.33.04 (includes altker32 and altker64), and the standard 2.6.32.13 Linux kernel. The popular Parted application for parti...

20 May 2010
06:27 GMT

Available Now: PCLinuxOS 2010 Openbox Edition

Two days ago, on May 10th, the PCLinuxOS developers announced the immediate availability of another lightweight edition of the PCLinuxOS 2010 operating system. With a Linux kernel 2.6.32.11 (with BFS scheduler) on board, the new PCLinuxOS 2010 Openbox edition provides a full featured and fast desktop environment, pow...

12 May 2010
06:25 GMT

PCLinuxOS 2010 Released in Six Flavors

Bill Reynolds from the PCLinuxOS development team announced yesterday evening (April 20th) the immediate availability of the highly anticipated PCLinuxOS 2010 operating system. With a Linux kernel 2.6.32.11 (with BFS scheduler) on board, the new version provides ISO images for all tastes: GNOME, GNOME ZenMini, KDE, X...

21 April 2010
05:31 GMT

CDlinux 0.9.6 Is Powered by Linux Kernel 2.6.33.2

A major upgrade of the CDLinux operating system was announced three days ago (April 12th) by Ben Zhao. Most of the packages in CDLinux 0.9.6 were updated, starting with the Linux kernel and the XOrg server, and finishing with the icon themes or various libraries. CDlinux is a minimal Linux distribution that runs with...

15 April 2010
07:34 GMT

openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 5 Is Ready for Testing

The openSUSE development team, through James Mason, announced last evening (April 14th) the immediate availability for testing of the openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 5 operating system. In this new development version, we can find lots and lots of overall improvements, bug fixes and updates to various applications, such as X...

14 April 2010
04:08 GMT

PC/OS 10.1.1 Gets a New Linux Kernel with PAE

PC/OS 10.1 is barely out the door and a new version of the Ubuntu/Xubuntu-based Linux OS is already available. PC OS 10.1.1 is a minor release focusing on stability and bug fixing, but also comes with a decent list of new or updated packages. The Linux kernel now comes with physical address extensions to allow users ...

31 March 2010
04:38 GMT

PC/OS 10.1 OpenWorkstation Final Released

After the release of PC/OS 10.1 OpenWorkstation GNOME edition last week, Roberto Dohnert proudly announced yesterday evening, March 11th, the immediate availability of the main edition (with the XFCE desktop environment) of the PC/OS 10.1 OpenWorkstation operating system. Being powered by Linux kernel 2.6.31, this re...

12 March 2010
05:00 GMT

PCLinuxOS 2010 Beta 1 Has KDE SC 4.4.1 and Plymouth

The PCLinuxOS development team announced on March 6th the first Beta release of the upcoming PCLinuxOS 2010 Linux operating system. With a customized version of KDE Software Compilation 4.4.1 on board, PCLinuxOS 2010 Beta 1 is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.32.8 with the BFS scheduler, for an amazing desktop performance...

9 March 2010
10:52 GMT

Vine Linux 5.1 Released

Daisuke Suzuki announced yesterday, February 25th, the immediate availability of Vine Linux 5.1 ISO images for 32-bit, 64-bit and PowerPC architectures. Vine Linux is a free Linux-based operating system, for the Japanese community. It is designed for both workstations and server machines. The new version of Vine Linu...

26 February 2010
12:01 GMT

Elive 2.0 Gets Closer Every Day

The developers behind the Elive project cooked yet another unstable release of their Elive Live CD Linux distribution, now at version 1.9.60. Being powered by Debian, the Enlightenment E17 desktop environment and Linux kernel 2.6.30, the newly released Elive 1.9.60 offers a new driver for CD-ROMs, the ability to conf...

3 February 2010
03:00 GMT

Available Now: Tiny Core Linux 2.8

Robert Shingledecker, founder of the Tiny Core Linux project, announced on January 23rd the immediate availability of the Tiny Core Linux 2.8 operating system. The new release brings, as usual, a lot of bugfixes, updates to scripts, included applications, and various improvements. Without further introduction, let�...

25 January 2010
02:16 GMT

Run Android on Your PC

Today we are proud to announce a new operating system, a port of Google's famous Android platform for the x86 (32-bit) architecture. Simply named Android-x86, this Live CD Linux distribution is designed mostly for the Eee PC netbooks, but can also run on any other 32-bit (x86) platform. The current stable versio...

20 January 2010
10:50 GMT

SimplyMEPIS 8.0.15 Is Ready for Download

MEPIS LLC, through Warren Woodford, announced yesterday, January 12th, the immediate availability for download of the SimplyMEPIS 8.0.15 operating system, for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. This is a maintenance update to the stable branch of SimplyMEPIS and it includes Linux kernel 2.6.27.43, KDE 3.5.10, Open...

13 January 2010
05:03 GMT

SimplyMEPIS 8.5 Beta 4 Released

Warren Woodford announced yesterday, January 5th, the fourth Beta release of the upcoming SimplyMEPIS 8.5 operating system, also the first announcement for 2010 from the MEPIS company. For SimplyMEPIS 8.5 Beta 4, the development team worked hard to improve the KDE4 look and feel, after listening to various requests a...

6 January 2010
06:56 GMT

sidux 2009-04 Brings KDE SC 4.3.4 and Linux Kernel 2.6.32.2

On the last day of 2009, Stefan Lippers-Hollmann uploaded and released the latest version of the sidux Linux-based operating system (codename "Moros"). sidux 2009-04 ships with Linux kernel 2.6.32.2, KDE Software Compilation 4.3.4, and 3D support for ATI Radeon graphics cards. sidux is a full-featured Live CD based o...

4 January 2010
04:27 GMT

Available Now: Tiny Core Linux 2.7

The founder of the Tiny Core Linux project, Robert Shingledecker, announced on December 19th the immediate availability of the Tiny Core Linux 2.7 operating system, a version that brings lots of updated applications and scripts, various improvements and, of course, a couple of bug fixes. Without further ado, let'...

21 December 2009
04:12 GMT

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


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