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Toorox 10.2009 Enables Desktop Effects for Many Video Cards

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

Gentoo Linux Celebrates 10 Years of Existence Through a Special Release

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

Calculate Linux Desktop 9.9 Has KDE 4.3.1

Alexander Tratsevskiy proudly announced on September 28th the immediate availability of the Calculate Linux Desktop 9.9 KDE and XFCE distribution. Being based on Gentoo Linux, Calculate Linux Desktop 9.9 is now powered by Linux Kernel 2.6.30.5 and X.Org 7.4, it is built on top of the KDE 4.3.1 desktop environment and...

29 September 2009
08:41 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

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

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

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

Sabayon Linux 4.1 KDE Edition Out Now

Just two weeks after announcing Sabayon Linux 4.1 GNOME Edition, Fabio Erculiani released today, April 29th, the KDE edition of his Linux distribution. Sabayon Linux 4.1 KDE is based on Sabayon 4 LiteMCE and brings the same usability and out-of-the-box experience, this time on top of the latest KDE 4.2.2 desktop envi...

29 April 2009
13:41 GMT

Sabayon Linux 4.1 GNOME Edition Released

Almost three months after the release of Sabayon Linux Lite MCE, Fabio Erculiani announced yesterday, April 13th, the immediate availability of a new edition, entitled Sabayon Linux 4.1 GNOME and based on the Lite MCE version. This GNOME edition of Sabayon Linux 4 brings a "ready to use" version of the powerful and p...

14 April 2009
06:01 GMT

Introducing Sabayon Linux 4 Lite MCE

Fabio Erculiani announced a couple of days ago the immediate availability of a multimedia center DVD edition, called Lite MCE and based on the newly-released Sabayon Linux 4. The Lite MCE edition of Sabayon 4 is a GNOME-based distribution that offers a "ready to use" version of the powerful and already popular XBMC M...

22 January 2009
10:59 GMT

The Final Release of Gentoo Linux 2008.0 Is Now Available

After a long time in development, Gentoo Linux 2008.0 was finally released and it seems that its developers gave it a funny code name - "It's got what plants crave" - as Donnie Berkholz announced on the official Gentoo site.Gentoo's installer was upgraded and it can only perform networkless installations by...

7 July 2008
09:41 GMT

SystemRescueCd 1.0.1 Now Available

SystemRescueCd, the Gentoo-based Linux distribution, made up of a large number of hard disk partitioning and data rescue applications, reached version 1.0.1 today.One of the most important changes in this version is the switch from the Window-Maker window manager to JVWM 2.0.1. This will be the default one from now o...

31 March 2008
06:47 GMT

SystemRescueCD 1.0.0 Comes with a New Alternative Kernel

SystemRescueCD 1.0.0 has been released yesterday. It is a Gentoo-based Linux distribution, with a large number of hard disk partitioning and data rescue applications.From this edition, programs will be compiled for i486 processors and not for i686 or higher, allowing users with older computers to run the applications...

4 March 2008
03:48 GMT

Hackers Have A Bone to Pick with Linux

Many parts of the official Gentoo website have been taken down due to hacker attacks. There is no telling when their website will be fully back online. Gentoo is an open OS that is based on the Linux technology (which has Unix as a platform as well) that has great maneuverability. Gentoo Linux is very easy to configu...

20 August 2007
03:09 GMT

Tiny Linux-based PC. Only $99!

Zonbu is planning to role out a tiny, fanless computer, Linux-based, that will have a starting price of $99, but at this promotional price you will also pay $12.95/month. The $12.95 per month are for a 25GB of data storage on the Zonbu servers, to give you the ability to use this tiny device anywhere you want. But i...

8 May 2007
09:44 GMT

Gentoo 2007.0 Has Been Released

The Gentoo Release Engineering project has finally managed to get ready the Gentoo Linux 2007.0 release, after a number of delays caused by some security vulnerabilities and other bugs which had to be solved. Gentoo Linux is probably the most portable Linux version so far, available for numerous architectures, such ...

8 May 2007
05:17 GMT


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