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| Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 3 Screenshot Tour |  | The third alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, was made available a few minutes ago. Even if it doesn’t come with any significant modification, compared with the second alpha, which brought just a handful of softw ... [read more >>] | | 25 July 2008, 03:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| openSUSE 11.1 Alpha 1 Is Out |  | The first alpha version of openSUSE 11.1 was announced last night by the hard working people behind the openSUSE project: "While testing this on a Thinkpad R51, the system didn't boot after first stage installation. We are still looking into this issue (#411937). In addition to that, t ... [read more >>] | | 25 July 2008, 02:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| IPCop 1.4.20 Released |  | IPCop 1.4.20 was released yesterday. This version has been split in two parts, in order to solve the issue of free space limitation related to the great number of new package additions, since the recent releases. Most of the work made on 1.4.19 / 1.4.20 are bugfixes and update interface changes. Here ... [read more >>] | | 23 July 2008, 02:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Exclusive First Look: NimbleX 2008 |  | Our good friend and developer of NimbleX, Bogdan Radulescu, gave us an exclusive copy of his new distribution, NimbleX 2008, which will be available for all of you tomorrow! I was really thrilled this morning when I saw the e-mail from Bogdan regarding the new version of NimbleX, I immediately downloaded the ISO image and gave it a try, to see wh ... [read more >>] | | 21 July 2008, 15:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CentOS 5.2 i386 LiveCD Launched |  | The CentOS 5.2 i386 LiveCD was released by the CentOS Development team yesterday, as announced by Patrice Guay. The LiveCD is based on the CentOS-5.2 i386 distribution, and it also offers the possibility to perform a netinstall thanks to the "Network Install" option.
You can use the CentOS 5.2 L ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 09:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Gibraltar Firewall 2.6 Launched |  | Gibraltar Firewall 2.6, a Linux firewall distribution based on Debian, was launched yesterday as announced by Rene Mayrhofer. This will be the last release that will use the Linux kernel 2.4, as the next Gibraltar editions will use the 2.6 kernel. Among other things, this edition of Gibraltar offers improved ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 06:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Available Now: SliTaz Cooking |  | The SliTaz team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the SliTaz Cooking, a development edition of the SliTaz Linux, which includes many bug fixes and new features. So, if you're wondering what's new in this version, let us tell you that SliTaz has now the ability to boot from the Internet using the gPXE project, a network bootloader. It also includes a versatile multimedia player, MPlayer, Notecase (notes manager ap ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 03:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| BLAG 90000 Powered by the Linux-libre Kernel |  | BLAG 90000 (codename Chlorine) was announced two days ago by Jeff Moe. With Fedora 9 as its basis and a huge number of applications, released under the GNU GPL v3, BLAG Linux 90000 is a completely free distribution with all the tools needed for a desktop computer and more. It is also the first version that includes the brand ne ... [read more >>] | | 17 July 2008, 04:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| LinuxConsole 1.0.2008 Announced by Yann Le Doaré |  | A new release of LinuxConsole, a modular Linux Live CD, was announced by Yann Le Doaré a few days ago. The new version, 1.0.2008, has been created from a brand new toolchain that's based on gcc 4.2.2 and glibc 2.7. The 2.4 Linux kernel was taken out from this edition and was replaced with 2.6.25.4. It is also patched with squashfs and aufs.
As de ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 10:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 2 Screenshot Tour |  | The second alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, was made available a few hours ago. Even if it doesn’t come with any significant modifications, compared with the first alpha, which brought a brand new th ... [read more >>] | | 12 July 2008, 02:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mandriva 2009 Alpha 2 Brings You a Beautiful KDE 4 Desktop |  | Mandriva announced last night the second alpha release of Mandriva 2009, which brings KDE4 (default desktop), GNOME 2.23.4, and support for the newest NVIDIA and ATI/AMD video cards. The development cycle of Mandriva 2009 will continue with two beta editions (one at the end of July and the other in middle of Augus ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 06:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| GoblinX Standard 2.7 Just Launched |  | You can now get your hands on the latest release of GoblinX Standard 2.7, which has been brought to you after more than four months of work. The prior stable release, GoblinX 2.6, was released s ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 10:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Available Now: Damn Small Linux 4.4.3 |  | Damn Small Linux (DSL) 4.4.3, the versatile mini desktop Linux distribution, was announced today by its maintainer, Robert Shingledecker. This new version introduces a handful of system modifications:
• editor.lua was replaced by the Fltk editor;
• calculator.lua was replaced by flminicalc;
• exit ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 08:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Introducing wattOS - A Lightweight Ubuntu! |  | wattOS... the last frontier, the lightweight Ubuntu-based operating system is now here! Faster than anything else out there, wattOS is not just another Ubuntu clone, it is powered by the Openbox window manager, a standards compliant, fast, lightweight and extensible window manager.
First time I heard about wattOS, I saw a single screenshot with it and I was like, "This looks cool! I should give it a try..." So, I've imme ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 08:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 ... [read more >>] | | 07 July 2008, 09:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Announcing Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS |  | No, this is not a joke! It is the first maintenance release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron), which (in case you forget) is supported with maintenance updates and security fixes until 2011 on desktops, and 2013 on servers. Today's release brings to its users a lot of security updates and corrections (over 200), all with a single goal: to keep Ubuntu 8.04 LTS a stable and reliable Linux distribution!
"In all, ... [read more >>] | | 04 July 2008, 03:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sabayon 3.5 "Ibex Poacher" Launched |  | Sabayon Linux 3.5 was launched, as announced by Fabio Erculani on the official forums. The popular distro is available for x86 and x86_64 architectures, featuring the Linux kernel 2.6.25.9 with extended wireless, laptop and filesystem (including unionfs, aufs, squashfs, ext4 and NTFS-3g) suppo ... [read more >>] | | 02 July 2008, 10:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 1 Screenshot Tour |  | The first alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex), which is scheduled for release in late October this year, was announced a few days ago. Even if there aren't big changes compared to the final version of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, released on April 24th, 2008, the Alpha 1 of Intrepid brings a brand ne ... [read more >>] | | 02 July 2008, 05:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| openSUSE 11.0 Is Here |  | One of the major and most popular Linux distributions has reached another edition today, openSUSE 11.0. openSUSE is well known for its ease of use and this version comes with more than 200 new features, a brand new installer and faster package management due to the updates in the ZYpp stack.
[ ... [read more >>] | | 19 June 2008, 11:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Installing openSUSE 11.0 |  | The final version of openSUSE Linux 11.0 was released a couple of hours ago, after approximately 7 months of hard work. It brings lots of new features for end users, developers and system administrators. Among the new features, we can find a redesigned and professional installer, a live installer, new and glamorous artwork, PackageKit software manager, Microsoft Office file compatibility with the latest OpenOffice.org office prod ... [read more >>] | | 19 June 2008, 08:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Zenwalk Live 5.2 Available Now |  | Zenwalk Live 5.2 was announced yesterday by Pierrick Le Brun. The latest Live CD is based on Zenwalk Current and comes with a modified edition of the Linux Live Scripts and a Linux kernel that was a little bit changed to allow some Live CD features to function correctly, like the remastering of the Live ... [read more >>] | | 19 June 2008, 04:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| What You Should Expect from Mandriva 2009 |  | Mandriva, the famous worldwide Linux provider, has just announced its plans for the next major release of its popular Linux distribution, Mandriva Linux 2009. Starting with two alpha builds at the end of June and beginning of July, the development of Mandriva Linux 2009 will continue with two beta editions at the end of July and middle of August, two release candidates in September and it will conclude with the final release in early Octob ... [read more >>] | | 18 June 2008, 10:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Technology Alignment Released Pioneer Linux 3.2 |  | Technology Alignment announced today the release of Pioneer Explorer and Pioneer Basic 3.2, the latest editions of its Linux distributions which are based on Kubuntu 8.04.
The Pioneer operating systems will continue to have a 7-year lifecycle with the Release 3 series, one of the longest lifecycles in the Linux world. ... [read more >>] | | 17 June 2008, 06:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Greenie Linux 3.0.2H Released |  | Greenie Linux 3.0.2H, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution designed for Czech and Slovak-speaking users, was announced by Stanislav Hoferek and its main goal is to provide a simple to use operating system for everyday tasks, targeted at beginners and advanced users at the same time. Greenie looks much better now, as it received some aesthetic improvements.
... [read more >>] | | 16 June 2008, 08:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| linuX-gamers Live DVD 0.9.3 Now Available |  | A few days ago, the linuX-gamers Live DVD version 0.9.3 was launched, packed with a lot of games of different types (FPS, RPG, strategy, arcade, etc.). This is a 'boot-and-play' Linux distribution, therefore it will allow you to play the games directly from the DVD without having to install anything at all on your computer.
... [read more >>] | | 16 June 2008, 06:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| ArtistX 0.5 - A Complete Multimedia Studio on a Live DVD |  | ArtistX 0.5, a Debian-based Live DVD Linux distribution, was announced a few days ago by Marco Ghirlanda. This distro is full of applications for audio, video and graphics creation & editing. It uses the Linux kernel 2.6.25, KDE 3.5 as desktop manager and, as a bonus, you get Compiz 0.7.7 (from Debian unstable) for more eye-candy.
A ... [read more >>] | | 16 June 2008, 05:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Myah OS 3.0 Box Announced by Jeremiah Cheatham |  | Myah OS 3.0 Box, a Linux distribution that's built around LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment), was released, as announced by Jeremiah Cheatham. The "Box" was created with the aim to provide a fully functional operating system built around a light desktop environment.
If you've used the previous version of Myah OS, Mouse Pro ... [read more >>] | | 13 June 2008, 09:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Matteo Garofano Announced Voltalinux 2.1 |  | The 2.1 release of Voltalinux, a server oriented Linux distribution was announced by Matteo Garofano. Voltalinux is based on the popular Slackware Linux and uses the pkgsrc package management system from NetBSD.
Voltalinux 2.1 includes many of the features available on Slackware Linux 12.1, like a new kernel, HTTP and FTP in ... [read more >>] | | 11 June 2008, 09:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Elive 1.7.7 Brings ATI and Xorg Improvements |  | The team from Elive has announced a new development version of the Debian-based LiveCD with the latest Enlightenment 17 (E17) window manager. Elive 1.7.7 comes with some improvements and software updates.
Among the new features in this release, we notice an improvement to the bluetooth auto-detection. ... [read more >>] | | 11 June 2008, 02:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Available Now: Damn Small Linux 4.4 |  | Damn Small Linux 4.4, the versatile mini desktop Linux distribution, was announced today by its maintainer, Robert Shingledecker. This new version introduces a few important fixes, some software updates and a handful of modifications. Let’s find out about the new stuff first! For some extra performance, DSL 4.4 comes with a refactored Lua ... [read more >>] | | 09 June 2008, 14:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Mint 5 Elyssa Released |  | The final release of Linux Mint 5.0, was announced earlier today by Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint Team. Dubbed Elyssa, this version is based on Daryna (Linux Mint 4.0) and is compatible with Ubuntu 8.04 and its repositories. It is the first Linux distribution that brings Firefox 3.0 RC1, Gnome-Do, Adobe's Flash Player 10 Beta and ma ... [read more >>] | | 09 June 2008, 07:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Zenwalk Linux 5.2 Is out |  | After more than four months of hard work, the Zenwalk team is proud to announce the immediate availability of the final version of its Slackware-powered distro, Zenwalk Linux 5.2: "The long awaited Zenwalk 5.2 is now available. In the 4 months since the last release many enhancements have been made. The Zenwalk GNU/Linux OS brings to its users both the latest stable software, a well polished Desktop and an ever-incr ... [read more >>] | | 07 June 2008, 07:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| openSUSE 11.0 RC1 Resolves 1.118 Bugs |  | The release candidate version of openSUSE 11.0 was announced last night by the hard working people behind the openSUSE project: "The good news is that we’re closing in on the final release of 11.0, but it’s not time to relax just yet. We’re getting really close, so we need all hands on deck ... [read more >>] | | 30 May 2008, 02:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Elive 1.7.5 Now Available |  | The team from Elive has released a new development edition of the Debian-based LiveCD with the latest Enlightenment 17 (E17) window manager. The version of this edition is 1.7.5 and comes with the updated kernel 2.6.24.7.
Some modifications were made in the graphical configurations suite, a workaround ... [read more >>] | | 28 May 2008, 06:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| SystemRescueCd 1.0.3 Brings Full NTFS Read-Write Support |  | SystemRescueCd, a Live CD distribution based on Gentoo and used for disk partitioning and data rescue tasks, has reached version 1.0.3. The latest edition comes with the updated Linux kernel 2.6.25.4 with Reiser4 support.
The alternative kernels were updated to Linux 2.6.24.07 with Reiser4, and the UnionFS filesystem was replaced ... [read more >>] | | 28 May 2008, 05:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 LiveDVD Released |  | The release of Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 LiveDVD was announced by Attila Craciun. Bluewhite64 Linux is a port of Slackware Linux to the x86_64 architecture, that offers advanced features and improved performance. Besides the LiveDVD, a LiveUSB version is also available.
The LiveDVD uses the SMP Linux kernel 2.6.24.7 for improved stability and performance. It is designed to offer a modern system on AMD64 and EM64T architectures, w ... [read more >>] | | 27 May 2008, 09:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Linux Mint 5.0 RC2 Brings You Firefox 3.0 RC1 and Flash 10 |  | The second build of the upcoming Linux Mint 5.0, codename Elyssa, was announced last evening by Clement Lefebvre and the Linux Mint Team. Dubbed Linux Mint 5.0 RC2, this version is based on Daryna (Linux Mint 4.0) and is compatible with Ubuntu 8.04 and its repositories. So guess what? Linux Mint 5.0 RC2 brings you the brand new ... [read more >>] | | 27 May 2008, 02:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The First Stable Release of TinyMe Was Launched |  | TinyMe, a PCLinuxOS-based Linux distribution, has reached its first stable release, 2008.0. TinyMe was created for older computers and for those of you who need a fast and lightweight desktop.
TinyMe's ISO is 200 MB large, but don't be fooled by its small dimensions! It comes with all the tools y ... [read more >>] | | 27 May 2008, 00:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| VMKnoppix 20080519 Now Available |  | VMKnoppix, the former Xenoppix, has reached a new edition, 20080519. It is a Linux Live distribution based on Debian and KNOPPIX featuring an impressive collection of virtualization tools like Xen, KVM, Virtualbox, KQEMU and UserMode Linux.
The new edition is based on KNOPPIX 5.3.1 and was released a ... [read more >>] | | 26 May 2008, 08:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Musix GNU/Linux 1.0R4 Released |  | The fourth revision of Musix GNU/Linux was announced by Marcos Guglielmetti, and it contains a large set of applications for artists. It is made up of only free software that are intended for music production, audio and video editing, graphic design and much more.
The Musix GNU/Linux 1.0 R4 edition is based on t ... [read more >>] | | 23 May 2008, 08:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Zenwalk Linux 5.2 Beta Available Now |  | After 4 months of hard work, Zenwalk team is proud to announce the immediate availability of Zenwalk Linux 5.2 Beta: "The long awaited Zenwalk 5.2 is out in Beta. It's been 4 months since the last release, and it is time to brush off the packages" - says the Zenwalk team in the release a ... [read more >>] | | 23 May 2008, 02:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ubuntu Ultimate Edition 1.8 Launched |  | Ubuntu Ultimate Edition 1.8, a Linux distribution that's based on Ubuntu Hardy Heron, was launched with the codename "Harty Hotrod". This release is built manually, without the help of the "Reconstructor" application that was used for the previous versions of Ultimate Edition.
This Linux dist ... [read more >>] | | 22 May 2008, 08:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Brings Better Virtualization Support |  | The second update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 was released yesterday, and it came with a large set of bugfixes, improved hardware support capabilities and some brand new software that was backported from upstream open source projects to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ... [read more >>] | | 22 May 2008, 04:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Novell Releases SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 |  | Yesterday, Novell announced that its product, SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 (SP2), was available with a lot of new features and enhancements in terms of hardware enablement, interoperability, virtualization and more.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 ... [read more >>] | | 22 May 2008, 03:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Absolute Linux 12.1 Released |  | Two days ago, Paul Sherman, developer of Absolute Linux, announced the immediate availability of the Absolute Linux 12.1, this time powered by the unbeatable Slackware 12.1. In this version, he improved the fonts and colors, updated some important applications and made useful customizations. For example, the fi ... [read more >>] | | 21 May 2008, 02:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| eAR OS 1.08 Announced by Acoustic Reality |  | Those of you that are passionate about music, video and high sound quality, will be glad to know that eAR OS 1.08 was launched by Acoustic Reality. This is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, with the aim to provide a complete media centre. It comes equipped with the advanced and easy to use eAR Media Center, which will enable you to w ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 04:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| First Release Candidate of DSL 4.4 Is Here |  | The first release candidate of Damn Small Linux (DSL) 4.4 was announced last night by Rober Shingledecker. This version brings performance enhancements, some Firefox tweaks, new font and wallpapers, a few updated software and other bug fixes. Let's take a closer look at the highlights of D ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 02:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fedora 10 Release Schedule |  | The 13th of May was a very important day for Fedora: on the same day, Fedora 9 was launched and the development of Fedora 10 has started. For example, the artwork team is trying to find a good theme to fit the release that will be available somewhere in October, this year.
Until now, there are only five submissions for the default theme of Fedora 10. The first one is Gears, which has a ... [read more >>] | | 19 May 2008, 19:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fedora Unity Project Comes with Fedora 9 Everything Spin |  | If you want a system complete with everything you might need - or not - and have a personal repository in the form of DVDs, then you should be glad to know that the Fedora 9 Everything Spin was released.
The Everything Spin comes with every package and application that was available when Fe ... [read more >>] | | 19 May 2008, 03:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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