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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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Clement Lefebvre has announced the release of the Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" XFCE edition, a community-maintained modification of the standard Linux Mint distribution that uses the XFCE desktop environment by default. There are a lot of changes in this new version, and, among the base packages, you will find the Linux 2.6... |
14 September 2009
04:43 GMT |
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If you ever kept important files on a USB drive, then you certainly thought about the prospect of misplacing that flash disk and exposing the contents of those files to unwanted people. Even when sending data over the Internet, no one can guarantee that they won't be hijacked during the passage from server to cl... |
11 September 2009
05:59 GMT |
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Paul Sherman announced the release of Absolute Linux 13.0, bringing this lightweight Slackware derivative up-to-date. Because of the important system-level changes that happened in Slackware 13, the Absolute Linux developers had a hard time making all their customizations work with this new base. However, they manage... |
11 September 2009
04:32 GMT |
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Attila Crăciun announced yesterday the release of Bluewhite64 Linux 13.0, a Slackware-based distribution that runs natively on AMD/Intel's 64-bit processors. Many changes and upgrades have been made, and, along with those, come new features and improvements over the older Bluewhite64 12.2. The operating system ... |
10 September 2009
10:42 GMT |
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The GNOME developers are optimistic about the GNOME 2.28.0 Release Candidate (2.27.92), they worked for 16 days on it and then made it available for public scrutiny. The changelogs have grown considerably shorter than those of the beta releases, but that is only natural, because GNOME is heading for a stable 2.28 rel... |
10 September 2009
08:14 GMT |
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Spri Linux is a lightweight Ubuntu remix that gears toward speed and uses the IceWM window manager to achieve that goal. Clearly, IceWM requires less resources than its bigger siblings, like GNOME and KDE, it's even lighter than XFCE, in fact you could probably put it in the same category with LXDE. Having that ... |
9 September 2009
12:51 GMT |
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The moonOS developers released earlier today the third version of their lightweight Linux operating system. Dubbed "Makara," MoonOS 3 is based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), and uses the Enlightenment 0.16.999.60 desktop environment. The moonControl utility now features a cleaned-up interface, and some system-co... |
9 September 2009
10:27 GMT |
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If you're among the Linux users that like to compile their own kernel and hand-tune every aspect of the system, then you will be happy to hear that the CRUX Linux community has released the next version of its lightweight distribution, CRUX 2.6. Many packages have received updates, and the included Linux kernel ... |
9 September 2009
03:47 GMT |
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Welcome to the 61st issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions have been announced last week: Lubuntu 9.10 Beta 14, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 5, Tiny Core Linux 2.3, Zenwalk 6.2 and Frugalware 1.1. In other news: the KDE Community announced the first maintenance release... |
7 September 2009
10:12 GMT |
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The Frugalware Developer Team announced earlier today the release of Frugalware 1.1, the eleventh stable version in almost five years, which they dubbed "Getorin." One of the most important developments that are incorporated into Frugalware 1.1 is the major overhaul that fwife, the distribution's installer, rec... |
7 September 2009
09:11 GMT |
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The last week ended with the release of Zenwalk Linux 6.2, announced on Sunday by Jean-Philippe Guillemin. This fresh brew of Zenwalk will have a significantly smaller footprint on your bandwidth, because the new LZMA package compression takes the ISO size down to 490MB, while packing more applications and drivers th... |
7 September 2009
06:51 GMT |
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Robert Shingledecker has released Tiny Core Linux 2.3, a new update to the popular minimal Linux Distribution. Probably the most important change in the new release is the switch from Joe's Window Manager (JWM) to the Fast Light Window Manager (FLWM). This window manager switch causes a lot of changes, like the ... |
7 September 2009
05:44 GMT |
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It's time for another weekly review, and in this one we are going to look at another way to make the move to the paperless office: get rid of all those annoying post-it notes that you have around your computer's display. There are many programs that can aid in that transition, but we are going to concentrat... |
4 September 2009
06:41 GMT |
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Yesterday saw the release of KDE 4.3.1, announced exactly a month after the 4.3.0 milestone was given to the public. This new version features numerous bugfixes and performance improvements and, more importantly, it is now available in Croatian. Among the important changes, KDE's user interface just got a little... |
2 September 2009
03:24 GMT |
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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 |
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Welcome to the 60th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions were announced last week: Vine Linux 5, Fedora 12 Alpha, SimplyMepis 8.0.10, iMagic OS 2009.9 Pro and Slackware 13.0. In other news: the 2007 UNIX copyright decision was overturned; the second beta release of the upcoming GNOME 2.... |
31 August 2009
14:37 GMT |
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You have to stay connected. This is probably the single statement agreed upon globally. Keep up with what your friends are doing on social networks, crowd-source new concepts, communicate in more diverse and feature-rich ways. Pidgin is a great tool for this always-connected world we are living in, because it enables... |
31 August 2009
05:23 GMT |
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After a long wait, Slackware fans are finally able to rejoice, as Patrick J. Volkerding announced late yesterday that Slackware 13.0 was available at last. The changes definitely warrant the major version bump, since this release has a number of unique features that its predecessor wasn't capable of, like runnin... |
28 August 2009
05:39 GMT |
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Carlos La Borde recently announced the release of iMagic OS 2009.9, a version that features updated software, proprietary multimedia format support and parental controls and brings improvements to the way Windows applications can be installed. This version also marks the first anniversary of the iMagic OS project. "... |
27 August 2009
11:01 GMT |
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The Google Summer of Code global program that offers young developers financial conditions to write and develope code for open source projects has come to an end this week. Students around the world have worked in 150 companies accepted in the program interacting with industry veterans and experienced mentors.The Sum... |
27 August 2009
09:57 GMT |
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sK1 is a vector graphics editor that, unlike Inkscape, which focuses on the SVG format and web design usefulness, caters to the professional designers that are working in pre-press environments. It has many features that allow it to act as a replacement for Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator, wrapped up in a Ttk-based i... |
27 August 2009
09:36 GMT |
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It looks like the folks behind the GNOME Project are firing on all cylinders, as they have just released the second beta of the upcoming GNOME 2.28, less than two weeks after the first beta was given to the public. This increment boasts quite a large list of bugfixes and more than a handful of performance improvemen... |
26 August 2009
09:11 GMT |
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The alpha version of Fedora's 12th edition, code name "Constantine", has just been released by the Fedora Project developers. Among the intriguing features that this alpha boasts we can find better support for webcams, IPv6 and system wide connections support for Network Manager, along with other networking impr... |
25 August 2009
10:35 GMT |
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Back in 2007 Judge Dale Kimball of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah found that the copyright to UNIX and UnixWare was owned by Novell and with that decision stopped SCO from further litigating against other Linux users, which spelled the end to SCO's ongoing one billion dollar lawsuit against IBM... |
25 August 2009
09:15 GMT |
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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 |
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Welcome to the 59th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
For this edition, we offer you a first look at the upcoming Jolicloud operating system for netbooks. The following Linux distributions have been announced last week: Mandriva Linux 2010.0 Beta. In other news: AMD released ATI Catalyst 9.8, now with support for U... |
24 August 2009
11:01 GMT |
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It is a long and twisted story that marks the various phases through which the Unix operating system passed. It has been going on for 40 years, and signs show that it won't end anytime soon. Unix's impact on today's computing experience is extremely significant. It popularized the idea of using higher... |
21 August 2009
11:16 GMT |
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VMware's cloud computing vision is beginning to take shape. SprinSource, an open-source enterprise Java software provider that was just acquired by VMware for a cool $362 million, has announced the launch of its very own cloud-deployment offering, Cloud Foundry. The new product will allow customers to build and ... |
20 August 2009
06:36 GMT |
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Everyone agrees that it's impossible to shoot video perfectly on the first try. Even birthday videos or amateur productions can use the kind of touch-ups that a video editor has to offer, like titles or transitions. The truth is that the open-source world lacked a proper non-linear video editor with similar feat... |
19 August 2009
10:07 GMT |
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Pidgin users have a lot of things to be happy about with the release of the 2.6.0 version of their favorite instant messaging application, announced this morning by John Bailey. Thanks to the hard work of developers and contributors, the new release has a plethora of new features, about 221 bug fixes, all listed in a... |
19 August 2009
03:33 GMT |
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The Alpha 2c version of Jolicloud was released almost two weeks ago and the whole Softpedia Linux team was eager to see what it was all about. So we asked for an invitation yesterday morning, and this morning an e-mail was waiting in our inbox, allowing us to create an account and download the netbook-oriented distri... |
18 August 2009
06:50 GMT |
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Welcome to the 58th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions have been announced last week: SAM Linux 2009, Slack Mini Server 1.4.5, PC/OS 2009.3, Finnix 93.0, SystemRescueCd 1.2.3, Parted Magic 4.4, Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 4 and Calculate Linux Scratch 9.8. In other news: The GNOME community a... |
17 August 2009
04:41 GMT |
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About a month has passed since the release of Calculate Linux 9.7, but the development team worked hard this time to bring you Calculate Linux Scratch 9.8. This LiveCD distribution is intended for the creation of customized Calculate Linux derivatives that can be recorded later on to a CD or transferred to a live USB... |
14 August 2009
06:51 GMT |
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The GNOME developers, through Lucas Rocha, have announced early this morning that the first beta for version 2.28.0 of the popular desktop environment is available. Since the developers use odd minor version numbers to mark development releases, they tagged this one with 2.27.90. "This is the sixth development relea... |
13 August 2009
04:17 GMT |
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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 |
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Ryan Finnie released Finnix 93.0 a while ago, a small bootable Linux distribution that caters to system administrators. Based on Debian's testing branch, this version features an updated Linux kernel, version 2.6.30-5, which is only patched to add UnionFS, since SquashFS support is now included in Debian by defa... |
12 August 2009
05:12 GMT |
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A member of the SAM Linux Team announced a few hours ago the release of SAM Linux 2009. This distribution is based on PCLinuxOS 2009.1 and is fully compatible with its packages, but later releases will be based on another distribution, unspecified at this moment. SAM Linux 2009 features the Linux kernel version 2.6.... |
10 August 2009
16:31 GMT |
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Welcome to the 57th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The weekly starts with a first look at the brand-new KDE 4.3.0 desktop environment, followed by the Linux distributions announced last week: Linux Mint 7 KDE Edition, PTS Desktop Live 2009.3, Slackware 13.0 RC2, Arch Linux 2009.08 and Trisquel 2.2. In other news... |
10 August 2009
09:31 GMT |
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The Trisquel GNU/Linux team announced yesterday the release of Trisquel 2.2, codename "Robur." This is the third and last maintenance update for the Trisquel 2.x LTS branch, tracking the releases of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, on which it is based. However, this Linux distribution doesn't use Ubuntu's package ... |
10 August 2009
07:21 GMT |
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Dieter Plaetinck announced yesterday on the distribution's forums the immediate availability of Arch Linux 2009.08. Released 6 months after the previous version, this latest edition includes kernel 2.6.30.4-1, udev 141-5 and an upgrade to the distribution's package manager, packman 3.3.0-2. Arch Linux 2009... |
10 August 2009
05:10 GMT |
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On the 4th of August, 2009, the KDE community released KDE 4.3.0, delivering its user base the first iteration of this next-generation KDE desktop environment. It boasts a modern and beautiful desktop, with over 10,000 bugs fixed and close to 2,000 features implemented over the older versions, such as the more buggy ... |
7 August 2009
17:11 GMT |
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A few hours ago Slackware's creator, Patrick Volkerding, announced that the second release candidate of the upcoming Slackware 13.0 Linux distribution was available for download. This update brings numerous new base packages, like the Linux kernel version 2.6.29.6, X.Org Server 1.6.3 and the K Desktop Environmen... |
6 August 2009
08:19 GMT |
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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 |
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Welcome to the 56th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!
The following Linux distributions were announced last week: Sabayon Linux 4.2 CoreCD, Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 and Mandriva Linux 2010.0 Alpha 2. In other news: Canonical releases patch for Kernel vulnerabilities found in Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 8.04 LTS, 8.10 and 9.04; Ma... |
3 August 2009
05:56 GMT |
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Mozilla has announced a new version of its bug-tracking system Bugzilla, which boasts many improvements over previous versions and lots of new features, many of which were requested by users. Bugzilla 3.4 is the first new release since March and it is the first major version to be launched since 3.2 came out in Novem... |
29 July 2009
07:15 GMT |
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At this year's OSCON (O'Reilly Open Source Convention) event that took place last week in San Jose, California, Google announced the winners of its Google-O'Reilly Open Source Awards, which are given every year to the top contributors in various IT-related domains. Individuals that have shown exception... |
28 July 2009
08:34 GMT |
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Intuit, an open-source software maker, has announced it will launch a new open-source community site, code.intuit.com, which aims to supplement the partner platform it launched earlier in the year. The new site will provide partners with sample code, toolkits and documentation aimed especially at SaaS projects. Intui... |
28 July 2009
05:45 GMT |
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