|
Home / News / Tags / operating system
|
|
30
Stories about: operating system |
|
|
More: next 50 >>
Google has just unveiled its hugely anticipated, web-based operating system, Google Chrome OS. As expected, Google hasn't actually launched the operating system, but it has released the source code in its current state for developers to have a chance to start working on it. From now on, the code will remain open... |
19 November 2009
15:08 GMT |
 |
|
After Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), Mandriva Linux 2010.0 and openSUSE 11.2, the time has come for Fedora fans to grab the final release of the Fedora 12 (Constantine) operating system, announced a few minutes ago by the Fedora Project developers. Fedora 12 is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.31, and it includes the K... |
17 November 2009
10:34 GMT |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
The Elive Team has announced earlier today the release of Elive 1.9.51, a new development version of this Debian-based operating system. One of the greatest features that have been added is the compressed filesystem that can help users with limited hard drive space to get the most out of their computer. The entire op... |
23 October 2009
04:37 GMT |
|
|
Apple has recently patented what it appears to be an ad-supported operating system. Invented by the likes of Steven P. Jobs and other tech-savvy people, the patent is undoubtedly a way for Apple to secure its ideas for whatever the future might hold. An ad-supported OS would most likely be met with criticism today. ... |
22 October 2009
06:04 GMT |
|
|
MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition is an embedded development platform that allows telephone operators to implement systems that feature high reliability, availability and serviceability. The latest release of this platform builds a whole range of new features on top of a Linux Standard Base compliant system powe... |
20 October 2009
08:01 GMT |
|
|
Windows 7 is the buzz word this week, as the Redmond, Washington-based software giant is preparing to officially debut the much-anticipated OS. With the launch of the new OS, a number of PC vendors are rallying up their product portfolios to support Windows 7, which is the case with rugged PC-designer Getac. The comp... |
20 October 2009
02:42 GMT |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Since early this year, when Microsoft first announced the debut of its next-generation Windows 7 operating system in Beta stage, there have been speculations regarding the hardware support of the much-anticipated OS. One of the most interesting rumors claimed that Microsoft would roll out a version of its new Windows... |
29 September 2009
06:41 GMT |
|
|
Microsoft is preparing a surprise for all netbook enthusiasts that have been holding back on purchasing a new small-sized, ultraportable computer system until the arrival of the much-anticipated operating system. According to recent details on the Internet, the Redmond, Washington-based software giant will allow OEMs... |
28 September 2009
10:54 GMT |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Symbian, ranked as the most popular smartphone operating system, plans to maintain its lead in the rapid increasingly market by making its software more accessible for both users and developers, and most of you might already know a few things about Symbian's release plan. Due to the entrance of new companies lik... |
22 September 2009
02:07 GMT |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Red Hat announced yesterday that its flagship business-oriented Linux distribution, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, received an update, raising its version number to 5.4. "Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the latest update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, release 5.4 [...] New in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ... |
3 September 2009
04:00 GMT |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Yesterday marked the release of PC/OS 2009.3, announced on the distribution's website by maintainer Roberto J. Dohnert. This version improves the hardware compatibility of the 2009v2 series, featuring all the regular and security updates that appeared after the release of PC/OS Maintenance Pack 3. This latest r... |
11 August 2009
07:11 GMT |
|
|
Redmond-based company Microsoft is ramping up for the release of the latest iteration of its operating system for mobile phones, which has been referred to as Windows Mobile 6.5 so far, and which will be called Windows Phone from now on. In the process, the software giant has demonstrated some of the goodies that wil... |
3 August 2009
02:42 GMT |
|
|
One of the most interesting battles that have been recorded in the IT industry is that of Intel versus the conglomerate of chip makers that have adopted ARM's microarchitecture. There's an immense potential in the market for low-power, ultraportable and low-cost computing systems, especially since the line ... |
31 July 2009
03:59 GMT |
|
|
Redmond-based software giant Microsoft decided it was high time to put an end to the Windows Mobile nomenclature for its operating system for mobile phones, and will have the platform under the name of Windows Phone. It seems that the company plans to clear up any confusion that might arise connected to the current n... |
30 July 2009
08:43 GMT |
|
|
Officially announced on June 29th by Fixars Solutions, Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 has just been made available for download on mirrors worldwide! Among the new features brought by Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 we can mention the ability to install and boot from a USB flash drive and an improved PS3VRAM, in order to offer an increas... |
29 July 2009
04:55 GMT |
|
|
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 |
|
|
DeviceVM, the company behind the instant-on Splashtop technology that has been featured on the laptop and desktop computer systems of several computer vendors, has recently announced that it will be adding search to its instant-on interface. To achieve this, the company has teamed up with the likes of Yahoo (in the U... |
24 July 2009
09:30 GMT |
|
|
François Dupoux announced earlier today the immediate availability of the SystemRescueCd 1.2.2 Linux distribution. Being powered by Linux kernel 2.6.29.6, the new version of this tiny Gentoo-based OS for system administration and data recovery comes with a few important updated packages and a couple of improve... |
13 July 2009
03:59 GMT |
|
|
Yesterday evening, on June 9th, Patrick Verner announced the immediate release of Parted Magic 4.3, a Slackware-based Linux distribution that was created to help users easily partition their hard drivers or perform recovery tasks. Parted Magic 4.3 is here to fix some of the bugs found in previous releases, but it als... |
10 July 2009
09:43 GMT |
|
|
Just recently, in a blog post on The Official Google Blog, the Mountain View, California-based search giant has announced the introduction of its upcoming Chrome OS, an open-source operating system that will be aimed at future netbooks and small-sized computer systems. Following said announcement, the company has jus... |
9 July 2009
05:03 GMT |
|
More: next 50 >> |
|
|
