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GhostBSD 2.5 Available for Download

GhostBSD, a FreeBSD-based operating system with the GNOME and LXDE desktop environments, is now at version 2.5. After a few release candidates, the final version of GhostBSD 2.5 is here. The developers have assured us that a lot of important bugs have been fixed and the operating system was updated and fine-tuned.Gho...

25 January 2012
02:44 GMT

VirtualBSD 9.0 Officially Announced

VirtualBSD 9.0, a desktop ready FreeBSD 9.0 built around the XFCE Desktop Environment and distributed as a VMware appliance that can also be made to work with VirtualBox, has been announced. VirtualBSD 9.0 is aimed at users that have heard of FreeBSD, but haven't tried it because they were afraid to build a syst...

24 January 2012
02:10 GMT

Proxmox VE 2.0 Beta 3 Released

Proxmox VE (Virtual Environment), an easy to use open source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines, is now at version 2.0 Beta 3. Another update from Proxmox VE has been announced, only one day after the previous Beta version. Users who run the Beta 2 release don't need to d...

30 November 2011
10:15 GMT

VectorLinux 7.0 Screenshot Tour

VectorLinux 7.0 was officially announced two days ago, on November 27th, and it is distributed as a Live CD image and Installable only CD.VectorLinux 7.0 brings an updated and lightweight Xfce 4.8 desktop environment, with the Thunar file manager supporting SMB, FTP and SFTP protocols.VectorLinux 7.0 is powered by Li...

29 November 2011
14:01 GMT

Clonezilla Live 1.2.11-23 Stable Released, Download Now

Steven Shiau proudly announced a new stable release of his popular Clonezilla Live operating system, used for cloning hard disk drives.Clonezilla Live 1.2.11-23 is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures and includes major improvements and various bugfixes.Clonezilla Live 1.2.11-23 is powered by Linux kern...

29 November 2011
03:03 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

Clonezilla Live 1.2.10-14 Stable Released, Download Now

Steven Shiau proudly announced the final and stable release of its popular Clonezilla Live operating system, used for cloning hard disk drives.Clonezilla Live 1.2.10-14 is available for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures and includes major improvements and various bugfixes, see the official changelog for details.Th...

28 September 2011
08:53 GMT

Mozilla's OS for the Open Web to Compete with Mobile Platforms

Feeling that today's platforms impose too many boundaries for developers, Mozilla proposes a new approach with the building of an operating system for the open web, one that would enable the creation of apps equal or better than the native apps built for the iPhone, Android, and Windows Phone 7. The project...

26 July 2011
10:03 GMT

Mandriva Provides an Educational Solution for Schools and OEMs

Mandriva has announced on January 18th a new OEM distribution, designed for Intel ClassMate PC and several others educational netbooks, which was integrated with Mandriva-Mythware Educational Solution educational application.Mandriva-Mythware Educational Solution is a distribution based on the same kernel as its famo...

19 January 2011
09:15 GMT

Quirky 1.3 Is Available for Download

Barry Kauler proudly announced last night (September 22nd) the immediate availability for download of the Quirky 1.3 lightweight operating system.The new Quirky 1.3 release comes with a new Linux kernel, lots of updated packages, a new wallpaper created by "stu90," and some important bugfixes."This is built from the ...

23 September 2010
07:00 GMT

Apple’s Mac OS X Just Turned 10

Since the early 2000s, Mac OS X has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems. Mac OS X is the successor to Mac OS 9, the final release of the "classic" Mac OS (Apple's primary operating system since 1984). On September 13, 2010, Mac OS X (ten) turned 10.Mac OS X is a Unix-based graphical operating s...

14 September 2010
08:31 GMT

Developing for Windows Phone 7 Smoother than for Android

Microsoft's upcoming mobile operating system dubbed Windows phone 7 is said to offer a better experience to developers than Google's highly popular Android platform would do. It seems that the forthcoming OS is actually able to offer an easier development process, at least this is what one developer states...

2 August 2010
09:57 GMT

New BlackBerry 6 Capabilities Demoed

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is moving closer to the release of a new flavor of its BlackBerry operating system. Dubbed BlackBerry 6, the new OS is expected to come to the market with a nice range of enhancements over the previous platform flavors, as well as with support for a wider range of devic...

22 July 2010
06:30 GMT

Ballmer: Microsoft Missed a Generation of Windows Mobile

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is getting ready to bring to the market a new mobile operating system, dubbed Windows Phone 7, following the release in October last year of another mobile platform, Windows Mobile 6.5. The first handsets running under Windows Phone 7 should land in the fourth quarter of the on...

13 July 2010
06:16 GMT

Symbian^3 PDK 3.0.0 Now Available for Download

The Symbian Foundation has just announced the release of the first PDK (Product Development Kit) based on Symbian^3 (S^3) since it was announced as being Functionally Complete (FC) milestone about three weeks ago, namely PDK 3.0.0. The solution comes with a full build of the Symbian^3 platform, as well as with the c...

9 July 2010
02:08 GMT

Windows Phone 7 Features Video Emerges

Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is moving closely to having the new Windows Phone 7 operating system delivered to manufacturers, and it seems that the platform is almost complete. With the official release on the market of the first handsets powered by it set for the fourth quarter of the ongoing year, things ...

19 June 2010
07:12 GMT

Pardus Linux 2009.2 Has KDE SC 4.4.4

The Pardus development team released a few minutes ago the new Pardus 2009.2 Linux-based operating system. Powered by the Linux kernel 2.6.31.13 and built on top of the newly released KDE Software Compilation 4.4.4 environment, Pardus 2009.2 (codename Geronticus eremita) comes with an amazing installer and bleeding-e...

4 June 2010
09:00 GMT

MeeGo Screenshots, Roadmap Details Emerge

MeeGo, the operating system resulting from the marriage between Intel's Moblin platform and Nokia's Maemo OS, is almost here. The solution enjoys support from a wide range of companies in the telecoms area, and new info on its roadmap, coupled with some screenshots and a series of details involving develop...

14 April 2010
10:00 GMT

Alleged Screenshots of BlackBerry OS 6.0 Emerge

Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion is already known to plan enhancing the experience it can offer to its users through new devices and software solutions, and the latest news on the matter have brought to the display some screenshots claimed to show the upcoming BlackBerry OS 6.0. At a first look, one ca...

19 March 2010
07:56 GMT

Pardus Linux 2009.1 Released

Onur Küçük proudly announced last night (January 15th) the immediate availability of the Pardus 2009.1 Linux-based operating system. Powered by a brand-new Linux kernel 2.6.31.11, built on top of the amazing KDE Software Compilation 4.3.4 environment and with bleeding-edge applications, such as the M...

16 January 2010
06:59 GMT

PelicanHPC 2.0 Is Based on Debian Squeeze

PelicanHPC GNU/Linux reached today version 2.0, as announced last evening (January 12th) by Michael Creel, on the distribution's website. Based on the Debian Squeeze testing branch, PelicanHPC 2.0 updates a few core packages, and introduces some improvements and various bug fixes. PelicanHPC is a Live CD Linux d...

13 January 2010
08:31 GMT

The OS on Apple's Tablet is 'Pretty,' Tipster Says

A person the Silicon Alley Insider refers to as “an industry source” has contacted the site with information regarding the operating system employed by Apple’s forthcoming tablet. This person has allegedly seen the OS first-hand. Surprisingly, the person didn’t see the actual device as well. ...

8 January 2010
02:45 GMT

Google Chrome OS Netbook Sounds Like a Tablet

The netbook Google is building its Chrome OS around will reportedly boast tablet specs, industry watchers report. Apple, as our readers should know by now, is widely believed to be gearing up for launching its own tablet computer. While Google’s will not hit the market until the holiday season of 2010 (or so it...

29 December 2009
06:32 GMT

Download New Parallels Desktop 5.0.9308 for Mac OS X

Parallels Desktop for Mac has been updated with tons of improvements, as well as tweaks and bug fixes. Parallels 5.0 is a paid upgrade (from versions 4.x and earlier). Existing Parallels customers can upgrade for $49.99. Version 5.0.9308 is free for Parallels 5 license holders. Generally speaking (Virtualization cha...

22 December 2009
06:55 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

Android to See Over 50 Phones Next Year

The number of mobile phones that reached the market during the ongoing year with Google's Android operating system was impressive enough for a platform that 12 months ago only had one device available on the market. Taiwan-based HTC was the first to launch such a device, but now users can enjoy Android phones fr...

12 December 2009
03:45 GMT

Samsung Officially Unveils the bada OS

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung Electronics unveiled officially on Tuesday its new smartphone platform, called Samsung bada. During the unveiling event, held in London, the company also showcased the bada SDK (Software Development Kit), and talked about the unique benefits and the opportunities the new opera...

9 December 2009
06:29 GMT

Symbian^3 Set to Deliver a Great Deal of Novelties

The Symbian operating system is set to come to the market with a great deal of new features in 2010, the Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia announced at its Nokia Capital Markets Day earlier this week. While we already had the chance to take a look at what the future Symbian UI might look like, it seems that the opera...

4 December 2009
10:51 GMT

Samsung's bada OS to Go Live on December 8

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung announced not too long ago that it had been working on the development of its own operating system for mobile phones, called bada. While the OS ahas been announced, it seems that it official launch is yet to come, and that is expected to happen as soon as December 8 is here, a...

28 November 2009
05:53 GMT

Windows 7 Good for Sales, Acer Says

Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system has been widely appreciated by both media and consumers, thanks to its more user-friendly interface, ease of use, and other features that enable it to run smoother than the software giant's previous OS, the infamous Windows Vista. In now appears that some PC vendors, A...

26 November 2009
06:30 GMT

Move Over Microsoft, Google Chrome OS Is Here

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

Fedora 12 Officially Released

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

Monomaxos 4.0 English Edition Released

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

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

Endian Firewall 2.3 Includes Lots of New Features

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

Elive 1.9.51 Features Dynamic Filesystem Compression

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

Steve Jobs Patents Ad-Supported OS

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 Brings Support for 4G and LTE Networks

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

Getac Updates Rugged Product Portfolio to Support Windows 7

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

openSUSE 11.2 RC1 Puts the 2.6.31.3 Linux Kernel to Work

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

Tiny Core 2.4.1 Released

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

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

SystemRescueCd 1.3.1 Includes Filesystem Benchmarking Tools

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

VIA Supports Windows 7-Based Windows Embedded Standard 2011

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

Full Windows 7 Experience Coming to a Netbook Near You

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

Moblin v2.0 Released, Still No Support for Intel GMA500

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

Ubuntu Moblin Remix - the Quick Route to Netbook Software Development

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

Network Security Toolkit 2.11.0 Is Based on the 2.6.30.5 Linux Kernel

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 Plans on Keeping Its Market Leadership

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

Parted Magic 4.5 Takes Low Resource Functionality to Extremes

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


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