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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

Puppy Linux 4.3 Has Been Redesigned from the Roots

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 1.3.0 Has Linux Kernel 2.6.31

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

Linux Mint 7 'Gloria' Now with XFCE 4.6.0

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

Absolute Linux 13.0 Switches to LZMA-Compressed Packages

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

Bluewhite64 Linux 13.0 Features KDE 4.3.1

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 n...

10 September 2009
10:42 GMT

Test Drive of Spri Linux Beta

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

moonOS 3 Features Improved Distribution Utilities

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

CRUX 2.6 Includes Firefox 3.5.2

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

Frugalware 1.1 Has a Greatly Improved Installer

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

Zenwalk 6.2 Makes the Switch to EXT4

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

Tiny Core 2.3 Now Features the Fast Light Window Manager

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 Enterprise Linux 5.4 Can Put All Your 192 Processors to Work

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

Slackware 13.0 Officially Supported on x86_64 Processors

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

iMagic OS 2009.9 Pro Has Arrived

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

Fedora 12 Alpha Released

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

Vine Linux 5 Offers Support for 64-Bit Architectures

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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