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- By Silviu Stahie
- March 9th, 2015
![Ubuntu Touch Is Now the Only Platform to Have the YouPorn App Ubuntu Touch Is Now the Only Platform to Have the YouPorn App](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Ubuntu-Touch-Is-Now-the-Only-Platform-to-Have-the-Youporn-App-1.jpg)
Ubuntu Touch Is Now the Only Platform to Have the YouPorn App
Canonical has to quickly decide what to do with these apps
- By Silviu Stahie
- March 9th, 2015
![ICO Regression Fixed by Canonical for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ICO Regression Fixed by Canonical for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/ICO-Regression-Fixed-by-Canonical-for-Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-1.jpg)
ICO Regression Fixed by Canonical for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Users have been advised to upgrade as soon as possible
- By Marius Nestor
- March 9th, 2015
![GNOME Documents Updated for GNOME 3.16, Loads Unsupported eBook Formats GNOME Documents Updated for GNOME 3.16, Loads Unsupported eBook Formats](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/GNOME-Documents-Updated-for-GNOME-3-16-Loads-Unsupported-eBook-Formats-1.jpg)
GNOME Documents Updated for GNOME 3.16, Loads Unsupported eBook Formats
Released as part of the GNOME 3.16 Beta 2 desktop
- By Marius Nestor
- March 9th, 2015
![Tor Browser Has Been Updated to Version 4.0.4, Based on Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.5.0 Tor Browser Has Been Updated to Version 4.0.4, Based on Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.5.0](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Tor-Browser-Has-Been-Updated-to-Version-4-0-4-Based-on-Mozilla-Firefox-ESR-31-5-0-1.jpg)
Tor Browser Has Been Updated to Version 4.0.4, Based on Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.5.0
This release includes OpenSSL 1.0.1l and NoScript 2.6.9.15
- By Marius Nestor
- March 9th, 2015
![Vuze (Azureus) BitTorrent Client Reaches Version 5.6 with Support for Play-to DLNA Enabled Devices Vuze (Azureus) BitTorrent Client Reaches Version 5.6 with Support for Play-to DLNA Enabled Devices](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Vuze-Azureus-BitTorrent-Client-Reaches-Version-5-6-with-Support-for-Play-to-DLNA-Enabled-Devices-1.jpg)
Vuze (Azureus) BitTorrent Client Reaches Version 5.6 with Support for Play-to DLNA Enabled Devices
A major release that includes many new features
- By Silviu Stahie
- March 9th, 2015
![Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Ported to Raspberry Pi 2 Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Ported to Raspberry Pi 2](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Ubuntu-MATE-15-04-Ported-to-Raspberry-Pi-1.jpg)
Ubuntu MATE 15.04 Ported to Raspberry Pi 2
This port has been done by a developer in the community
- By Marius Nestor
- March 9th, 2015
![Escuelas Linux 3.0.23 Out Now with LibreOffice 4.4, Firefox 36, and the Latest Adobe Flash Player Escuelas Linux 3.0.23 Out Now with LibreOffice 4.4, Firefox 36, and the Latest Adobe Flash Player](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Escuelas-Linux-3-0-23-Out-Now-with-LibreOffice-4-4-Firefox-36-and-the-Latest-Adobe-Flash-Player-1.jpg)
Escuelas Linux 3.0.23 Out Now with LibreOffice 4.4, Firefox 36, and the Latest Adobe Flash Player
Still based on Bodhi Linux 2.3 and Ubuntu 12.04 repositories
- By Silviu Stahie
- March 9th, 2015
![Ubuntu 15.04 Now Has Systemd by Default Ubuntu 15.04 Now Has Systemd by Default](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Ubuntu-15-04-Now-Has-Systemd-by-Default-1.jpg)
Ubuntu 15.04 Now Has Systemd by Default
The switch from Upstartd to systemd has been made
- By Marius Nestor
- March 9th, 2015
![CentOS-Based NethServer Distro Now Supports Delta RPMs from CentOS Mirrors CentOS-Based NethServer Distro Now Supports Delta RPMs from CentOS Mirrors](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/CentOS-based-NethServer-Distro-Now-Supports-Delta-RPMs-from-CentOS-Mirrors-1.jpg)
CentOS-Based NethServer Distro Now Supports Delta RPMs from CentOS Mirrors
The first RC version of NethServer 6.6 has been released
- By Silviu Stahie
- March 9th, 2015
![Google Is Ditching the X11 Server for Freon Google Is Ditching the X11 Server for Freon](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Google-Is-Ditching-the-X11-Server-for-Freon-1.jpg)
Google Is Ditching the X11 Server for Freon
It looks like Google is no longer happy with X
- By Marius Nestor
- March 9th, 2015
![Linus Torvalds Announces Linux Kernel 4.0 Release Candidate 3 Linus Torvalds Announces Linux Kernel 4.0 Release Candidate 3](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Linus-Torvalds-Announces-Linux-Kernel-4-0-Release-Candidate-3-1.jpg)
Linus Torvalds Announces Linux Kernel 4.0 Release Candidate 3
Download Linux kernel 4.0 RC3 right here
- By Silviu Stahie
- March 8th, 2015
![Debian "Jessie" 8.0 Could Be Launched in April Debian "Jessie" 8.0 Could Be Launched in April](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Debian-Jessie-8-0-Could-Be-Launched-in-April-1.jpg)
Debian "Jessie" 8.0 Could Be Launched in April
The developers only have a small number of bugs to fix
- By Silviu Stahie
- March 8th, 2015
![Tiny Core 6.1 Now Available for Download, It's One of the Smallest Distros in the World Tiny Core 6.1 Now Available for Download, It's One of the Smallest Distros in the World](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Tiny-Core-6-1-Now-Available-for-Download-It-s-One-of-the-Smallest-Distros-in-the-World-1.jpg)
Tiny Core 6.1 Now Available for Download, It's One of the Smallest Distros in the World
This is just a new maintenance update for the 6.x branch
- By Marius Nestor
- March 8th, 2015
![FFmpeg 2.6 Out Now, Devs Hope Google and Mozilla Will Use ffvp9 for 1080p Playback FFmpeg 2.6 Out Now, Devs Hope Google and Mozilla Will Use ffvp9 for 1080p Playback](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/FFmpeg-2-6-Out-Now-Devs-Hope-Google-and-Mozilla-Will-Use-ffvp9-for-1080p-Playback-1.jpg)
FFmpeg 2.6 Out Now, Devs Hope Google and Mozilla Will Use ffvp9 for 1080p Playback
The VP9 decoder is now usable on 32-bit (x86) systems
- By Marius Nestor
- March 7th, 2015
![Linux Kernel 3.19.1 Officially Released, Brings ARM, ARM64, and x86 Improvements Linux Kernel 3.19.1 Officially Released, Brings ARM, ARM64, and x86 Improvements](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Linux-Kernel-3-19-1-Officially-Released-Brings-ARM-ARM64-and-x86-Improvements-1.jpg)
Linux Kernel 3.19.1 Officially Released, Brings ARM, ARM64, and x86 Improvements
All users are urged to upgrade as soon as possible
- By Silviu Stahie
- March 7th, 2015
![Linus Torvalds Says Google Devs Are Off the "Bad Drugs", the Calendar App Is Now Ok Linus Torvalds Says Google Devs Are Off the "Bad Drugs", the Calendar App Is Now Ok](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Linus-Torvalds-Says-Google-Devs-Are-Off-the-Bad-Drugs-the-Calendar-App-Is-Now-Ok-1.jpg)
Linus Torvalds Says Google Devs Are Off the "Bad Drugs", the Calendar App Is Now Ok
The Linux kernel developer had a fun rant on Google+
- By Silviu Stahie
- March 7th, 2015
![KDE Telepathy to Join the KDE Applications 15.04 Family KDE Telepathy to Join the KDE Applications 15.04 Family](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/KDE-Telepathy-to-Join-the-KDE-Applications-15-04-Family-1.jpg)
KDE Telepathy to Join the KDE Applications 15.04 Family
The developer has finally finished porting the app to KF5