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- By Marius Nestor
- October 14th, 2016
Lubuntu 16.10 Lands as a Bugfix Release That Prepares the Distro for LXQt
It ships with the Linux 4.8 kernel and LXDE desktop
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- By Marius Nestor
- October 13th, 2016
Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 Brings Many GNOME 3.22 Apps, Experimental Wayland Session
Most of the core system remains based on GNOME 3.20 Stack
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- By Marius Nestor
- October 13th, 2016
Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak Launches Officially with Linux Kernel 4.8, Download Now
Includes applications from the GNOME 3.20 Stack
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- By Marius Nestor
- October 11th, 2016
You Can Now Run Linux Kernel 4.8.1 on Your Slackware 14.2 System, Here's How
Also works on Slax, Zenwalk, and SlackEX derivatives
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- By Marius Nestor
- October 8th, 2016
DebEX GNOME Live DVD Released with GNOME 3.22, MATE 1.16, and Linux Kernel 4.8
It's based on the Debian Testing and Unstable repos
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- October 7th, 2016
Linux Kernel 4.8.1 Is Out, Stable Enough for Deployment in GNU/Linux Distros
Users of the Linux 4.8 kernel branch are urged to update
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- October 6th, 2016
Linus Torvalds Apologizes for Inclusion of a Kernel Bug in the Linux 4.8 Release
The bug should be fixed in an upcoming point release
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- By Marius Nestor
- October 5th, 2016
Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) to Ship with an Optional Unity 8 Session After All
The distro is now powered by the final Linux 4.8 kernel
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- By Marius Nestor
- October 4th, 2016
Collabora Developers Have Contributed over 100 Patches to Linux Kernel 4.8
A total of 8 Collabora developers have contributed patches
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- October 3rd, 2016
GNU Linux-libre Kernel 4.8 Officially Released for Those Who Want 100% Freedom
It's based on the official Linux 4.8 kernel
- Linux Distributions
- By Marius Nestor
- October 3rd, 2016
DebEX KDE Live DVD Updated with KDE 4.14.2 and Plasma 5, Linux Kernel 4.8 RC8
The distro is powered by Debian GNU/Linux 8.6 "Jessie"
- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- October 2nd, 2016
Linux Kernel 4.8 Officially Released, Merge Window for Kernel 4.9 Now Open
Linux kernel 4.8 is now available for download
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- By Marius Nestor
- September 28th, 2016
Ubuntu Studio 16.10 to Offer an Up-to-Date Multimedia Oriented Linux Distro
The Beta 2 snapshot is now available for download
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- By Marius Nestor
- September 28th, 2016
Lubuntu 16.10 Beta 2 Comes with LXDE As LXQt Got Postponed Until Lubuntu 17.04
The distro is powered by the Linux 4.8 kernel
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- By Marius Nestor
- September 21st, 2016
Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) Is Now Officially Powered by Linux Kernel 4.8 Exclusive
Some apps from the GNOME 3.22 Stack were added
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- By Marius Nestor
- September 13th, 2016
Oracle Releases VirtualBox 5.1.6 with Initial Linux Kernel 4.8 Support, More
The update offers better XHCI and NVMe support
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- By Marius Nestor
- August 30th, 2016
Fedora 25 Alpha Officially Released with Linux Kernel 4.8, Wayland & GNOME 3.22
Also available for Power64 and 64-bit ARM (AArch64)