| May 15 | Distribution Release: Ark Linux 2008.1
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer has announced the release of Ark Linux 2008.1, an easy-to-use desktop Linux distribution with KDE and a selection of highly up-to-date applications: "The Ark Linux team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Ark Linux 2008.1, a new version of its easy-to-use, ea.. | | May 14 | Development Release: Litrix Linux 8.5 RC1
Litrix Linux is a Gentoo-based desktop Linux live DVD featuring a graphical configuration utility, and a choice between a KDE 3.5 and a GNOME 2.22 desktop. The first release candidate for version 8.5 was released a few days ago: "Litrix Linux 8.5 Release candidate 1. The most important.... | | May 14 | Development Release: Endian Firewall 2.2 RC1
Raphael Vallazza has announced the first release candidate for Endian Firewall 2.2 "Community" edition, a firewall appliance based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux: "The Endian team is glad to announce a new beta release of the Endian Firewall Community, with many bug fixes and enhancements. Highlights:.. | | May 13 | Development Release: Frugalware Linux 0.9 Pre 1
Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the first preview release of Frugalware Linux 0.9: "The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.9pre1, the first technical preview of the upcoming 0.9 stable release. Changes since 0.8: the netwo.. | | May 13 | Distribution Release: Fedora 9
Fedora 9 has been released: "The Fedora Project, a Red Hat sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration, today announced the availability of Fedora 9, the latest version of its open source operating system distribution. Highlights: PackageKit, a cross-distribution package management .. | | May 13 | Development Release: Beyond Linux From Scratch 6.3 RC1
Beyond Linux From Scratch (BLFS) is a project that provides instruction for extending a Linux From Scratch (LFS) installation into a full desktop or server distribution. The first release candidate for version 6.3 has been released: "BLFS version 6.3 is the complement to the LFS 6.3 book. The.... | | May 12 | Development Releases: FreeNAS 0.686.4 Beta and 0.69 Beta
Volker Theile has announced two new releases of FreeNAS (a FreeBSD-based operating system providing free NAS services), a beta 0.686.4 (a minor update) and a beta 0.69 (major update). From the changelog of the latter: "Upgrade to FreeBSD 6.3; WOL kernel patch removed because there is currently no.... | | May 12 | Development Release: Linux Mint 5.0 Beta 1
Clement Lefebvre has announced the availability of the first development release of Linux Mint 5.0, code name "Elyssa" and based on the recently released Ubuntu 8.04: "After many sleepless nights and a lot of work, I am delighted to announce that the first release candidate for Linux Mint.... | | May 12 | DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 252
This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: First impressions of Fedora 9 with KDE 4 News: Fedora 9 arrives early, Ubuntu prepares for Intrepid Ibex, Attila Craciun introduces Bluewhite64, PC-BSD 7 delivers new artwork, Oracle EL and OpenSolaris updates, new BSD forum Released last week: OpenSolaris .. | | May 11 | BSD Releases: FreeNAS 0.686.4 and 0.69 Beta
Volker Theile has announced two new releases of FreeNAS (a FreeBSD-based operating system providing free NAS services), a stable 0.686.4 (a minor update) and a beta 0.69. From the changelog of the latter: "Upgrade to FreeBSD 6.3; WOL kernel patch removed because there is currently no patch availabl.. |
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| Apr 16 | Bruce Perens tells how he got involved with Linux and Free Software (v..
You've probably seen quotes from long-time Linux and Free Software advocate Bruce Perens , and you may have even have seen his picture a few times. Now, in this exclusive Linux.com video, you have a chance to "meet" him in a little more personal way, and to learn how Bruce got interested in Linux a.. | | Apr 16 | What's the right filesystem for your portable backup drive?
So you just bought an external hard drive for backups. Now, with what filesystem should you format it? Ext2? FAT32? No matter which one you choose, there are trade-offs to consider. | | Apr 16 | Mounting archives with FUSE and archivemount
The archivemount FUSE filesystem lets you mount a possibly compressed tarball as a filesystem. Because FUSE exposes its filesystems through the Linux kernel, you can use any application to load and save files directly into such mounted archives. This lets you use your favourite text editor, image v.. | | Apr 16 | A GNOME-based Desktop on Demand
Desktop on Demand (DOD) is the latest contender to give users a full-fledged remote desktop instead of Web-based applications to help users to stay productive when they are on the move. Similar to Ulteo (which we reviewed not long ago), DOD gives you a full-blown remote Linux-based desktop -- but t.. | | Apr 15 | Meet IT industry analyst Dan Kusnetzky (video)
Dan Kusnetzky is one of the people you see quoted all over the place, especially about GNU/Linux and its effect on the computing world. But not many people (as a percentage of the world's total population) have had a chance to sit down with Dan and learn who he is in any kind of personal sense, so .. | | Apr 15 | The iPhone SDK and free software: not a match
Apple's recently released a software development kit (SDK) for the iPhone , but if you were hoping to port or develop original open source software with it, the news isn't good. Code signing and nondisclosure conditions make free software a no-go. | | Apr 15 | Bringing chat to the browser with JWChat
JWChat is a Jabber instant messaging client that is written using only HTML and JavaScript. This means that you need not install a Jabber instant messaging client in order to use Jabber, assuming you already have a Web browser installed. A Jabber client that runs in a Web browser could be just the .. | | Apr 15 | Run Windows andLinux without virtualization
Linux does everything that many users want it to, but some people have tasks that require Windows applications. You can dual-boot both operating systems, or run Windows in a virtualized environment on Linux. Alas, virtualization makes the guest OS almost useless for processor- and RAM-intensive tas.. | | Apr 14 | Comic strip aims for a fun way to educate new Linux users
Jeremiah Gray wants to provide an interesting way to learn about Linux, so he's created a new comic strip, called Hackett and Bankwell , about the open source operating system. The strip will be published as a series of comic books that Gray hopes will appeal to new Linux users, but he says it is ".. | | Apr 14 | Software animation with Pencil
Attention computer animators -- if you've ever felt limited by working in three dimensions with tools like Blender, check out Pencil , an open source, cross-platform animation app that lets you create in glorious 2-D. Pencil mimics hand-drawn animation techniques, but it's easy to use and produces .. |
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