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Mageia 3 is now available

Mageia (a community fork of the old Mandrake/Mandriva distribution) have just reached version 3.

Some notable major packages updated in this release:

  • Updates to RPM (4.11) and urpmi, which has been given a good Mageia turnout and cleanup
  • Kernel 3.8
  • systemd 195
  • GRUB is the default bootloader; GRUB2 is available to test.
  • Revamped package groupings for installation and rpmdrake
  • KDE 4.10.2
  • GNOME 3.6.
  • Xfce 4.10
  • Libreoffice 4.0.3

Also, Valve's Steam Store is available in the repository for easy access.

Upgrade from Mageia 2 | Release Notes | Download

Release Date: 
Sun, 2013-05-19

New Linux compatibility option on Logitech's website

Mon, 2013-05-20 10:56

It seems more companies are starting to support Linux (especially after Valve started offering Steam support for the platform).

Recently an option for filtering products by Linux compatibility appeared on Logitech's website.

While the option right now only seems to be available for the M185 Wireless Mouse there's hope for more support from Logitech in the coming months.

Source: RootGamer

Author: CoolGoose

KolibriOS tries to kickstart it's own Summer of Code 2013

Sun, 2013-05-19 07:18

The KolibriOS team (A freeware OS for x86 computer that's written in Assembly and uses only 8MB RAM and 1MB disk space to run) is trying to host their own version of Summer of Code this year after Google not picking their project to participate.

KolibriOS 2013

From their campaign pleddge:

The Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is an annual program, first held from May to August 2005, in which Google awards stipends (of 5,000 USD, as of 2013) to hundreds of students who successfully complete a requested free and open-source software coding project during the summer.
...
Together with 416 other orgs, we have applied for participation in Google Summer of Code 2013, but unfortunately, we weren't selected. Here is the link to our ideas page:
http://wiki.kolibrios.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2013
...
Here is where you can help us - raise the money needed to "hire" at least one student. Please pledge if you like open-source projects and what we are trying to do here. But we don't only want your money - we want you, the community, to help us decide which project(s) will get done as part of our "Summer of Code", and which student(s) will get in.

Source: Kickstarter Page

Author: CoolGoose

Haiku tries to find new sources of income.

Fri, 2013-05-17 08:41

Haiku (a fast, simple to use operatin system successor of BeOS) is trying to atract more funding for sponsoring more developers to work full time on the project.

They've recently added a trio of new options for helping them succeed.

First they've partnered with GoodSearch (a custom search engine based on yahoo) so that they can earn part of the money generated by the ads showed on the search results. You can find further details on the official announcement.

Second they've created an official Flattr page (social donation system tailored more towards small subscriptions). You can find further details on the official announcement.

Third but not last, they've now started to accept Bitcoin donations. You can find further details on the official announcement.

Author: CoolGoose

MenuetOS M64 0.99.10

It's time for another release for MenuetOS (an Operating System in development for the PC written entirely in 32/64 bit assembly language)

M64 0.99.10 is mostly a bugfix / performance impovement release with no new notable features.

You can download the diskette image or the windows installer.

Release Date: 
Sat, 2013-05-11

Ubuntu Touch Developer Preview Hands On

Sun, 2013-03-03 13:08

Author: CoolGoose

Firefox 15 get's official with improved 3d support

Sat, 2012-09-01 20:21

Mozilla announced today the release of Firefox 15, a new version of the open source Web browser.

The update brings a couple of enhancements:

  • new built-in development tools
  • compressed textures in WebGL
  • a new optimization that can radically reduce the browser’s memory footprint for users who rely on many add-ons.
  • full support for background updates

You can download it now or read the official release notes.

Author: CoolGoose

Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook edition to get Global Menu Bar

Tue, 2010-04-27 19:17

Mark Shuttleworth posted on his blog the plans for getting the Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition on using a global-menu-bar application ala apple.

The not yet confirmed idea is that the window title will be merged with the menu, and accessing the menu will be done by pressing a key.

They will work with the gnome2-globalmenu guys on this implementation, and maybe this will mean firefox/open office support.

Author: CoolGoose

Ubuntu Featured Apps: Deja Dup (Linux Backup Software)

Sun, 2010-04-18 19:20

Hey guys, I'm starting a new series today, it's called Ubuntu Featured Apps.

Today I'm going to do a small overview of a nifty backup solution called Déjà Dup

deja dup

Author: CoolGoose

Wine 1.1.34 Released

Sat, 2009-12-05 12:25

The Wine development release 1.1.34 is now available.

What's new in this release:

  • Many fixes for crypto certificates support.
  • A lot of MSHTML improvements.
  • Various fixes to support the Left 4 Dead 2 DRM.
  • A number of OLE marshalling fixes.
  • More Listview improvement.
  • Various bug fixes.

Resources
Announcement | Download

Author: CoolGoose
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