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Linux: Wine release 1.1.41
2010-03-19 20:57:20 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Linux: Wine release 1.1.40
2010-03-05 23:17:28 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Linux: Intel Sandy Bridge GPU Support Begins On Linux
2010-02-26 10:50:31 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Phoronix posted a news story that the first bits of Linux graphics code to support Sandy Bridge is available in the Git master repository for the Direct Rendering Manager
"With the Clarkdale and Arrandale parts out the door and the support becoming stabilized, Intel's open-source developers have begun publicly pushing out new code for the next Intel graphics processors to be found in their CPUs to be introduced at the end of this year. The first bits of Linux graphics code to support "Sandy Bridge" is available in the Git master repository for the Direct Rendering Manager and in the xf86-video-intel DDX X.Org driver."
>> Intel Sandy Bridge GPU Support Begins On Linux
Linux: Wine release 1.1.37
2010-01-22 23:32:22 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Linux: The Performance Of EXT4 Then & Now
2010-01-19 15:00:39 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Phoronix posted an article on the performance of EXT4 then & now
"Over the past week there has been a lot of talk about the EXT4 file-system following the announcement that Google is migrating their EXT2 file-systems to EXT4. Their reasons for this transition to EXT4 are attributed to the easy migration process and Google engineers are pleased with this file-system's performance. However, as we mentioned in that news post last week and in many other articles over the past weeks and months, EXT4 is not as great of a contender as it was in the past, well, for some tests at least. The performance of the EXT4 file-system commonly goes down with new kernel releases and not up, as kernel developers continue to introduce new safeguards to address potential data loss problems that initially plagued some EXT4 users. For our latest EXT4 benchmarks we have numbers that show this file-system's performance using a vanilla 2.6.28 kernel (when EXT4 was marked as stable) and then every major kernel release up through the latest Linux 2.6.33 release candidate."
>> The Performance Of EXT4 Then & Now
Linux: Wine release 1.1.36
2010-01-09 11:48:00 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Linux: Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO
2009-12-17 19:18:39 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Mark Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO
"In a morning press call on December 17th, 2009 Mark Shuttleworth announced that he was stepping down as head of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu. In his place, Jane Silber, the current Chief Operating Officer who has been with Canonical since 2004 will take over as CEO.
Shuttleworth added that he will not, in any way, shape, or form be leaving Ubuntu. In an interview, Shuttleworth said that he's will stay head of the Ubuntu Community Council and the Ubuntu Technical Board. Instead of managing the business, he will be "Working closely on product design and our enterprise customers. I will also be working more closely with partners, especially in Asia. I will also work more closely with larger enterprise customers in our new cloud offerings. I will be spending more time on the areas that interest me the most and where I feel I can do the most good.""
>> Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO
Linux: Omega (Boxer) Fedora Remix
2009-12-16 20:38:55 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Omega (Boxer) Fedora Remix has been released
"Omega is a completely free and open source Linux based operating system and a Fedora remix suitable for desktop and laptop users. It is a installable Live image for regular PC (i686 architecture) systems. It has all the features of Fedora and number of additional software including multimedia players and codecs by default. Omega plays any multimedia content (including MP3) or commercial DVD's out of the box. It also has the full Openoffice.org office suite plus extra utilities and games.
Omega (Boxer) release is a remix of Fedora 12 and includes all the updates till Monday 14th of December 2009 from Fedora, RPM Fusion and Livna repositories. Adobe repository is also enabled by default for convenience but no software is installed from that repository by default.
It is a 1.3 GB Live image and you can simply use dd in Linux or the cross platform Fedora Live USB creator to create a Live USB."
>> Omega (Boxer) Fedora Remix
Linux: Wine release 1.1.34
2009-12-05 15:43:21 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Linux: Wine release 1.1.32
2009-10-24 15:59:37 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Linux: Puppy Linux 4.3.1
2009-10-19 20:33:43 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Puppy Linux 4.3.1 has been released
"Puppy 4.3.1 is a bugfix release of 4.3
The previous release was version 4.2.1 (also known as 4.21 or 421) coordinated by "WhoDo". I (Barry Kauler) am back coordinating this release, 4.3.
Oh man, where to start?! This release is a massive upgrade, right from its very roots to topmost branches. The place to read about what has happened is my blog, http://puppylinux.com/blog, and I have scanned back through it, picking out highlights for inclusion in this announcement. There is no particular order below, just inserted as I found some point of interest..."
>> Puppy Linux 4.3.1
Linux: More AMD Radeon 5770 Linux Benchmarks
2009-10-17 10:52:14 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Phoronix posted more AMD Radeon 5770 Linux Benchmarks
"Earlier this week AMD launched the Radeon HD 5700 series GPUs using their Juniper GPUs as part of the Evergreen family. We published Linux benchmarks of the Radeon HD 5750/5770 on Tuesday with our thoughts on these new mid-range graphics cards, but today there are a few more Ubuntu results to add in for these ATI graphics cards."
>> More AMD Radeon 5770 Linux Benchmarks
Linux: Wine release 1.1.31
2009-10-10 10:25:08 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Linux: Sabayon Linux x86/x86-64 5.0 GNOME and KDE
2009-10-03 11:37:32 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Sabayon Linux 5.0 has been released
"After a tremendous, though work, Sabayon5 is eventually here with a joint release of GNOME and KDE editions. Dedicated to those who like cutting edge stability, out of the box experience, outstanding Desktop performance, clean and beauty. Sabayon 5.o (five-point-ooh!) will catch you, anything that could have been compiled, has been compiled, anything cool that could have been implemented or updated, it's there: you will find outstanding amount of new applications and features, like XBMC 9.04.1 (formerly known as Xbox Media Center), KDE 4.3.1, GNOME 2.26, E17, Linux kernel 2.6.31 and so forth.
So, come on, go catch it, it's half a DVD away from you!"
>> Sabayon Linux x86/x86-64 5.0 GNOME and KDE
Linux: Boot Linux Over HTTP With boot.kernel.org (BKO)
2009-09-28 10:47:39 Source: Falko Timme [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Howtoforge posted a tutorial about booting Linux over HTTP with boot.kernel.org
"This tutorial shows how you can boot Linux over HTTP with boot.kernel.org (BKO). All that users need is Internet connectivity and a small program (gpxe) to boot the machine. This gpxe program provides network booting facility. BKO allows you to boot into the following distributions: Debian, Ubuntu, Damn Small Linux, Knoppix, Fedora. BKO provides gpxe images for USB sticks, CDs, and also for floppies, i.e., you can boot from a USB sticks, a CD, or a floppy."
>> Boot Linux Over HTTP With boot.kernel.org (BKO)
Linux: Wine release 1.1.30
2009-09-25 20:46:18 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Linux: Puppy Linux 4.3
2009-09-18 16:10:17 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Puppy Linux 4.3 has been released
"After I released Puppy 4.1.2, I "kind of" retired and WhoDo (Warren) took over coordinating 4.2.0 and 4.2.1. WhoDo did a superb job, but he then decided he had enough, so I have stepped back in to coordinate 4.3. There are various reasons why I have taken on this role again, one of them that I have developed a whole new system for building puppies, that I name Woof. This replaces the Unleashed build system. I also designed a new package management system, called the Puppy Package Manager, or just PPM, needed to cope with Woof's ability to build a Puppy from the packages from any distro (Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, Slackware, T2, etc.).
Yes, the Woof build system can build a Puppy from the binary packages from any distro, but in the case of Puppy 4.3 Woof has been used to build "Puppy from Puppy". That is, this is a continuation of the Puppy 4.x series, using the PET packages. To get your mind around this, I highly recommend that you read my introductory web pages on Woof and PPM"
>> Puppy Linux 4.3
Linux: Wine release 1.1.29
2009-09-03 11:02:57 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Linux: Wine release 1.1.28
2009-08-22 09:32:09 Source: Email [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Linux: The Perfect Desktop - gOS 3.1 Gadgets
2009-08-13 15:54:39 Source: Falko Timme [ Print | 0 Comment(s) ]
Howtoforge posted a guide about setting up a gOS 3.1 Gadgets desktop
"This tutorial shows how you can set up a gOS 3.1 Gadgets desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. gOS is a lightweight Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu 8.04, that comes with Google Apps and some other Web 2.0 applications; gOS 3.1 Gadgets uses the GNOME desktop."
>> The Perfect Desktop - gOS 3.1 Gadgets
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