Thanks to a news tip from one of our regular readers, it would appear that the Beta release of the upcoming Linux Mint 18 “Sarah” KDE Edition operating system is now available…
Linux News Today: Canonical to Replace Upstart with systemd for Ubuntu 16.10's Session Startup
Canonical, through Martin Pitt, has announced plans to move away from using the Upstart init system to start the Ubuntu Linux session, replacing it with the more modern yet controversial systemd. With…
Linux News Today: Linux Kernel 4.4.18 LTS Has Lots of x86 Improvements, Security Updates and Fixes
After announcing the end of life for the Linux 4.6 kernel series with the release of Linux kernel 4.6.7 as the last maintenance update, as well as the availability of the first…
Linux News Today: You Can Now Download Yet Another Set of Updated Fedora 24 Linux Live ISO Images
Fedora Ambassador and Fedora Unity Project leader Ben Williams is happy to announce the availability of new, updated Live ISO images of the Fedora 24 GNU/Linux operating system. Dubbed F24-20160815, the updated…
Linux News Today: Mini-DebConf Debian Conference Is Taking Place November 10-13 in Cambridge, UK
Debian developer and the team lead of the famous “debian-cd” project Steve McIntyre is proud to announce the official dates and host city of the next Mini-DebConf Debian GNU/Linux conference. Just yesterday,…
Linux News Today: VirtualBox 5.1.4 Released with Improved Support for Linux Kernel 4.7 and Later
Today, August 17, 2016, Oracle released a new maintenance update for the latest VirtualBox 5.1 branch, version 5.1.4, bringing numerous improvements and fixing annoying issues. VirtualBox 5.1.4 is now the most advanced…
Linux News Today: Parsix GNU/Linux 8.10 "Erik" Receives Latest Security Updates from Debian
The Parsix GNU/Linux developers have announced today, August 17, 2016, that their Parsix GNU/Linux 8.10 “Erik” operating system has received a bunch of security updates from the upstream Debian GNU/Linux repositories. Parsix…
Linux News Today: Powerful Shotwell Open-Source Image Viewer Adds Option to Filter by Saved Search
It appears that the new Shotwell maintainer is doing a great job in keeping the powerful open-source image viewer and organizer up to date with the latest GNU/Linux technologies and also patching…
Linux News Today: Linux Lite's Devs Invite Ubuntu and Debian Users to Install the Latest Kernels
Softpedia has been informed by Linux Lite project maintainer Jerry Bezencon about the availability of the latest Linux kernel branches in the repositories of the Ubuntu-based operating system. According to Mr. Bezencon,…
Linux News Today: openSUSE Tumbleweed Linux OS Gets Latest KDE Plasma 5.7.3, Mozilla Firefox 48.0
Today, August 17, 2016, openSUSE Project’s Douglas DeMaio informed the community about the latest software updates pushed to the Tumbleweed repos during the last few days. According to Mr. DeMaio, there was…
Linux News Today: Nvidia 370.23 Beta Linux Graphics Driver Adds Overclock Support for GeForce GPUs
On August 15, 2016, Nvidia rolled out a new Beta version of its graphics driver for GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris operating systems, namely 370.23, bringing various new features and improvements. According to…
Linux News Today: MidnightBSD 0.8 Switches the System Compiler from GCC 4.2 to LLVM/Clang 3.3
MidnightBSD developer Lucas Holt has proudly announced the release of the MidnightBSD 0.8 operating system. Based on the latest BSD and FreeBSD technologies, this update brings you the most recent software updates…
Linux News Today: SystemRescueCd 4.8.1 Moves to Linux Kernels 4.4.17 and 4.1.30 LTS, Adds NetSurf
SystemRescueCd developer François Dupoux announced the release and immediate availability for download of the first maintenance update for the SystemRescueCd 4.8.x series. SystemRescueCd 4.8.1 comes one and a half months after the…
Linux News Today: Debian-Based SELKS 3.0 Network Security Management Linux Distribution Released
Peter Manev reports on the release and general availability of the SELKS 3.0 GNU/Linux distribution based on the latest Debian technologies and designed for network security management. Being the first time we…
Linux News Today: Netrunner Linux Becomes Maui, Now Based on KDE Neon and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
The Netrunner development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability for download of the first stable release of the Maui, their new GNU/Linux distribution based on the KDE Neon project. Netrunner…
Linux News Today: Linux Kernel 4.6 Has Reached End of Life, Users Urged to Move to Linux 4.7.1
Immediately after announcing the availability of the first point release for the Linux 4.7 kernel series, Greg Kroah-Hartman also informed the community about the launch of Linux kernel 4.6.7. Linux kernel 4.6.7…
Linux News Today: Canonical to Bring Snappy Ubuntu Core to Advantech's x86-Based IoT Gateways
Today, August 16, 2016, Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux operating system, informed Softpedia about a strategic partnership with Advantech to bring the Snappy Ubuntu Core OS to its x86-based…
Linux News Today: MPlayer-Based MPV 0.19.0 Video Player Released with More Wayland Improvements
The developers of the open-source and cross-platform MPV video player software have announced the release of version 0.19.0, a new maintenance update that adds a few new features, options, and commands, and…
Linux News Today: Debian GNU/Linux Operating System Turns 23, Happy Birthday!
The Debian Project, through Laura Arjona Reina, has had the great pleasure of announcing that today, August 16, 2016, is Debian GNU/Linux operating system’s 23rd anniversary. Yes, you’re reading it right! Exactly…
Linux News Today: Linux Kernel 4.7 Gets Its First Point Release, Brings EXT4 and x86 Improvements
Today, August 16, 2016, renowned Linux kernel developer and maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman proudly announced the availability of the first point release for the Linux 4.7 kernel series. Linux kernel 4.7 was officially…