We reported the other day on the immediate availability for download of the installation-only ISO images of the recently released Debian GNU/Linux 8.4 “Jessie” operating system. It took one more day for…
Linux News Today: Manjaro Linux LXQt 16.04 Lands with Linux Kernel 4.4.4 LTS, Software Updates
Hot on the heels of Manjaro Linux JWM 16.04 Community Edition, the Manjaro Linux LXQt 16.04 Community Edition operating system has been released earlier, April 4, 2016, and it is now available…
Linux News Today: Ubuntu Touch's Web Browser Lets Users Copy/Paste Selected Web Content in OTA-10
We reported earlier that Canonical finally decided on a release date for the next major software update of its Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system, OTA-10, due for release on April 6, 2016….
Linux News Today: PC-BSD 10.3 Is the Last in the Series, PC-BSD 11.0 Arrives Later This Year
PC-BSD developer Kris Moore was more than happy to announce today, April 4, 2016, the release and immediate availability for download of the PC-BSD 10.3 operating system. PC-BSD 10.3 arrives hot on…
Linux News Today: Mesa 11.2.0 3D Graphics Library Officially Released, Here's What's New
After being delayed a few weeks, the final release of the open-source Mesa 3D Graphics Library 11.2 arrived earlier today, April 4, 2016, for all GNU/Linux operating systems. Collabora’s Emil Velikov was…
Linux News Today: Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 Launches April 6 for All Ubuntu Phones and the Ubuntu Tablet
Łukasz Zemczak of Canonical has just informed the community about the release date of the forthcoming OTA-10 software update for the Ubuntu mobile operating system. Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 has been in development…
Linux News Today: FreeBSD 10.3 Officially Released with Skylake Support, ZFS Boot Capability, More
Today, April 4, 2016, the FreeBSD project proudly announced the official release and general availability of the FreeBSD 10.3 operating system powered by a BSD kernel. While not a GNU/Linux distribution, FreeBSD…
Linux News Today: Minimal Linux Live Is Now Based on Linux Kernel 4.4.6 LTS and BusyBox 1.24.2
Today, April 3, 2016, Minimal Linux Live developer Ivan Davidov was happy announce the immediate availability for download of an updated version of his project that lets people create minimal, live BusyBox-…
Linux News Today: Wine Staging 1.9.7 Released with Microsoft Video For Windows Improvements, More
Wine Staging 1.9.7 arrives today, April 3, 2016, one day after the release of the Wine 1.9.7 development version, bringing various improvements and bug fixes. According to the release notes, the most…
Linux News Today: MKVToolNix 9.0.1 Hotfix Released to Patch Nasty Bugs in the MKV Manipulation App
Hot on the heels of the major MKVToolNix 9.0.0 release, developer Moritz Bunkus pushed a first point release, which he calls an urgent hotfix to patch a couple of nasty bugs. According…
Linux News Today: Rhythmbox 3.3.1 Music Player Released to Better Handle Locked Android Devices
The development team behind the popular, open-source Rhythmbox free music player have just announced this past weekend the general availability for download of the Rhythmbox 3.3.1 release. As usual, we’ve managed to…
Linux News Today: Manjaro Linux JWM 16.04 Community Edition Boots with Less than 120MB of RAM
The Manjaro Linux community was proud to announce on April 3, 2016, the release and immediate availability for download of the Manjaro Linux JWM 16.04 Community Edition operating system. Powered by Linux…
Linux News Today: NetworkManager 1.0.12 Is Out with New Features, Branch 1.2 Still in Development
A new maintenance release of the widely used NetworkManager 1.0 network connection manager software used by default in numerous GNU/Linux operating systems has been updated this past week. Developer Lubomir Rintel reports…
Linux News Today: Chakra GNU/Linux Gets Major Qt 5.6 Update, KDE Plasma 5.6.1 and Frameworks 5.20
Earlier today, April 3, 2016, Chakra GNU/Linux maintainer Neofytos Kolokotronis proudly announced the availability of some major updates in the main software repositories of the Arch Linux inspired operating system. As some…
Linux News Today: Solus Linux Receives More Budgie Desktop Enhancements, Latest Software Versions
Josh Strobl from the Solus Project today, April 3, 2016, announced the twenty-fifth installation of the “This Week in Solus” weekly newsletter for users of the Solus Linux operating system, informing them…
Linux News Today: Debian GNU/Linux 8.4 "Jessie" Now Available for Download, Live DVDs Coming Soon
We reported the other day that the Debian Project announced the availability of the fourth update in the stable Debian GNU/Linux 8 “Jessie” series, along with the Debian GNU/Linux 7.10 maintenance release….
Linux News Today: Linus Torvalds Announces Linux Kernel 4.6 RC2, Things Remain "Fairly Normal"
It’s Sunday, so Linus Torvalds has just announced the general availability, for testing, of yet another RC (Release Candidate) build towards the upcoming Linux 4.6 kernel. Linus Torvalds usually makes these type…
Linux News Today: Zenwalk 8.0 Beta 3 Arrives for Slackware Fans with LibreOffice 5.1.1, FFmpeg 3.0
The development cycle of the Slackware-based Zenwalk 8.0 Linux kernel-based operating system continues, and its maintainers have announced the release of the third Beta build. Zenwalk 8.0 entered development in mid-January 2016…
Linux News Today: Manjaro Linux 16.06 "Daniella" Gets a Second Preview Release, Download Now
Manjaro Project leader Philip Müller announced the immediate availability for download of the second preview release of the upcoming Manjaro Linux 16.06 “Daniella” Arch Linux-based operating system. Powered by a kernel from…
Linux News Today: ubuntuBSD 15.10 Beta 3 Released, Brings Support for Virtual Text Consoles
The upcoming ubuntuBSD 15.10 operating system has just received a third Beta build on the first day of April to fix a bug reported by a user in the LightDM display manager…