Wednesday 3 October 2012

KDE 4.9.2 Released with Bug fixes and Updates

KDE Project announced the second maintenance update of the KDE compilation 4.9 on October 2nd . KDE 4.9.2 is the 2nd of the four maintenance releases of KDE 4.9 , that means KDE 4.10 is just two more updates away. Dolphin, Kontact Suite, and Plasma, all have improved a lot in the latest release of KDE.
From the release announcement "As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. KDE’s software is already translated into more than 55 languages, with more to come,”  Read the full release announcement here

Slackware 14.0 with Kernel 3.2,Xfce 4.10 and KDE 4.8.5

After a year long development and testing Slackware developers announced the release of Slackware 14.0 .
Slackware 14.0 is based on Linux Kernel 3.2.29 and includes two important updates of the great desktop interfaces Xfce 4.10.0 and KDE 4.8.5 . New development tools like Perl 5.16.1, Python 2.7.3, Ruby 1.9.3-p194,graphical tools like Qt designer and KDevelop are also included in the new release of slackware Linux. Some of the great web browsers are also available like KDE's Konqueror 4.8.5, SeaMonkey 2.12.1 (replacement for the Mozilla Suite), Mozilla Firefox 15.0.1 etc. Pidgin-2.10.6 and Gimp-2.8.2 makes the Slackware 14 even better.

Download Slackware 14.0 

Hanthana Linux 17 LiveCD with LXDE and Firefox

Hanthana LiveCD comes with great features from Hanthana and  Fedora version 17 and includes software such as  Mozilla FirefoxLibreOffice Writer, LibreOffice Calc and LibreOffice Impress with LXDE. As LXDE is lightweight and fast the Hanthana Livecd boots faster than other Livecds with heavy user interfaces.
Download the Hanthana Linux 17 LiveCD
Hanthana Linux i386 LiveCD ISO

 Hanthana Linux , a Fedora-based distribution and the latest version Hanthana 17 "Sijitha" was released on the 3rd anniversary of Hanthana Linux project.Read more about Hanthana 17 here

Official website :http://hanthana.org/

Fuduntu 2012.4 with Kernel 3.4 and Thunderbird 15

Fuduntu 2012.4 has been released officially and this is the fourth release for the year 2012.The new Fuduntu is built upon Linux Kernel 3.4 and includes Chrome 21,Thunderbird 15,LibreOffice 3.6 and lots more.Gimp 2.8.2  and Jupiter 0.1.6 are also included in Fuduntu 2012.4

The new release comes with a new default theme and wallpaper for Fuduntu 2012.4 and it makes the OS more pretty.
LibreOffice, GIMP, and Thunderbird comes as default applications. Banshee is no more as the default player in Fuduntu. VLC has replaced it and it is the default audio as well as video player.

Fuduntu Website        – Fuduntu.org
Fuduntu Community  – Fuduntu Forum
Download Fuduntu
Fuduntu 2012.4 32Bit iso   Direct download     Torrent
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OS4 13 OpenDesktop Released; with Chrome 22 and nokia maps

OS4 OpenDesktop 13 released officially on October 1 by the OS4 team.The new version comes with Linux kernel 3.2.0 and Google chrome 22.Another main change is the introduction of  Nokia maps in the new release.

  • XFCE
  • kernel 3.2.0-31
  • Google Chrome 22
  • Nokia Maps
  • OpenJava 7
  • Flash
  • VLC
  • The Gimp 2.8
  • Banshee 2.4.1
  • Evolution Groupware Suite 3.2.3
  • Shotwell 0.12.3
Read the release announcement of OS4 OpenDesktop 13 here

Monday 1 October 2012

Which is the most beautiful Linux distro?

Write your views about beautiful linux distros and desktop interfaces.Many users do not satisfy with the speed and simplicity of Linux.They want graphically more heavy and animated screens.Comment about your views.