Mandrivia Linux 2012 alpha released;download and install now

--> After a delay of 2 months alpha release of Linux Mandrivia  2012 has been released yesterday.The new Linux Mandrivia features KDE software compilation 4.9.The installer has been updated and it is simple but pretty fast and smarter in the latest Mandrake Linux.
From the release announcement "As many of you might already be aware of, our first Mandriva Linux 2012 alpha has been ready for release for almost a week now, yet it only made its way to the public mirrors today, so with that I declare it as officially released! "Read the full release announcement here.Mandrivia comes as installable Dual CD and DVD ISO images supporting both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.Lets look at the new features of Linux Mandrivia 2012.
New features of Linux Mandrivia

• KDE 4.9
• Smaller and faster installer
• Working text mode installer Added Linaro GCC 4.7
• Removed HAL
• Better rescue mode
• Improved Dual CD ISO image

Download Linux Mandrivia 2012
mandriva-2012-i586-DVD.iso  4,165MB
mandriva-2012-x86_64-DVD.iso  4,201MB

PCLinuxOS: An Easy to Use Linux OS :KDE 2012.08 Released

--> PCLinuxOS 2012.08, the latest version of the PCLinux project an easy-to-use Linux operating system has been released.PCLinuxOS is a simple linux distribution and it a very user friendly linux distribution.PCLinux project was started 6 years ago by a company called "Texstar" in USA.PCLinuxOS uses APT package manager and its Synaptic GUI frontend.It is a very fast and simple linux opearting system.

From the release announcement"PCLinuxOS KDE and KDE MiniME 2012.08 are now available for download. These are 32-bit quarterly update ISO images which can also be installed on 64-bit computers. Features: Linux kernel 3.2.18.2bfs for maximum desktop performance; full KDE 4.8.3 desktop; NVIDIA and ATI fglrx driver support; multimedia playback support for many popular formats; wireless support for many network devices; printer support for many local and networked printer devices; addlocale allows you to convert PCLinuxOS into over 60 languages; LibreOffice manager can install LibreOffice supporting over 100 languages; MyLiveCD allows you to take a snapshot of your installation and burn it to a live CD/DVD...." Read the download page for the full information about latest PCLinuxOS version 2012.08.

 PCLinuxOS KDE 2012.08 comes in two versions, oneis  a full KDE version and another one with a minimal installation of KDE.

New Features of PCLinuxOS 2012.08
· Linux kernel 3.2.18.2
· KDE Software Compilation 4.8.3
· Support for Nvidia and AMD/ATI graphics cards
· Out-of-the-box support for multimedia playback
· Support for latest wireless networks
· Support for many local and network printers
· Added addlocale to easily convert PCLinuxOS in over 60 languages
· Added LibreOffice Manager to install the LibreOffice suite in over 100 languages
· PCLinuxOS-liveusb tool to install PCLinuxOS in any USB very easily.

Download PCLinuxOS 2012.08 or update your current PCLinuxOS
 pclinuxos-kde-2012.08.iso (868MB, MD5)

READ more about PCLinuxOS

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Download OS4 12.5 Officially

--> OS4 12.5 is officially released and is available for download now.

Roberto Dohnert has announced the release of OS4 12.5, a different Linux distribution previously known as PC/OS that is based upon Ubuntu and is built for fun, compatibility, security, and mobility: "OS4 12.5 has been designed from the ground up to satisfy the needs of casual PC users all the way to the professional user. It is available in 32 and 64 bit releases. Built for the professional: With OS4 you have a quality multi processing core in your system, and with support for 3D graphics and audio, everyone from the digital animator, video editor, musician all the way to the researchers studying DNA sequencing to working in clusters, OS4 will fit your needs. With a fine set of standard applications, to the extensibility of installing thousands of more applications, OS4 was built for you."
OS4 12.5  is powered by Linux kernel 3.2.0,it incorporates the OpenBSD SSH server, ClamAV anti-virus, as well as Denyhosts for improved security.
 
 Read the rest of the release announcement for further information.

Download OS4 12.5 
OS4 12.5 is distributed as Live DVD/USB ISO images of 1.5GB in size, for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.
OS4 Workspace 12.5 32 bit  MD5sum
OS4 Workspace 12.5 64 bit  MD5sum

Download Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.07 Released Officially

--> Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.07 has been officially released and is available for download.The new version comes with Linux Kernel 3.4.3 and KDE 4.8.3

New features of Chakra Linux 2012.07

• Linux kernel 3.4.3
• Linux kernel 3.0.35 (optional)
• KDE Software Compilation 4.8.3
• Calligra 2.4.2
• Qt 4.8.2
• QtWebkit 2.2.1
• tomoyo-tools 2.5
• wqy-microhei is now the default font for Japanese, Chinese and Korean languages
• udev 182
• kmod 0.8
• mkinitcpio 0.8.8
• Move to /usr/lib to prepare for systemd switch

Read more about Chakra Linux Three Best KDE Linux Distributions 2012- openSUSE 12.1,Kubuntu 12.04 and Chakra Linux

Download Chakra GNU/Linux 2012.07

Download chakra-2012.07-Archimedes-i686.iso (1,471MB)
Download chakra-2012.07-Archimedes-x86_64.iso (1,454MB).

Linux Mint Debian Edition 201204 Officially Released

Linux Mint Debian Edition 201204 Officially Released

 

--> Linux mint team announced the official availability of linux mint debian edition 201204 on tuesday .The new edition provides three desktop environments cinnamon 1.4, Mate 1.2 and light weight and stable xface 4.8.The default display manager is MDM .
The new features of linux mint debian edition 201204

Cinnamon 1.4

• MATE 1.2
• Xfce 4.8
• MDM
• Yahoo
• Kernel 3.2
• Update Pack 4
• Hybrid ISO images

Screenshots of linux mint debian 201204

LMDE 201204 Cinnamon 1.4

LMDE 201204 MATE 1.2

LMDE 201204 XFACE 4.8

What is Linux Mint Debian Edition or LMDE?
LMDE is a semirolling linux distribution based on debian testing.It looks similar with the main linux mint edition except that it is based on debian testing instead of ubuntu.It is available in both 32 bit and 64 bit platforms and provides cinnamon,Mate and Xface user interfaces.
Linux mint debian edition is not compatible with ubuntu repositories but it is fully compatible with debian squeeze or Debian testing.