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We’ve reported a few days ago that the Fedora 22 Alpha computer operating system has been released by Fedora Project for testing, and that it includes numerous features, among which we have mentioned the Xfce 4.12 desktop environment, as well as Linux kernel 4.0 Release Candidate 1 (RC1).

darktable, one of the best open-source applications for editing RAW files under a Linux kernel-based operating system has been updated recently with a great number of changes, several bug fixes, RAW support for more cameras, white balance presets from several Panasonic cameras, as well as new standard/enhanced matrix and noise profiles.

Dennaton Games and Devolver Digital have just released the awesome Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number game on Steam for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows operating systems, but it appears that many users have some issues with keyboard and mouse, as it would appear that the game grabs both peripherals but does nothing with them.

The GNOME Photos app has been recently updated as part of the second Beta release of the forthcoming and highly anticipated GNOME 3.16 desktop environment, due for release on March 25, 2015. GNOME Photos 3.16 Beta 2 bringing a number of fixes and updated translations detailed below for your reading pleasure.

The Fedora Project proudly announced a few minutes ago the immediate availability of the Alpha version of its upcoming Fedora 22 (Twenty Two) Linux operating system for personal computers and servers, due for release on May 19, 2015.

Alejandro Di­az had the pleasure of announcing Softpedia a couple of days ago about the immediate availability for download and upgrade of Escuelas Linux 3.0.23, an open-source computer operating system that is currently still based on the Bodhi Linux 2.3 distribution and uses the software repositories from the upstream Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) distro, built around the Enlightenment E17 desktop environment.

The Vuze (formerly Azureus) BitTorrent client has been updated to version 5.6, a major release that includes numerous improvements to the graphical user interface, new and updated plugins, as well as a number of improvements and bug fixes over the previous version. Vuze 5.6 is now available for download for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows computer operating systems.

Linus Torvalds announced a few hours ago the immediate availability for download and testing of the Linux kernel 4.0 RC3 (Release Candidate) which, according to Linus, is smaller than the previous RC version. However, it includes a fair amount of improvements, bug fixes and patches.

After three months of hard work, the FFmpeg Project was proud to announced the other day the immediate availability for download of the open-source FFmpeg 2.6 audio/video conversion, recording and streaming software, dubbed "Grothendieck." The release introduces a number of new features and improvements over FFmpeg 2.5.

Canonical has posted a new video today on its YouTube channel, showcasing its brand-new Ubuntu Music App that will work across desktop and mobile platforms, including the Ubuntu for phones.

Wireshark, the world’s most popular free network protocol analyzer software, has been updated recently to version 1.12.4, a release that introduces a large number of improvements, addresses lots of bugs, updated protocol support, as well as new and updated capture file support.

A new stable release of the Gnumeric open-source spreadsheet editor used in numerous distributions of GNU/Linux and desktop environments, including GNOME, has been made available for download recently fixing numerous issues with the ODS (OpenDocument Spreadsheet) file format.

The GNOME Music app, the default audio playback software of the controversial GNOME desktop environment, has been updated for GNOME 3.16, due for release in March 25. GNOME Music 3.16 Beta 2 is a bug fix release that addresses a number of issues discovered in the previous Beta version of the software.

After two years of hard work, the Xfce development team had the pleasure of announcing a few minutes ago, February 28, the immediate and general availability of the highly anticipated Xfce 4.12 desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions.

The Ubuntu Kylin 15.04 Beta 1 (Vivid Vervet) operating system has also been released alongside the Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, and Ubuntu MATE distributions, bringing a wide range of improvements, numerous updated components, as well as the usual bug fixes. We took the distribution for a test drive and created a nice screenshot tour for all users of the Chinese Ubuntu community.

The highly anticipated Mobile World Congress (MWC) event will take place between March 2-5 in Barcelona, Spain, and as expected, Canonical will be present to showcase its latest Ubuntu technologies, including the Ubuntu convergence of the upcoming Unity 8 interface and the first Ubuntu-powered phones, the BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition and Meizu MX4.

As we've reported earlier, Canonical is preparing to announce the immediate availability for download and testing of the first Beta release for its Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Kubuntu, as well as Ubuntu MATE, which became an official release this week.

While the GNOME development team has successfully unveiled the first Beta version of the forthcoming GNOME 3.16 desktop environment, which can be tested today on the daily builds (rawhide) of the upcoming Fedora 22 Linux operating system, some core components are still updated for the current stable release of the acclaimed desktop environment, GNOME 3.14.

We’re happy to report that the recently released Mozilla Firefox 36.0 web browser and Mozilla Thunderbird 31.5.0 email and news client are now available in the main software repositories of the Arch Linux computer operating system.

Florian Müllner of the GNOME Project has announced the immediate availability for testing of Mutter 3.16 Beta 1, as part of the recently released GNOME 3.16 Beta 1 desktop environment. Mutter, GNOME’s default window and compositing manager, is in charge of displaying and managing your desktop via OpenGL technologies.