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The Ubuntu Developer Week 2012 event for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) will take place between 31st January and 2nd February, 2012.

Linux kernel 3.2 RC5 brings some filesystem updates, especially for Btrfs and CIFS. But the most important changes are among the drivers, like swim3, i915 or eDP. And, as usual, some ARM and x86 fixes are also present.

Dan Horák announced a last evening, December 15th, the immediate availability for download of the Fedora 16 operating system for IBM System z (s390x) 64-bit systems.

Because Oracle retired the "Operating System Distributor License for Java", Canonical no longer has permission to redistribute new Java packages.

Amarok 2.5.0 is here after few months of hard work, bringing major features, such as a re-written USB Mass Storage, improved iPod support and an integrated Amazon MP3 store, as well as lots of bugfixes and small improvements.

Ubuntu Tweak 0.6.0 has not yet been officially released, but the developer announced on his blog that the upcoming version will bring support for Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot), to easily configure the Unity interface.

Pear OS 3.0 provides all the applications you need. Among them we can mention Opera web browser, Empathy instant messaging client, Sylpheed email client, Brasero CD burning utility, Synaptic Package Manager, Shotwell picture viewer and organizer, BleachBit system cleaner, and Back In Time system backup utility.

AMD Catalyst 11.12 also brings support OpenCL MCW SlotMax libraries integration, as well as RandR improvements. Moreover, a few other small improvements and bugfixes are also present in the new AMD Catalyst 11.12.

Like all stable releases, Google Chrome 16 brings lots of improvements, like Sync improvements and the ability to add new users and create multiple profiles on a single instance of Google Chrome, as well as the ability to sign-in to Chrome (see the video below for more information).

Puppy Linux "Slacko" 5.3.1 is a bug-fix release of the previous version. It is powered by Linux kernel 2.6.37.6 compiled with Aufs, and layered filesystem support.

At the moment, various Ubuntu releases, including Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Alpha 1, were tested on platforms like Dell Vostro 3400, Dell Mini 10, Samsung N150, Asus 1001Px, and Acer Aspire One D255.

In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin), when you'll press and hold the Super key (Windows key on most keyboards) an overlay hint with all the Unity keyboard shortcuts will be displayed.

MyUnity is an independent configurator for Unity, a small system utility for Ubuntu, that can handle the customization of the Unity Launcher, Dash and Panel.

The new CentOS 6.1 operating system is based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 distribution, and it brings all the features that are present in the RHEL distro, with which is 100% binary compatible.

Welcome to the 177th issue of Softpedia Linux Weekly!

The Ubuntu Torrents Lens will provide search filters that will allow users to narrow their Pirate Bay searches using type filters (audio, video, adult, games, applications, other and all) and size filters (1 MB, 10 MB, 100 MB, 1 GB, 10 GB, 100 GB).

Stuart Metcalfe proudly announced a few hours ago, December 8th, on the Canonical blog that the popular PayPal payment method will be available in Ubuntu Software Center by Christmas.

The final release of the KDE Software Compilation 4.8 environment, in January 2012, will contain features such as Qt Quick in Plasma Workspaces, an updated device notifier widget written in QML, a QML-based KWin window switcher, improved file view of Dolphin including a more attractive visual appearance, as well as lots of general performance improvements and assorted bugfixes.

With out-of-the-box support for HTML5, Flash and Java, containing the familiar environment of Google Chromium/Chrome, the entire web is at your fingertips in a few seconds with Chromium OS Lime.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 is a maintenance release, bringing new features and lots of enhancements in various areas, keeping the enterprise platform stable.