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I would like to announce the release of RapidDisk 2.2.1. You can clone/pull it from the rxdsk-2.x git repo. It includes a minor bug fix and some other cosmetic updates. The major part of this release is the addition of attaching, mapping, archiving and restoring functionality into the pyRxAdm graphical wrapper.

The hyped KDE Plasma tablet Vivaldi has been upgraded to 1GB RAM from the previously planned 512MB. Those who have pre-ordered the tablet will be getting the upgraded model with a whooping 1GB RAM for the same price.

Today, after 1 year and 4 months of work, we are pleased to announce the release of the Xfce desktop 4.10, a new stable version that supersedes Xfce 4.8.

Today we’ll take a look at Silicon Empire a software that can help us in all our Burning operations. Silicon Empire is set of tools to Burn, Copy, Backup, Manage and … your optical discs like CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray. Silicon Empire is released under GPL and LGPL License version 3 and is available for Linux,Windows and Mac.

Still waiting for news on your Raspberry Pi? You shouldn’t have to wait much longer, as element14 announces they will update all pre-order customers shortly

Finally! The latest stable release 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin is available to download in different flavors, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu. Many of the recent changes in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, we already have seen it any many post on the earlier builds of Precise at LinuxNov. However, in this post we will go through the recent major features in a quick review for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin.

Linux has come so far since its initial release in 1991. In fact it beat all the odds to become the first commercially viable open source platform. The fair of hackers, computer enthusiasts and Enterprise alike there is a lot of love across the board for the little Minix clone that could. However, Linux, specifically Linux on the desktop, has had its share of problems that has held it back from mainstream dominance. Ignoring the competition offered by the likes of Microsoft and Apple , which of these problems is the most serious and how could said problem be resolved?

Most of the Unity Lenses and scopes, that adds extra functionality to dash menu have been updated to work with Ubuntu 12.04. Some lenses like Wikipedia lens are new releases. A Lens adds an extra new category to Unity dash allowing you to find specific results from local sources, web and even do calculations. A Scope adds a new source to an existing lens. For example, you can add Flickr scope as an extra source in Photo Lens.

Ubuntu Gnome Shell Remix is Jan's attempt at offering Gnome 3 Shell experience with Ubuntu. He has done a great job here. Now, the question I have for you is do we need UGSR to evolve into a full blown GnomeOS or Gubuntu? Will you use it? If you are a developer will you help maintain an enhance the project? What should be the name of the Gnome Shell based Ubuntu?

Fuduntu is a distribution forked from Fedora but has the feel of an Ubuntu based distribution. It's main target is older systems as well as laptops and netbooks. It uses awn as its dock applet which gives it a nice added touch.

Downed web site sparks debate on project's health

Google’s ultra high speed Internet project aims to bring Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri Internet speeds 100 times the current U.S. average. This has Hollywood petrified. Will users with gigabit connections pirate enough movies to decimate the movie industry’s revenue? Will piracy crush Hollywood in the way that it crushed the music industry? Not if Hollywood is smart: they need to CAREFULLY study how the Linux kernel is developed, and how Free Software is developed in general.

NVIDIA this week announced their release of the "NVPTX" back-end for LLVM with the hope to replace the existing PTX (Parallel Thread Execution) back-end inside this compiler infrastructure. This open-source code coming out of NVIDIA is based upon their internal sources...

ROSA company has finished formation of a package base for the ROSA Marathon 2012 operating system.

We are glad to announce the Release Candidate (RC) of the system which will be subjected to a series of final tests, but will not undergo any significant changes.

easy-server-install or called “Fast and Easy Web Server Installation” is a bash script created and developed by Coto (Rodrigo Augosto). Using a bash script easy-server-install that allows users Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat, Debian, and Mandrake to install and configure a web server with an easy and fast in a matter of minutes

WebcamStudio is a Virtual webcam Apps based java that allows users to create one or more virtual webcams that can be used in live broadcasting over UStream, Skype, Stickam, online chat websites, and more.

This guide includes some tips, tricks and tweaks and useful programs for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin

Linux Mint Debian 201204 MATE/Cinnamon is the latest edition of Linux Mint Debian, a desktop distribution based on Debian. It offers a choice of two GNOME-based desktop environments – MATE and Cinnamon.

The MATE/Cinnamon edition was released at the same time as the Xfce edition. This article is a review of the MATE/Cinnamon edition.

The Wine development release 1.5.3 is now available.

Wine 1.5.3 has been released as the latest bi-weekly Wine development build...