1. OpenMandriva Picks Name, Releases Alpha
(DistributionCentral/Distribution News)

... made official and an alpha was released into the wild. On May 6, João Patrício announced that the decision that an official name for the community Mandriva/ROSA distribution. As predicted, and is now obvious, ...

2. openSUSE Kicks Off Development with Milestone 1
(DistributionCentral/Distribution News)

... distribution that will end with the final release of 13.1 projected by November of 2013. As usual with an alpha release, the most prominent changes in openSUSE 13.1 Milestone 1 come from the upgrades ...

3. A More Colorful LibreOffice Unveiled
(Software/Applications)

... The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) provides a list of color names as used in CSS (cascading style sheets). However, that list is in alphabetic order, and I'd rather group colors in families (reds, greens, ...

4. Development Release: Canaima GNU/Linux 4.0 Alpha 1
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Canaima GNU/Linux is a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution sponsored by the government of Venezuela and widely deployed in the country's schools and public offices. Following the recent stable release ...

5. Development Release: Pinguy OS 13.04 Alpha
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Antoni Norman has released an initial alpha build of Pinguy OS 13.04, a an Ubuntu-based distribution with a customised GNOME 3.8 desktop: "Pinguy OS is still being activity worked on. There has been a ...

6. A PyPy 2.0 Alpha Release for ARM
(Embedded / Mobile/Mobile Linux)

The PyPy project has announced an alpha release of its Python interpreter for the ARM architecture. "This is the first release that supports a range of ARM devices - anything with ARMv6 (like the Raspberry ...

7. Systemd 203 Release to Start Up Fedora 19
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The latest version of the open source startup manager systemd will most likely be included in Fedora 19, which is currently in alpha status. The systemd developers are now preparing to introduce bigger ...

8. Lightworks Available for Linux as Public Beta
(Software/Applications)

... behind Lightworks, has announced the first public beta of Linuxworks. Earlier an alpha was released to a limited audience. Hollywood studios use GNU/Linux for making block-busters, but there is no ...

9. Debian Project News - April 29th, 2013
(DistributionCentral/Distribution News)

... Edu Wheezy alpha release * Other news * Upcoming events * New Debian Contributors * Release-Critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release * Important Debian Security Advisories * ...

10. Box Opens on First Fedora 19 Alpha
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The first alpha for Fedora 19, code-named "Schrödinger's Cat", has been released and brings the usual updated packages as well as some new development tools and system-wide improvements... The first ...

11. Development Release: Fedora 19 Alpha
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the alpha release of Fedora 19, the first development build of the popular Red Hat-sponsored Linux distribution: "The Fedora 19 'Schrödinger's Cat' alpha release has arrived ...

12. Fedora 19 Alpha Cleared For Release Next Week
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After already being challenged by one delay, the first Alpha release of Fedora 19 is cleared for release next Tuesday... After already being challenged by one delay, the first Alpha release of Fedora ...

13. Fedora 19 Alpha Gets Its First Delay Due To UEFI
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After a badly-delayed Fedora 18, Fedora 19 has already received its first release set-back... After a badly-delayed Fedora 18, Fedora 19 has already received its first release set-back... Read more ...

14. Qt 5.1 Alpha Is Out With iOS, Android, New Features
(Software/Applications)

In preparation for the upcoming release of Qt 5.1, the alpha release of this first major update to the Qt5 tool-kit is now available... In preparation for the upcoming release of Qt 5.1, the alpha ...

15. Inside Palaver: Linux Speech Recognition that Taps Google's Voice Technology
(Embedded / Mobile/Mobile Linux)

... knowledge systems. "Palaver can talk to Wolfram Alpha and MIT START directly via a web request or an API, so I plan to have them answer 'What, How, Who' questions," says McClain. McClain is also interested ...

16. Development Release: Linux Deepin 12.12 Beta
(DistributionCentral/Distribution News)

Linux Deepin is one of the few distributions from China that exhibit new developments from time to time. Two months after its Alpha version, Linux Deepin 12.12 Beta was available today. According to the ...

17. LibreOffice for Android “Frustratingly Close” to Release
(Software/Applications)

A pre-alpha version of LibreOffice for Android, running on a Nexus 7. LibreOffice developers have been working on bringing the open source office suite to Android for more than a year. But aside from a ...

18. Secure Boot Comes to Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
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The second support release for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" can now be booted on systems that use UEFI firmware and have Secure Boot enabled. A second alpha for Kubuntu 13.04 and Ubuntu Cloud 13.04 ...

19. Development Release: Linux Deepin 12.12 Alpha
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A preview version of Linux Deepin 12.12, a popular Chinese community distribution, has been unleashed for testing. This is the first version that ships with the brand new Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), ...

20. Development Release: SolusOS 2 Alpha 6
(DistributionCentral/Distribution News)

Ikey Doherty has announced the availability of the sixth alpha release of SolusOS 2, a Debian-based desktop Linux distribution with a custom desktop environment derived from GNOME 3.4: "The SolusOS team ...