Jonathan Riddell has announced that the Kubuntu distribution will not be following Ubuntu in its switch to the Mir display server. “Here at Kubuntu we still want to work as part of the community development, taking the fine software from KDE and other upstreams and putting it on computers worldwide. So when Ubuntu Desktop gets switched to Mir we won’t be following. We’ll be staying with X on the images for our 13.10 release now in development and the 14.04LTS release next year. After that we hope to switch to Wayland which is what KDE and every other Linux distro hopes to do.“
Distribution Release: DreamStudio 12.04.3
Dick MacInnis has announced the release of DreamStudio 12.04.3, the latest update of the project’s Ubuntu-based distribution with a collection of applications for music production, video editing and graphics design: “We’re proud to announce the official release of DreamStudio Unity 12.04.3. Now with over 100,000 downloads, our latest….
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Distribution Release: Tails 0.19
Tails 0.19, a Debian-based live DVD with strong Internet privacy and anonymity features, has been released: “Tails, The Amnesic Incognito Live System, version 0.19, is out. All users must upgrade as soon as possible. Notable user-visible changes include: Linux kernel 3.9.6; Iceweasel 17.0.7esr with Torbrowser patches; unblock Bluetooth,….
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In light of developments over the last few years at Canonical, it seemed reasonable that Ubuntu’s popularity was waning. In fact, it seems fact given some recent numbers. However, according to a new poll at www.tuxmachines.org, visitors still think Ubuntu Rocks!