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Linux Mint 9 KDE RC released!

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The Linux Foundation
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The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 9 KDE RC.


Linux Mint 9 KDE

New features at a glance:

For a complete overview and to see screenshots of the new features, visit: “What’s new in Linux Mint 9 KDE“.

Known problems:

  • Localization (keyboard layout)
  • Linux Mint branding in mint4win and Plymouth’s text theme
  • Ubuntu branding in Software Sources
  • Splash screen resolution
  • Moonlight
  • Upstream issues

To get more information about these problems and their solution, read the “Known problems” section of the release notes

System requirements:

  • x86 processor
  • 512 MB of system memory (RAM)
  • 5 GB of disk space for installation
  • Graphics card capable of 800√ó600 resolution
  • CD-ROM drive or USB port

Bug reports:

Please report any bug you may find in Launchpad.

Download:

Linux Mint 9 KDE RC is available as a 32-bit liveDVD, via Torrent and HTTP download:

Enjoy!

We look forward to receiving your feedback. Thank you for using Linux Mint and have a lot of fun testing the release candidate!

Read more at Linux Mint

A Peek at MeeGo for Tablets

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Linux.com Editorial Staff
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It’s not quite July yet, but it’s not too soon to start adding things to your Christmas wish list. Case in point? A MeeGo-based tablet computer.

We found this video of a “pre-alpha” demo of MeeGo for tablets. Shows the MeeGo user interface on a touchscreen tablet, some of the default applications, and working with the MeeGo multi-touch interface. You’ll get a look at MeeGo playing back HD video, and AppUp Store for installing MeeGo applications. Remember, this is “pre-alpha,” so it’s likely to change before official devices are launched — but we think it looks really good already.

For more on MeeGo, be sure to check out the MeeGo Web site and take one of the official releases for a spin.

Oracle releases VM VirtualBox 3.2.6

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The H
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Oracle has published version 3.2.6 of its open source VM VirtualBox desktop virtualisation application for x86 hardware, addressing over 20 bugs from the previous release

Read more at The H

Profiting from open source — without selling out

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ComputerWorld
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Here are 8 business models for balancing openness with revenue

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Benchmarks Of The Latest Nouveau Gallium3D Driver

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Phoronix
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In recent weeks we have published a number of benchmarks showcasing the ATI Gallium3D driver that supports the R300-R500 graphics processors as this open-source driver has been maturing at such an exciting rate with impressive changes and measurable performance gains over a short period of time. This ATI Gallium3D driver in most instances is outperforming the classic Radeon Mesa driver that supports up through the ATI Radeon X1000 series graphics cards. However, how is the Nouveau driver maturing that supports NVIDIA’s wide-range of GeForce graphics cards? In February we published some Nouveau Gallium3D benchmarks, but now we have a fresh set of numbers from three different NVIDIA graphics cards and we also compare the Nouveau Gallium3D driver to NVIDIA’s proprietary Linux driver.

 

Read more at Phoronix

New APIs for Mozilla’s JetPack: tabs, selection and Ajax

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The H
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Version 0.5 of JetPack, intended for developing plug-ins for Firefox and Thunderbird, now includes several new APIs for XML HTTP Requests, Tabs and localisation

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Distribution Release: Sabily 10.04

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DistroWatch
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Mehdi Magnon has announced the release of Sabily 10.04, an Ubuntu remix with Islamic software: “The Sabily team is proud to announce the release of a new version of Sabily 10.04, codename ‘Manarat’. What’s new? New ‘Manarat’ pictures and wallpapers, Zekr 0.7.6, Thawab 3, new offline recitation -….

 

Read more at DistroWatch

Nokia: Goodbye Symbian, Welcome MeeGo

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Aaron Aceves
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After the launch of the almighty Iphone 4G (with the reception problems) and the Google Android, Nokia realize he was losing in the smart phones area, so decide to say goodbye to Symbian and change the platform to MeeGo.

Nokia say all the Nokia N series smart phones will stop using Symbian and switch to MeeGo. MeeGo is a smart phone OS based on Linux which on the beginning was develop for tablets PC.

Source: Red Users

The Best 75 Tux Wallpapers

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Aaron Aceves
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Well, not all in life is programming, and after have the best software of the world (yes, I’m talking about Linux), you can give a new look to your desktop with this collection of 75 of the best (in the author words) wallpapers featuring Tux, enjoy!!!

Source: Designora

Scientific Linux 5.5

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Aaron Aceves
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 Urs Beyerle release the new version of the  Scientific Linux Live, a very cool Distribution aimed to the academic people.

Scientific Linux is based on red hat and is powered with gnome, the main difference is the software package witch is entirely scientific. Some of the packages are luster Suite and Global File System (GFS), FUSE, OpenAFS, Squashfs and Unionfs.

You can install it on the hard drive or run it has a live cd or USB. You can download it from this link. Enjoy!!

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