Linux Mint – the taste of success
Linux User sits down with Mint creator Clement Lefebvre to get a measure of the past, present and future of one of the biggest success stories in Linux distro history…
PlayOnLinux 4.0.14 has been released
Sorry for being late, I don’t have a lot of free time at the moment. Here’s PlayOnLinux 4.0.14.
PCLinuxOS 2012-2 "Phoenix Xfce" has been released
PCLinuxOS 2012 "Phoenix" has been updated to version 2 in Xfce desktop environment on 20th Feb, 2012. Linux Kernel is 2.6.38.8 and Xfce version is 4.8.3, X.org 1.10.4, Mesa 7.11.2 and many other updates like 3D support for most Intel and N-VIDIA graphics cards have been done in this update.
Ubuntu Global Jam 2012: 2nd – 4th March
Canonical announced that the Ubuntu Global Jam event for the upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system will take place in one week, between 2nd and 4th March, 2012.
FlightGear 2.6.0 Released With Massive Changes
FlightGear, a free and open source flight simulator has received yet another major update and many new features have introduced. FlightGear features more than 400 aircraft, a worldwide scenery database, a worldwide multi-player environment, detailed sky modelling, a flexible and open aircraft modelling system, varied networking options, multiple display support, a powerful scripting language and an open architecture. Best of all, being open-source, the simulator is owned by the community and everyone is encouraged to contribute.
Apple orphans Linux CUPS features- handicaps open source printing
CUPS, is the printing standard that open source projects have used successfully to convert desktops and computers to become printer servers, allowing plug-in, modular type of printing. However, now Apple after it acquired it from its developer Michael Sweet, at Easy Software Products, in 2007, has chosen to abandon certain Linux exclusive features, and continuing with popular Mac OS X features.
News: Linux Top 5: SCO Returns
The past week on the LinuxPlanet saw the return of SCO, a company most of us have long ago written off a footnote in the history of Linux’s success. It also saw a new study from Ubuntu showing how broad and diverse its base of Linux users have become.
Desktop Switching in KDE Like Gnome
I like KDE and prefer it to Gnome but when I was a Gnome user I got used to the Gnome desktop switching.
Disable annoying bell in Gnome Terminal, vim, xterm, etc…
We’ll hear it when we reach the end of a line, we’ll hear it when we hit tab to complete a word and there’s more than one choice, in about 2 minutes you won’t hear it anymore. It’s the simplest thing to do but we never look into it – because most of the time when the bell goes off we’re in the middle of something else.
Linux Mint developer releases Cinnamon 1.3
The lead developer of Linux Mint, Clement Lefebvre, has released version 1.3 of the Cinnamon desktop environment. This is the first major update of the user interface based on code from the GNOME shell and which was first considered "stable" with version 1.2. In Cinnamon 1.3, all panel components are applets which means, for example, that users can remove a menu or window list and replace it with alternative third-party applets. All applets can also be moved using drag & drop so that users have even more control over where to position them.