The KDE Project today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.5.6, a maintenance release for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes.
This release includes a number of bugfixes for KHTML, Kate, the kicker, ksysguard and lots of other applications. Significant features include additional support for compiz as a window manager with kicker, session management browser tabs for Akregator, templating for KMail messages, and new summary menus for Kontact making it easier to work with your appointments and to-do's. Translations continue as well, with Galician translations nearly doubling to 78%. [Link]
Friday, January 26, 2007
KDE 3.5.6 Released
KDE 3.5.6 features translations in 65 languages, improvements in the the HTML rendering engine (KHTML) and other applications.
Mandriva One 2007 GNOME - Metisse Inside! Released
Mandriva today announced the released a special version of its Mandriva One 2007 Gnome with the 'Metisse' 3D environment.
Metisse is a window manager developed by the In Situ project. Available under the GPL LIcence and in exclusivity for Linux, Metisse differs from a classic 3D desktop ("the cube") in the way that it offers innovative windows interactions, thus enforcing work efficiency. [Link]
GNOME 2.17.90 Released
GNOME 2.17.90 has been released.
This is our sixth development release on our road towards GNOME 2.18.0, which will be released in March 2007. This release marks the start of the UI Freeze. [Link]
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
New Linux Foundation Launches
Merger of Open Source Development Labs and Free Standards Group
The two leading consortia dedicated to the advancement of Linux® – the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group (FSG) – today announced that they have signed an agreement to merge and form The Linux Foundation. The new organization accelerates the growth of Linux by providing a comprehensive set of services to compete effectively with closed platforms. [Link]
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
FreeBSD 6.2 Released
The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE. This release continues the development of the 6-STABLE branch providing performance and stability improvements, many bug fixes and new features. [Link]
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Herd 2 Released
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn Herd 2 which will in time become Ubuntu 7.04 has been released.
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Mandriva 2007.1 Alpha 1 Released
PC-BSD 1.3 Released
It's a bit late but PC-BSD 1.3 has been released.
Just in time to ring in the New Year, the PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PC-BSD version 1.3 for public download. This release incorporates many new features and options which make desktop computing easier than ever. Some of the new features include KDE 3.5.5, the "PF" firewall, HAL backend support, a new "Services" menu and much more! [Link]
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