Gnome’s New F-Spot 0.5.0
Sep 22, 2008Photo viewer F-Spot is now available in the version 0.5.0. with ‘‘a countless amount of enhancements, polish and bugfixes.’’ Says Ruben Vermeersch in his blog.
more »Flash Player 10 Coming Around the Final Bend
Sep 17, 2008Adobe has issued its second release candidate of Flash Player 10, which should be approaching the finish line. Developers have not only fixed a number of bugs, but added a few new features.
more »Canonical Now Hiring Designers and Usability Visionaries
Sep 15, 2008Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, wants a more elegant and user-friendly Linux-Desktop for it's users. In a full blown statement at this year’s OSCON, Ubuntu grounder Mark Shuttleworth proclaimed: ‘'The great task in front of us over the next two years is to lift the experience of the Linux desktop from something that is stable and robust and not so pretty, into something that is art'’.
more »Poppler PDF library learns Javascript
Sep 12, 2008Poppler, a library for rendering PDF data, was released in its developer version as 0.9.0. For the first time it enables interactive documents using Javascript.
more »Fotoxx v35 Image manipulation with Fotoxx
Aug 31, 2008The Fotoxx image manipulation program offers highlights such as HDR and panorama functions, but where there is light, there is also shadow.
more »Miguel de Icaza Criticizes Plans for Gtk+ 3
Jul 17, 2008At first, plans for Gtk+ 3 were considered unnecessary – the developers themselves considered the 2.x version mature enough – now, some developers are toying with the idea of developing Gtk+ 3. Gnome founder Miguel de Icaza comments on and criticizes the developments in his blog.
more »Preview: Gimp 2.6 Uses Gegl
Jul 15, 2008Version 2.6 of Gimp uses the Gegl library, which can display up to 32 bit color depth.
A tutorial on the Gimpusers.com community website gives visitors the lowdown on next generation Gimp features.
more »GIMP Improving digital images with the GNU Image Manipulation Program
Jul 10, 2008GIMP is great for fixing digital images. We’ll show you how to correct washed-out or under-exposed images and white balance.
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The Next Major Release of Elementary OS Has Arrived
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KDE Plasma 5.27 Beta Is Ready for Testing
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Netrunner OS 23 Is Now Available
The latest version of this Linux distribution is now based on Debian Bullseye and is ready for installation and finally hits the KDE 5.20 branch of the desktop.
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New Linux Distribution Built for Gamers
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System76 Beefs Up Popular Pangolin Laptop
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Nobara Project Is a Modified Version of Fedora with User-Friendly Fixes
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Gnome 44 Now Has a Release Date
Gnome 44 will be officially released on March 22, 2023.
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Nitrux 2.6 Available with Kernel 6.1 and a Major Change
The developers of Nitrux have officially released version 2.6 of their Linux distribution with plenty of new features to excite users.
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Vanilla OS Initial Release Is Now Available
A stock GNOME experience with on-demand immutability finally sees its first production release.
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Critical Linux Vulnerability Found to Impact SMB Servers
A Linux vulnerability with a CVSS score of 10 has been found to affect SMB servers and can lead to remote code execution.