Desktop News and Articles

The Ubuntu User Forum reports users with data loss after installing applications on the ext4 filesystem. Kernel developer Ted Ts'o is already on top of it.

A new update has vastly improved the stability of version 2.0 of the webvideo player Miro and the project website has counted its first 1.000.000 visitors.

The French Gendarmerie intends to save $50 million in switching from Windows to Ubuntu.

Kindle eBooks have been around since the '90's, and although sales are still uncertain, Amazon has now upped the ante by not only releasing version 2, but also publishing parts of the Linux source code.

The openSUSE team is abandoning its usual half-year release cycle and is planning its next versions for every eight months instead.

Zenwalk 6.0 has shown some real work: the project has separated from GNOME Office and MPlayer, brings a new desktop version and provides numerous optimizations.

Based on Debian's Lenny, version 3.5 of the Brazilian distro Dreamlinux has now been released.

The new Celtx 2.0 is based on Mozilla technology, but the commercialization of its Celtx Studios might alienate some potential users.