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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 02, 2008 (14:05:44) |
It may be too late to write this now, but for the benefit of those not already aware, Microsoft has apparently chosen to support ODF over OOXML in Office 2007. What a joy - or not. Details are vague as of now, but at least we know that ODF is now serious business and Microsoft, in whatever manner, is considering to support it natively.
"Microsoft today announced that it would update Office 2007 to natively support ODF 1.1, but not to implement its own OOXML format. Moreover, it would also join both the OASIS ODF working group as well as the ISO/IEC JTC1 working group that has control of the ISO/IEC version of ODF. Implementation of DIS 29500, the ISO/IEC JTC 1 version of OOXML that has still not been publicly released will await the release of Office 14, the ship date of which remains unannounced."
There are still questions that need answers, and you can take a look at them in the following article published at least two weeks earlier: www.consortiuminfo.org...1092930864 |
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Posted by schivmeister on Thursday, April 24, 2008 (16:06:31) |
So we have another release from Ubuntu, this time with more goodies in stock:
Long Term Support
Better Tango compliance
Compiz improvements
Vinagre VNC client
PulseAudio (replacing ESD)
With this 8.04 long-term-support version, perhaps, things are getting better. There is, however, a silent moan from somewhere blue. Yes, we're talking about the KDE *buntu guys. Due to the soon-to-be-deprecated KDE 3 and yet-to-be-widely-adopted KDE 4, Kubuntu is not an LTS release. Despite the fact, we're sure these guys will be more than happy with the remix version which includes the spanking new K Desktop Environment.
"Ubuntu 8.04 LTS raises the bar on the Linux desktop experience. It includes the latest, stable version of many core products, and in that spirit is the first distribution to bring Mozilla Firefox 3 (Beta 5) to millions of users. The combination of Linux and Firefox make Ubuntu 8.04 LTS a superb web desktop, with fast browsing and greatly reduced exposure to viruses, web forgery and spyware."
Release notes
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Posted by schivmeister on Friday, April 04, 2008 (13:52:33) |
Well, not to get anyone's hopes up or anything but it has come to our attention that the Singapore Linux Meetup Group (SLMG), along with the Linux User Group Singapore (LUGS), are planning an event to (finally) raise awareness of free software come September.
"Just want to mention that subsequent to the Mar 08 meetup, I have made contact with Linux User Group Singapore and we are in principle agreeable to make this happen."
As you can see, there isn't much information to scrutinize yet. What we can gather from this is that the event will be part of the initiative behind Software Freedom Day. There will be things like an installfest, talks, exhibitions, and uhh..apparently a Hackathon too. Whatever it is, let's just hope that this hackppens.
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Posted by schivmeister on Friday, January 11, 2008 (17:24:18) |
Finally, after months of high anticipation and hopes, the K Desktop Environment team has announced the stable release of the fourth major version today. It "marks both the end of the long and intensive development cycle leading up to KDE 4.0 and the beginning of the KDE 4 era", and the developers deserve more than just a round of applause.
There have definitely been improvements of equal magnitude in almost every area, no doubt that it "breaks binary compatibility" with previous versions. You can find out more from their official announcement.
"Lots of KDE Applications have seen improvements as well. Visual updates through vector-based artwork, changes in the underlying libraries, user interface enhancements, new features, even new applications -- you name it, KDE 4.0 has it."
Distributions of Linux and GNU have been showing off "previews" of this new KDE for a while now, triggering both praise and criticism - albeit to a little extent - from the (free) software community. Some though, like Arch Linux, will have 4.0 in testing repositories before being available as stable.
With that said, although alpha and beta stages are now over, it has yet to be seen whether KDE 4.0 is able to live up to its hype. Nevertheless, it's a job well done thanks to everyone behind the project and of course, Google.
Read more here.
Discuss here. |
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Posted by schivmeister on Thursday, September 20, 2007 (18:21:00) |
With AMD's recent announcements on open-source and their involvement, it sounds almost too good to be true that after we nearly gave up hope on their graphics drivers, the community is soon going to get full support from AMD. Wait, that's not the juicy part yet. The community is soon going to get full open-source support!
"AMD is buttering up the Linux desktop camp by announcing details of a major scheme to support the open-source development community for ATI Radeon graphics chips on Linux desktops.
AMD plans to provide an open-source information and development package supporting the ATI Radeon HD 2000 and Radeon X1000 series of graphics processing units (GPU) on Linux desktops."
The article goes on to mention that work will go into 2D first, then 3D in the coming months. For this, the microprocessor company has teamed up with the Suse Linux engineering division.
A more recent piece of news questions the impact this could have on the Linux market. AMD will not only support open-source development and provide specifications for their chips, but documentation is also going to be part of the package.
Will this decrease the disadvantages we have when it comes to content? We can only tell that as long as there is closed-source content and unwilling parties (hint: nVidia), there is going to be little improvement. Nevertheless, this is really good news and we may be getting closer to having more games support too. Well, looks like Stallman's statement on AMD has been justified further now.
Discuss here. |
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Posted by schivmeister on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 (02:07:23) |
Yes, the big bang of KDE is coming. If there were any prior big bangs in KDE, this one is definitely the biggest yet. Wait, I meant to say "the big bang of Linux".
According to this report, there is a big bag (read: bag, not bang) of "shiny" new things to come. That means our wait is truely going to be worthwhile, with all the new "Plasma" and "Oxygen" and so on. These words do sound shiny, no?
"KDE 4.0 is bringing exhilarating graphical, usability, and functionality improvements to the Unix-like systems it is designed for—and Windows users will get a taste, too."
Furthermore, this new KDE is going to be as much cross-platform as open-source can be. With Google backing up the KDE project, a lot of work has been going in for some time now. An interesting fact to note is that Desktop Environments these days, especially GNOME and KDE, are more "centralized" than what could be blasphemous to the GNU philosophy - but this kind of centralization is an exception, as noted:
"The unification of all these packages into a single project serves a valuable purpose. Open source development is notorious for forks, fractures, and, generally, a smorgasbord of competition that, many believe, confuses users and detracts from the progress of individual projects. Desktop environments establish uniform development frameworks that provide a robust base that makes application development less a process of reinventing-the-wheel while also encouraging consistency, integration, and quality assurance in the applications built on top of them."
The article does some good explanation and introduction of the whole Desktop Environment thing, so give it a good read. It fills us in on what to expect and also provides a few enlightening facts.
Although the screenshots look like they have a hint of "alpha" work somewhere along some bad aliased corners, they are no doubt impressive and portray a good deal of visual improvement. Add some good depth, refreshing colours, just one nice font and you have a desktop sexier than Mac OS Leopard.
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Posted by schivmeister on Thursday, July 12, 2007 (01:24:27) |
More tension has been brewing as we count the days since the release of GPLv3. Creator of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, has criticized the authors of this new version of the General Public License.
"Linux creator Linus Torvalds said the authors of a new software license expected to be used by thousands of open source programmers are a bunch of hypocrites and likened them to religious fanatics -- the latest sign of a growing schism in the open source community between business-minded developers like Torvalds and free software purists."
Source
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Posted by schivmeister on Wednesday, July 04, 2007 (00:59:40) |
Version 12 of Slackware GNU/Linux was released on the 2nd of July, touting XFCE 4.4.1, KDE 3.5.7 and HAL. Other highlights include X11 (X.Org) 7.2.0 and the 2.6.21.5 Linux kernel.
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...announcing Slackware version 12.0!
Since we've moved to supporting the 2.6 kernel series exclusively (and
fine-tuned the system to get the most out of it), we feel that Slackware
12.0 has many improvements over our last release (Slackware 11.0) and is a
must-have upgrade for any Slackware user. |
Please read the official announcement here.
Discuss here!
Thanks to BaltO for the notice. |
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Posted by farbird on Thursday, May 10, 2007 (03:58:29) |
Latest Kernel to address updated module drivers with new paravirtualization features..
Most notable change will be support for Tickless idle loop mechanism aka Dynticks
More here in our forums <------- Click here to read more
News Source here <---Thanks to Balto for the heads up. |
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Posted by schivmeister on Monday, April 09, 2007 (14:40:28) |
After months of delays, internal unrest and conflicting mindsets, the Debian GNU/Linux team has released the long-awaited version 4, more popularly known as "Debian Etch".
The release marks a new era in GNU/Linux distribution, with Linspire's shift from its parent base to Ubuntu's and news articles claiming "Debian is dead". Certainly, Debian is not dead and it will hopefully regain its popularity (how small or big) with this new version.
Many of you may even have forgotten Debian still exists, so here's its cry for aknowledgement, highlighting Etch (release notes): www.debian.org/News/2007/20070408
"The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed etch, after 21 months of constant development."
In related news, Debian 3.1 "Sarge" has just been updated also. Read about it: www.debian.org/News/2007/20070407
"This update mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections to serious problems. Those who frequently update from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are included in this update."
Discuss here. |
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Posted by farbird on Tuesday, April 03, 2007 (15:00:38) |
Recent developments to create opportunities for the XBOX360 to run homebrew has resulted in an exploit that was discovered.
It all started with the XBOX360 enthusiasts finding out about this little thing known as the HYPERVISOR.
WIKIPEDIA defines the HyperVisor as "a small piece of code with even higher privileges than the more complex operating system. In theory, even potential flaws in the operating system cannot be exploited since the hypervisor puts up additional restrictions."
However, one unknown hacker managed to dwell on it long enough to uncover a flaw on some of the kernels of the XBOX360, which presented itself as an exploit to the HyperVisor encryption.
With the following criteria satisfied, anyone can run UBUNTU on their XBOX360.
1) XBOX360 console with Hitachi drives
2) Upgraded DVD firmware on XBOX360 DVD drive
3) XBOX360 Kernel version 4532 or 4548
4) Modified/Patched version of the XBOX360 game "King Kong"
5) Linux LIVE CD for XBOX360 [ There is already one from Gentoo that is available ]
No proof without video..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKNjEZsYEPo |
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Posted by farbird on Monday, March 12, 2007 (06:15:41) |
After a long while, NVIDIA has released their new drivers for Linux!
Here are the release versions update
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Linux IA32
Latest Version: 1.0-9755
Latest Legacy GPU version: 1.0-7184
Linux IA64
Latest Version: 1.0-5336
Linux AMD64/EM64T
Latest Version: 1.0-9755
Latest Legacy GPU Version: 1.0-7184
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Thanks to CuteRabbit for the heads up.. |
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Posted by farbird on Wednesday, February 21, 2007 (11:15:52) |
In view of the recent developments in virtualization technologies, it make sense to create a forum section on this topic..
New players such as Parallels and VirtualBox gives more choices for users wanting to install Microsoft's OS or another OS within their linux machine.
It will be listed under "Applications" in relevance such that the virtualization application needs to run before the guest OS can be booted. |
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Posted by farbird on Friday, February 16, 2007 (11:49:43) |
SGLNX.com wishes all members a Happy Lunar New Year!
Don't forget to show off your Beryl to your relatives when they are visiting you...
Wishing all a prosperous Lunar New Year! |
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Posted by admin on Friday, February 09, 2007 (07:16:36) |
http://www.virtualbox.org/
Released as Open Source in January 2007. InnoTek's VIRTUAL BOX has chosen to release its source code under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Virtual Box allows a variety of "guest" operating systems such as "Windows xp/vista/NT/Server2k3, Linux 2.4/2.6, OpenBSD,etc" on either windows or linux as host's OS.
This seems to be a serious competitor the the VM products currently in the market and there's even a Mac version in development, proving itself a serious competition the the currently available non-free retail version of "Parallels"
Currently 2 editions are available for public download.
Namely the :
1) Free "Full VirtualBox" package which is available for public download in it binary form
2) VirtualBox Open Source Edition (OSE) which is released under GPL and comes with complete source code.
More about the difference of editions here
Discuss here
A good review and comparison with 2 other VM applications is provided by Linux gamers here
Thanks to Balto for providing the linux gamer link. |
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Posted by teck on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 (15:45:00) |
The Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group are merging to form the Linux Foundation which will provide services that allow open-source products to effectively compete with those of proprietary platforms like Microsoft Windows.
The Linux Foundation Web
More articles on the new Linux Foundation
www.eweek.com/article2...939,00.asp
www.eweek.com/article2...X1K0000616
References:
Orginal article by Peter Galli from eWeek.com, January 21, 2007 |
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Posted by farbird on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 (19:12:10) |
It was reported recently on Slashdot that there was this guide floating around on the internet which will allow Linux users to be able to install and run Internet Explorer 7 seamlessly without needed to go through the Windows Genuine Advantage, WGA, check.
This also means that web programmers that do web design are now able to test their webpages across different browsers without investing in VMWare.
This process makes use of the ever popular "IEs 4 Linux" installer and will allow versions of IE 5-7 to be installed.
More details on this guide from WebExpose is HERE
Can the world live without IE? Can we give up ActiveX sessions in our daily bandwidth usage?
Discuss HERE
Do post a thread if you have something to say about this subject. |
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Posted by schivmeister on Saturday, December 30, 2006 (17:47:10) |
An article popped up recently on the cosmetic differences - or lack thereof - between Linux and Windows.
Nongeek Perspective article
The article concentrates on how beneficial those "Windows-like" Linux distros are to the community. Most will feel that on one hand we have the satisfied group of new users who feel just as close to home as when they were using Microsoft Windows, and on the other, the prominent linux fanboys cursing these so-called easy imitations.
Would these mimic lindows distros creators be trying to claim that either way, Linux can't achieve anything without the big player?
Recent events such as the Microsoft/Novell pact can't help provide an honest answer either.
So it is necessary that linux mimick windows?
Discuss HERE |
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Posted by admin on Sunday, December 17, 2006 (15:36:09) |
Amidst the Novell/Microsoft collaboration, OpenSUSE announced its version 10.2.
Listed below are most of the the features... with most notably its lifetime, appearing to promise users limited support of up to 2 years for this release. ( aka LTS ?? )
1) Available for i386, x86_64 and PowerPC architectures.
2) Package groupings are handled differently, 10.2 will use Patterns instead of selections.
3) Numerous improvements to the package manager stack, including a new update notification applet (opensuse-updater) and a console application called zypper which are both non-ZMD based.
4) Linux kernel 2.6.18.2, using only SMP kernels
5) Glibc 2.5
6) X.Org 7.2rc2
7) Using opensync instead of multisync for much better syncing
integration of powermanagement features into hal
support to install multiple gcc versions in parallel
8) Removal of several unneeded SuSEconfig scripts
9) No reboot after CD1, display of slideshow during all media
autoconf 2.60
10) bison 2.3
11) gcc 4.1.2 cvs
12) gdb 6.5
13) make 3.81
14) both KDE and GNOME feature improved start menus compared to upstream
15) additional CD with non-tier 1 languages
16) 2 years lifetime
More release notes HERE <------
Source of article from OpenSUSE site HERE <-----
Discuss HERE <-------- |
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Posted by admin on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 (04:34:34) |
Hot off the press and delivering its promise made some time ago to its users and developers, Sun has made JAVA opensource!
It has made its Java free under the GNU General Public License version two (GPLv2)
Currently released source codes are namely:
1) Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE)
2) Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME)
3) Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE) [ to be added ]
This announcement of going GPLv2 is one of the largest source code contribution considering the amount of devices currently using JAVA.
Making it opensource will mean also more collaboration with developers of Java applications. GPLv2 will also mean that now the Java Development Kit [JDK] can be found in Linux distros/repositories very soon.
Sun Press Release Article HERE! <-----
Discuss HERE <----- |
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Posted by farbird on Monday, October 30, 2006 (04:41:01) |
Ubuntu's Edgy Eft 6.10 is now available for download.
Released at the same period of time as Redhat's FC6, this gives linux users a choice of 2 newest and most popular distributions to play with this Fall.
Though Ubuntu's 6.10 aka Edgy Eft was not meant for LTS(Long Term Support), Canonical Ltd (Parent company behind Ubuntu) still is committed to maintain security updates for Edgy Eft for the next 18 months. This is good news for all its users.
For users wanting to use Edgy Eft as a fully functional desktop machine, this latest release comes with these selected features worth mentioning:
1) Tomboy, an easy note-taking tool.
2) F-Spot, a photo management program that is able to interface with Flickr directly.
3) GNOME 2.16, with general improvements and new features such as enhanced power management.
4) Upstart, a cleaner replacement start-up manager with better eye-candys and faster boot time .
5) New Firefox 2.0 Web browser wih tons of new features listed here.
6) Smarter security features, which can prevent many security vulnerabilities & exploits.
7) Evolution 2.8.0, the latest version of Linux's most popular mail/calendar client
Working closely with Intel, Canonical's Mark Shuttlework also said that the latest Ubuntu now has better support for Intel's Core Duo Processors, 965 Express GPU chipset and Intel Centrino WIFI technology.
6.10 versions of Kubuntu and Edubuntu are also available for download.
Download Edgy Eft HERE <-----
Discuss HERE <----
Source : Desktop Linux |
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Posted by admin on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 (20:19:40) |
Redhat's Fedora Core announced it v6.
Codenamed "ZOD".
If Ubuntu is Linux for Human Beings, then ZOD must be for all Earthlings.
Jokes aside, the FC6 release comes with the following features worth mentioning.
1. New DejaVU font for improved look and feel
2. Compiz Window Manager [ AIGLX ]
3. Gnome 2.16 and KDE 3.53
4. GNU Cash 2.0 accounting application
5. Dogtail : a desktop graphical test and automation framework
6. Puplet : an update applet for YUM with user notifications
7. More features of this new release here <---
Download FC6 via torrent here <----
Discuss HERE <-----
Thanks to eatsleeplim for notifying the SGLiNuX community
PS : FC6 also released its LIVECD/DVD version known as LIVE-SPIN around the same time.
Download LIVECD/DVD ISOs HERE <---- |
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Posted by admin on Friday, October 20, 2006 (19:55:24) |
Codenamed Edgy Eft, or better known a 6.10,
The most popular linux OS, Ubuntu has outdone itself again, providing a release candidate just days before the scheduled actual release of Ubuntu 6.10.
According to official site of Ubuntu here, it specifically states that this release candidate is considered to be complete, stable and suitable for testing by any user.
Current users of Dapper Drake [ Ubuntu 6.06 ] can choose to upgrade to this release candidate without installing from scratch.
The final official release of Edgy Eft [ Ubuntu 6.10 ] is scheduled to be out by 26th October 2006 and will come with 18 months of support.
Dapper Drake [ Ubuntu 6.06 ] is the only version of Ubuntu with long term support.
Discuss Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft HERE <-----
Thanks to eatsleeplim for the heads-up. |
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Posted by admin on Friday, October 20, 2006 (05:26:30) |
Finally, Flash 9 is now availabe for linux users.
Though it's still in its beta version. Most users have tested it and Flash 9 sites now work.
Download HERE <-----
Current release is only for 32bits.
64bits users have to use the 32bit variant first
Discuss HERE!<----
Admin note : There has been some complaints about audio not playing in flash 9 sites. If you do encounter these problems, please provide your comments HERE! <---- |
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Posted by admin on Monday, October 09, 2006 (04:28:55) |
Game console maker Nintendo recently revealed another feature of their WII gaming console which Nintendo commits to be in continual development to its operating system via operating system updates.
Nintendo spokesperson, Takeda, also looks forward to this feature being able to expand and diversify ways which its users will enjoy games in the future.
Source : Nintendo talks about updatable linux OS on WII
The Nintendo WII gaming system is the most hyped gaming console based on linux which will be released very soon in November 2006.
More on WII here at NINTENDO's site
Discuss HERE <---- |
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Posted by admin on Thursday, October 05, 2006 (04:06:48) |
Slackware Linux 11 is out.
Most notable feature will be option for users to use either the lightweight XFCE 4.2.3.2 or the latest KDE 3.5.4 desktop environment.
Kernel used for this release is 2.4.33.3 for advanced features such as
- ReiserFS journaling filesystem
- ATA RAID volume support
- SATA support
- kernel support for X DRI (the Direct Rendering Interface for high speed 3d hardware)
More here : SOURCE <-----
Discuss HERE <----- |
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Posted by farbird on Saturday, September 30, 2006 (14:46:27) |
A new subsection for web links has been created at the SGLNX.com site.
This facilitates users to add in useful links so that other visitors to the site can benefit.
To access the page, click on the url that says "Link" on the left side block
[ It's right under "SGLNX Forums" ]...
Currently, it contains a few categories such as :
Linux News Sites,
Personal Blogs Sites,
Mirror Sites.
More will be added whenever necessary..
Current members do feel free to add in relevant url for the benefit of other members. |
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Posted by admin on Friday, September 29, 2006 (18:18:25) |
The public beta version of CrossOver 6.0 was released.. providing support for running games and applications.
Games such as World of Warcraft, Half Life 2 and the ever popular Counterstrike are now more playable with CrossOver 6.0 beta.
Though still not a proper production version, CodeWeavers' CEO, Jeremy White, said that there are still many issues remaining to be resolved before they are comfortable to consider it for release.
This beta version of CrossOver 6.0 also allows the following business applications to be launched:
Outlook 2003, Flash Player 9, Visio 2003, and Microsoft Project 2003.
White also added that "unsupported" applications may run just fine as this current release contains quite a number of bug-fixes and improvements over the last 5.0.3 version.
Wanna testdrive this public beta version?
Click HERE <----- to download and install.
Discuss about CrossOver HERE <------ |
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Posted by admin on Thursday, September 28, 2006 (09:01:52) |
Mandriva will be releasing its latest product aka Mandriva 2007!
Main features of this latest distro will be its AIGLX & XGL 3D accelerated desktop. It is currently the only distro to have these 2 features built in.
The distro will also automatically detect the 3D hardware and install the best driver for the GFX card.
The following will be part of this distro
- kernel 2.6.17
- GCC 4.1
- GNOME 2.16
- KDE 3.5.4
- glibc 2.4
- Xen 3.0
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7
- OpenOffice.org 2.0.3
- Invictus Firewall
- LinDVD
Discuss HERE |
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