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Short Bytes: Canonical’s Adam Conrad has announced the Ubuntu 17.04 release codenamed Zesty Zapus. New features of Ubuntu 17.04 include Linux kernel 4.10, driverless printing support, GNOME Core Apps 3.24, swap file new installations, etc. The ISOs of Ubuntu 17.04 and official flavors are now available for download. Canonical has announced the Ubuntu 17.04 release […]
Short Bytes: In a shocking development, Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth just announced that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will ditch Unity 8 and ship with GNOME desktop environment by default. He also said that Canonical is ending its investments in phone and convergence shell development. After a couple of Alpha and Beta releases of Ubuntu 17.04, which were called […]
Short Bytes: The latest release of Linux Lite operating system is now available for download. Based on Ubuntu 16.04.2 and Linux kernel 4.4, Linux Lite 3.4 is released after 5 months of development. It comes with new applications like Lite Updates Notify and zRam. The interested users can visit Linux Lite website to grab the ISO […]
Short Bytes: Oracle has announced the release of Oracle Linux 6.9. It’s the final update release of Oracle Linux 6 and it ships with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel and Red Hat Compatible Kernel. The notable feature additions of Oracle Linux 6.9 are TLS 1.2 support, availability of cpuid utility, etc. The interested users can download the ISO files […]
Short Bytes: Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus Final Beta is now available for download. Apart from the flagship Ubuntu Desktop with Unity, Kubuntu Ubuntu GNOME, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Budgie and Xubuntu have also taken part in this release. The Final Beta is powered by Linux kernel 4.10. The final stable release will […]
Short Bytes: Google is working on an open source operating system named Fuchsia. Recently, this Magenta kernel-based OS got its new logo. One of the developers also sent the first tweet from a Fuchsia device (emulator). There are indications that Google will target IoT, mobile and PC demographics with Fuchsia OS. Last year in August, we told […]
Short Bytes: Frozenbox Network has released Parrot Security OS 3.5 Ethical Hacking distribution. Based on Linux kernel 4.9.13 and Debian GNU/Linux 9 Stretch, this distro comes with many updated packages from Debian. Parrot 3.5 drops many packages, including gtkdialog, airmode, and penmode. The interested users can grab this release by visiting Parrot’s website. Parrot Security OS is often […]
Short Bytes: Texstar has rolled out the release of PCLinuxOS 2017.03 KDE Edition. This release is powered by Linux Kernel 4.9.3. It comes loaded with KDE Plasma 5.8.6 LTS desktop environment, KDE Frameworks 5.31.0 and, KDE Applications 16.12.2. The interested users can visit PCLinuxOS website and grab the LiveCD images for their 64-bit systems. PCLinuxOS is a popular […]
Short Bytes: Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus Beta 1 release is finally here. If you’re interested, you can go ahead and download the ISO images of the participating flavors, which are, Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, and Ubuntu Studio. Powered by Linux kernel 4.10, these releases feature the latest stable versions of their respective […]
Short Bytes: Rebellin Linux is a fast and lightweight Linux distro that’s developed for beginners. Its latest release, Rebellin Linux 3.5, has been released with Linux kernel 4.8. Based on Debian Sid, the ISO download of the distro are available in GNOME and MATE versions. Just last week, I published the latest list of the […]
Short Bytes: ToaruOS 1.0, the first stable release of hobby OS/kernel Toaru, has been finally released. This open source operating system is mostly written from scratch. It comes with composited GUI, dynamically linked ELF binaries, Python applications, networking, etc. The interested users can grab the source code from GitHub and download the Live CD for […]
Short Bytes: The Arch Linux devs have rolled out their freshly baked Arch Linux 2017.02.01 ISO images. This release is an important one as it’s the last ISO shipping with the support for 32-bit architecture. After this, future releases will only run on 64-bit machines. Powered by Linux kernel 4.9.6, the users can grab the images […]
Short Bytes: Canonical has released the second and only Alpha for Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus. The testing snapshots are available for download for Lubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu GNOME, and Ubuntu Budgie. Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus Alpha 2 images are based on Linux kernel 4.9. The final version of Ubuntu 17.04 will ship on April 13, […]
Short Bytes: There are many different operating systems around and they have their weaknesses. There’s a long-standing fun write-up that compares operating systems with airlines. It states that if you’re boarding Linux Air, you’ll end up having a great experience. There’s a very famous operating system and airlines analogy that’s been around for a long time. […]
Short Bytes: FreeDOS 1.2 operating system has been released by the FreeDOS project. The new release comes with many updated packages, DOS-compatible games, and a revamped installer which eases the setup process for new users. The FreeDOS Project’s founder Jim Hall has announced the latest release of the FreeDOS operating system after waiting for almost […]
Short Bytes: Parrot Security OS 3.3 has been released as a minor release with bug fixes and updated packages. Based on Debian GNU/Linux 9 Stretch, this ethical hacking Linux distribution features Linux kernel 4.8. The project has labeled version 3.3 as “just a working snapshot of the bigger work.” In our lists of the most […]
Short Bytes: SemiCode OS is a Linux distribution developed specifically for programmers and web developers. Based on Ubuntu 14.04, it uses the familiar GNOME desktop environment and comes preloaded with a good selection of developer tools. The early beta version, SemiCode OS v0.1, is available for download and testing. Very often Linux enthusiasts complain regarding […]
Short Bytes: A team of developers from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has created a Unix-like operating system for your web browser. It uses a JavaScript-based kernel and extends the JS runtimes for C, C++, Go, and Node.js programs. It also comes with a POSIX-like shell. The modern web browsers are great for playing videos, reading blogs, […]
Short Bytes: Ubuntu 17.04 is scheduled to release next year in April 13. It’ll be a short-term release that’ll be supported for 9 months. At the moment, we don’t know much about the detailed features coming with Ubuntu 17.04. However, it’s expected to showcase more capabilities of Unity 8 and push Snap packages even further. […]
Short Bytes: In December 2016, a big Linux distribution release is taking shape in the form of Linux Mint 18.1 Serena, flavored by Cinnamon 3.2. It’ll be accompanied by the release of security and privacy-focused Anonymous Live CD Tails 2.9. Upcoming Linux distro releases Linux Mint 18.1 Released Date: Late December Last week, the Linux Mint […]
Short Bytes: SUSE has released the first official 64-bit Linux-based operating system for Raspberry Pi 3. This release is basically a version of Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 that supports Raspberry Pi 3. The users need to visit SUSE’s website, make an account, and download the OS image. Raspberry Pi Foundation released the first 64-bit […]