“Welcome to Lucid Lynx Alpha 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.” New features: “The default search engine has been changed to Yahoo! The default home page will use either Google or Yahoo! depending on user setting. Alpha 3 includes the 2.6.32 kernel based on 2.6.32.8. Alpha 3 of Kubuntu features the new KDE SC 4.4. The nouveau video driver is now the default for NVIDIA hardware, this driver provides kernel mode setting, which will give improved resolution detection. We now feature built-in integration with Twitter, identi.ca, Facebook, and other social networks with the MeMenu in the panel.” It runs smooth on my computer, boots up a lot quicker than Ubuntu 9.04!
Monthly Archive for February, 2010
FrostWire is a free Gnutella and bittorrent client based on LimeWire distributed under terms of the GPL. FrostWire available for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux. The bittorrent engine in FrostWire has got a major overhaul in this release. Continue reading ‘FrostWire 4.20.1′
PeaZip is an open source file and archive manager. Flexibe, portable, secure, and free as in freedom. PeaZip 3.0 was released today, featuring better system integration on Windows, with context menu entries capable of handling multiple input in a single instance of the program, and the capability of re-configuring the system integration (file associations, menu entries) from Options > Settings. Continue reading ‘PeaZip 3.0′
Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr. Pidgin can be extended using plugins. Continue reading ‘Pidgin 2.6.6′
Based on Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala, Linux 2.6.31, KDE 4.3.4 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 8 “Helena” KDE CE features a lot of improvements and the latest software from the Open Source World. You can read about what’s new here. Continue reading ‘Linux Mint 8 KDE’
Recuva pronounced “recover” is a freeware utility to restore files that have been accidentally deleted from your computer. This includes files emptied from the Windows Recycle bin as well as images and other files that have been deleted by user error from digital camera memory cards or MP3 players. It will even bring back files that have been deleted by bugs, crashes and viruses! Like all other Piriform products including CCleaner, Recuva is free for both commercial and personal use. Continue reading ‘Recuva 1.35.472′
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for computers that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools. An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins. Continue reading ‘Paint.NET 3.5.3 beta build 3865′
µTorrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint. It was designed to use as little cpu, memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients.
>> Read about what’s new in µTorrent 2.0
>> Download µTorrent 2.0
VideoLAN is an excellent multimedia player with it’s own plugins for playing different formats, so it doesn’t need any codecs to be installed. It works great for previewing partially downloaded files too as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. Continue reading ‘VLC media player 1.0.5′