Posts Tagged “linux”
Linux Mint 9 Isadora
by zzillezz on May 19, 2010
Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable GNU/Linux desktop distribution. Based on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, Linux 2.6.32, Gnome 2.30 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 9 “Isadora” features a lot of improvements and the (…)
Linux Mint 9 rc
by zzillezz on May 5, 2010
Clem and the others from the Linux Mint team are hard at work getting the first release candidate of Linux Mint 9 out the door. Linux Mint 9 is based on Ubuntu 10.04. Read more for the whole kebab.
PCLinuxOS 2010
by zzillezz on April 25, 2010
PCLinuxOS 2010 – yes, it’s a stupid name – is now available for download. Features: Linux kernel 2.6.32.11-bfs for maximum desktop performance; full KDE 4.4.2 desktop; NVIDIA and ATI driver support; multimedia playback support for many popular formats; wireless support (…)
Ubuntu Lucid alpha 3
by zzillezz on February 26, 2010
“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 (…)
Linux Mint 8 KDE
by zzillezz on February 9, 2010
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.
Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox rc1
by zzillezz on January 31, 2010
Based on Linux Mint 8 Main Edition, Linux 2.6.31, Fluxbox 1.1.1 and Xorg 7.4, Linux Mint 8 Fluxbox CE features a full desktop experience while remaining low on resource usage. This release has been built with the emphasis on a (…)
Linux Mint 8 KDE rc1
by zzillezz on January 18, 2010
This is hot off the press: the first release candidate for the KDE edition of Linux Mint 8 is out! No word yet on the website, but you can already download it here (slow atm). Even better, download and share (…)
Desktop icons gone in Windows 7
by zzillezz on May 12, 2009
I’m having quite a peculiar problem: after I install a Linux distribution, my Windows 7 desktop icons and files don’t show up anymore on the desktop. The files and icons are not gone, they’re still on the hard drive, they (…)
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
by zzillezz on April 26, 2009
True to my tradition of posting about releases I find interesting, here’s Ubuntu’s latest offspring: 9.04 aka the Jaunty Jackalope. Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the (…)
Linux Mint 6 Felicia x64 rc1
by zzillezz on January 12, 2009
This x64 edition of Linux Mint 6 is almost identical to the Main Edition but compiled for 64 bit processors (Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core 2 Quad, AMD Athlon X2 64 and all x86-64 compliant processors). It comes with (…)