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KDE 4.7 Final Edition Released: Plasma Workspaces, Improved Multimedia


New icons in KDE Plasma

Last month we told you about the availability of KDE 4.7 Release Candidate which had some new features such as Grub integration with KDM, improved support for KWin on Mobile and other important performance improvements. The KDE team has now announced the availability of the final version of KDE 4.7. From the release announcement KDE…

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By Debjit
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Debian Wheezy To Introduce Multiarch Support


Debian Wheezy To Introduce Multiarch Support

Debian has announced that they are introducing support for multiarch in Debian Wheezy. Multiarch support means that that a Debian system will be able to install and run applications built for a different target system.

 Linux   News  

By Ricky

Boot to Gecko – Mozilla’s Project To Build A Web Based Operating System For Smartphones


Boot to Gecko – Mozilla’s Project To Build A Web Based Operating System For Smartphones

Mozilla has launched a new project called “Boot to Gecko”. The aim of this project is to develop a complete operating system for the open web. Unlike Google’s version of a web-based OS – the Chrome OS – Mozilla’s version is not aimed at netbooks. With Boot to Gecko, Mozilla is aiming for smartphones – and Android forms a part of their plan.

 Linux   News  

By Ricky

GNOME And KDE Fight Over The Name “System Settings”


GNOME And KDE Fight Over The Name “System Settings”

KDE SC has been using the name “System Settings” to refer to its application used to configure the system – such as time, font, theme etc. Now, a conflict has arisen because GNOME, too. has started using the same name – System Settings – for its application which was earlier known as the GNOME Control Center.

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By Ricky
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Oracle Acquires Ksplice – Drops Support For Fedora, Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS


Oracle Acquires Ksplice – Drops Support For Fedora, Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS

Oracle has acquired Ksplice. With the acquisition, Oracle will no longer provide Ksplice Uptrack as a separate product. It will be included as a part of Oracle Linux Premier Support.

 Linux   News  

By Ricky

Microsoft Makes A Video For Linux’s 20th Birthday


Microsoft Makes A Video For Linux’s 20th Birthday

This is a very unexpected but Microsoft has submitted a video to the Linux Foundation in celebration of the 20th birthday of Linux.

 Linux   Microsoft   Video  

By Ricky

Why Corporations Favor The Apache License Over The GPL/LGPL


Why Corporations Favor The Apache License Over The GPL/LGPL

The GNU/LGPL is very popular among independent developers and companies which mainly deals with open source software. The Apache License, on the other hand, is favored by the big corporations for their open source projects. In this article, we take a look at the difference between this two licenses to find out why.

 Linux   Opinion  

By Ricky

IBM Contributes Symphony To The Apache OpenOffice.org Project


IBM Contributes Symphony To The Apache OpenOffice.org Project

Tomorrow IBM will announce the donation of the source code of their free office suite – IBM Lotus Symphony – to the Apache OpenOffice.org.

 Linux   News  

By Ricky

How To Install 64-bit Flash Player 11 In Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narhwal”


A while back, Adobe has finally delivered on its promise and released a native 64-bit Flash Player for Linux. If you are on Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit and want to update to Flash Player 11, here is what you have to do.

 How-To   Linux  

By Ricky

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