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Cinnamon – New GUI for Mint 12

04 Jan

About a week ago while roaming around, i found this very interesting post on Mint Blog that showed a very new project that is aimed at improving the Linux Desktop experience. They are putting a lot into this project to make it more stable, eyecandy and user-friendly. It was mentioned on the blog that they started patching existing alternatives such as Gnome Shell, used MATE and MGSE to provide an easier transition away from Gnome 2, but without being able to truly offer an alternative that was better than Gnome 2. Both MATE and Gnome Shell are promising projects but MATE’s ultimate goal is to replicate Gnome 2 using GTK+ and Gnome Shell doesn’t provide what is needed in a desktop. So for these reasons they’re designing a new desktop called Cinnamon, which leverages new technology and implements their vision. See for yourself -

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GNOME 3 Shell in action

17 Nov

A small demonstration of the windows management in GNOME 3 shell.

 
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS named ‘Precise Pangolin’

06 Oct

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS has been pet-named ‘Precise Pangolin‘ and is expected to be released in April next year. Mark Shuttleworth blogs about this -

“There are lots of lovely candidates. 12.04 is an LTS. So we want it to be tough and long-lasting, reliable, solid as a rock and well defended. It’s also going to be the face of Ubuntu for large deployments for a long time, so we want it to have no loose ends, we want it to be coherent, neat.

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Kubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 Released

23 Sep

Kubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 just released has the latest KDE software including KDE 4.7.1 Plasma Workspaces and Applications. This release has undergone many changes regarding the latest updates, DE improvements and application updates. A few of them are listed below. This release is stable than the previous one but yet again we recommend you either use LiveCD or use Virtual machine for the testing purpose and wait till October for its  final release.

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Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 Released

23 Sep

Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 2 has been released and is ready for downloads. This release has Unity based upon the Gnome 3 desktop, Ubuntu Software Center has been redesigned and many applications have been upgraded to their latest stable versions. Curious fanatics of Ubuntu may run upgrades to get their beta 2 right away but we still recommend to wait for the stable release for production machines and test this one in VMs.

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Fuduntu 14.11 Released

22 Sep

Fuduntu is a light weight and fun Linux distribution that earns its name by its design to fit somewhere in-between Fedora and Ubuntu. It is designed to be aesthetically pleasing, and is optimized for Netbook and other portable computers. The quarterly installation i.e Fuduntu 14.11 is now available for downloads.  As with all Fuduntu releases, this release continues the tradition of small incremental improvements.  It is important to note that existing Fuduntu users will roll up to this version through the normal update process, and do not need to download or install from this media to benefit from this release.  This release is considered the first official Fuduntu “rolling release” ISO.

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Fuduntu 14.11 – Direct link – 32 bit & 64 bit.

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Ubuntu Studio 11.04 – The Multimedia Natty

30 Apr

Ubuntu Studio 11.04 Natty Narwhal, the highly customized derivative of Ubuntu for Artists, Musicians and other professionals is ready to use. Yes ! Ubuntu Studio 11.04 has been released and is ready for upgrade/ install. This time we have good news for Studio users, your default environment i.e Gnome is in-tact but you have full access to Ubuntu Unity if you want.  Many kernel and feature updates have been made to Ubuntu Studio for better performance while doing those heavy tasks. So, let your creativity fly …

 

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Lubuntu 11.04 Final Released

29 Apr

Lubuntu 11.04 is a faster, more lightweight and energy saving variant of Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal using LXDE, the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. The lubuntu team aims to earn official endorsement from Canonical and is aimed at low specs computer users who want to have Ubuntu as their mainstream operating system. The system requirements are quite low and the package selection has been done carefully so as to match the minimal system resources and thus maintaining max performace of the system during multitasking. Where Unity interface of Ubuntu requires 3D accelaration enabled for proper operation, Lubuntu can be run on system with graphics memory of only 32MB (tested). So, get ready for a feather-lite Ubuntu experience.

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