OpenSUSE 12.1 ships with GNOME 3.2, SystemD, Snapper, Go tools

Calendar June 18, 2012 | Posted by admin

The OpenSUSE project released OpenSUSE 12.1, featuring Linux 3.1, GNOME 3.2, KDE 4.7, plus support for KDE’s “OwnCloud” cloud platform. OpenSUSE 12.1 introduces the SystemD configuration utility and Google’s Go programming language, and integrates a Btrfs-based “Snapper” tool for rolling back system updates and configuration changes.
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Linux Mint 12 ships as distro’s popularity soars

Calendar June 9, 2012 | Posted by admin

The Mint project released the final Linux Mint 12 (“Lisa”), which offers “MGSE” extensions to GNOME 3.2 that let users create a more GNOME 2.3x-like environment. Based on Ubuntu 11.10 and Linux 3.0, Linux Mint 12 features upgrades to Firefox 7.0, LibreOffice 3.4.3 and Thunderbird 7.0.1.
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CentOS 5.6 ships as Red Hat preps cloud app platform

Calendar April 20, 2011 | Posted by admin

The CentOS project announced CentOS 5.6, which clones the vast majority of features found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.6, including its full embrace of the Ext4 filesystem. Meanwhile, Red Hat will announce a new cloud application-building platform at its Red Hat Summit May 3.
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