Posts Tagged ‘Linux’
openSUSE 11.1 Beta 1 released
openSUSE 11.1 Beta 1 is now available for download and testing. Some of the important changes; Linux kernel 2.6.27rc5. GNOME 2.24 and KDE 4.1.x will be the default desktop choices. KDE 3.5.10 will still available under the “other window managers” section. I’m not a big fan of KDE 4 yet but for testing I’ll take [...]
VLC media player 0.9.2
The best media player in my book, VLC has a new version out. Like WL it’s my player of choice on both my Linux and Windows machines. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/1732418[/vimeo] Read the changelog while you download the installer.
Dropbox launched to public
Dropbox has finally come out of beta and is now available to everyone. With the public launched the company also introduced their open source Linux client which integrates seamlessly with nautilus and with a bit of work, KDE too. Get dropbox now. There is also a dedicated client for the iPhone. I guess with Dropbox [...]
Dropbox client now available for Linux
The folks at dropbox released the much anticipated Linux client yesterday. Currently it’s designed as a nautilus extension. Support for Konqueror should be available soon. The nautilus extension is opensource but the dropboxd daemon which keeps the files in sync is closed source. Packages for Ubuntu and Fedora are available for download. For other distros you’ll need [...]
Google Chrome
Google released it’s own web browser “Google Chrome” yesterday. Why the need for a new browser? Google felt that the browser has not evolved too much since the old days and to support today’s web applications browsers will need to be re-engineered. Google decided to wipe the slate clean and start over with Google Chrome [...]
