Annunciato il rilascio della seconda release candidate di FreeBSD 7.4.

The second Release Candidate for the FreeBSD 7.4 release cycle is now available. For this build only the amd64, i386, pc98, and sparc64 architectures are available. An initial set of pre-build packages are available on the DVD and CDROM images for the amd64 architecture. At the time the i386 images were created the two large meta-packages that are the bulk of what we normally provide (Gnome and KDE) were not available so there are some packages on the i386 images but what is there is not a reflection of what we expect to include with the final release. Several bugs we feel are critical enough to warrant fixing before the 8.2/7.4 releases are finalized, so the release will be delayed and we will be providing a third Release Candidate about a week from now.

Download dai mirror indicati a questa pagina, o direttamente da questi link FreeBSD-7.4-RC2-i386-dvd1.iso (1.145 MB),
FreeBSD-7.4-RC2-amd64-dvd1.iso.gz (2.029 MB).

OpenSuse 11.1 ha raggiunto il suo fine vita. Dopo il 13 gennaio non saranno più disponibili aggiornamenti, neanche gli aggiornamenti di sicurezza. Rilasciato il 18 dicembre 2008, openSUSE 11.1 includeva il kernel linux 2.6.27.7 , KDE 4.1.3 e 3.5.10, GNOME 2.24.1, Firefox 3.0.4 e OpenOffice 3. OpenSuse 11.2 raggiungerà il suo fine vita il prossimo 12 maggio 2011, OpenSuse 11.3 il 15 gennaio 2012.

Annunciato il rilascio di Kde 4.5.5, il quinto e ultimo aggiornamento alla ultima major release del popolare desktop Linux e Unix.

Today, KDE has issued a series of stable updates to the Plasma workspaces, the various applications and the KDE development frameworks, versioned 4.5.5. Between 4.5.4 and 4.5.5 there have been 54 commits to the codebase, so the somewhat meagre changelog does not include all the fixes. The usual rules apply, so this update only includes bugfix and translation update. KDE recommends everyone running 4.5.4 or earlier versions to install this update.

Annunciato il rilascio della seconda release candidate di Kde, ambiente grafico (desktop environment) per sistemi unix, linux e bsd. Nella RC2 sono stati corretti alcuni bug e sono stati inseriti gli aggiornamenti di traduzione. Il rilascio della versione finale di Kde 4.6 è previsto per il 26 gennaio.

Annunciato il rilascio della prima release candidate di KDE 4.6, nome in codice "Caramel", desktop environment per sistemi Unix, Linux, BSD. È previsto il rilascio di una seconda release candidate per il 5 gennaio 2011, prima del rilascio della versione finale previsto per il 26 gennaio 2011.

Right before christmas, KDE has published the first candidate for the upcoming release of KDE 4.6.0. The focus at this stage is on fixing bugs and completing translations and artwork. As such, the rework of the Oxygen icon set is nearing completion, many bugs reported by testers in the past weeks have been fixed and stabilization is still in full swing. KDE's release team has decided to not include the new release of KDE-PIM, containing the Kontact groupware client and the new KMail2 which is based on the Akonadi groupware cache in this release due to open issue with migration of large sets of data from the traditional client. These bugs are being worked on as we speak, but the risk at this point is too high to include the new Kontact in the 4.6.0 release.

Annunciato il rilascio della quinta milestone di OpenSuse 11.4. Download a partire da questa pagina, o direttamente da questi link
openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0957-i686.iso (690 MB, torrent),
openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0957-i686.iso (684 MB, torrent),
openSUSE-KDE-LiveCD-Build0957-x86_64.iso (700 MB, torrent),
openSUSE-GNOME-LiveCD-Build0957-x86_64.iso (683 MB, torrent).

• Kernel 2.6.37rc5-12 is the basis of M5, including the famous "200 line" per tty task groups patch to improve desktop interactivity, and featuring the almost-complete removal of the so-called 'Big Kernel Lock', which should improve scalability. This kernel supports new drivers, including Broadcom wireless and updated open-source graphics drivers, and a host of the usual other improvements.
• Libzypp 8.10.2 adds improved support and fixes for metalinks, the multiple download URL specification.
• On the desktop, the KDE Platform makes the leap to version 4.6 beta with many improvements in the UI and underlying infrastructure. This includes a complete rewrite of Kontact and is undergoing heavy testing. There is a serious chance KDE PIM 4.6 will not make it into the final openSUSE 11.4 release, testing and development is needed!
• KOffice is updated to 2.3 RC superseding beta1, including the exciting Krita natural media painting app. Meanwhile OpenOffice.org is removed, having been succeeded by LibreOffice which is updated to 3.3.0.1.
• GNOME 2.32.1 is now available as the 2.32.2 is the final version planned for openSUSE 11.4, which is notable for being the last stable release before GNOME 3 in March.

Annunciato il rilascio della prima beta di PC-BSD 8.2. Note di rilascio disponibili a questa pagina. Download dai mirror indicati a questa pagina, oppure direttamente da questi link
PCBSD8.2-BETA1-x86-DVD.iso (3,554 MB),
PCBSD8.2-BETA1-x64-DVD.iso (3,769 MB).

The PC-BSD team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 8.2-BETA1 which is running FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE, X.Org 7.5, and KDE 4.5.4. Version 8.2 contains a number of enhancements and improvements. Some of the notable changes are: added ability to select file system type and to encrypt partitions during installation; added ability to change hostname from installer; numerous fixes and improvements to NetworkManager, including 3G support and ability to enable/disable the lagg interface. Everyone is encouraged to test this beta and to report any bugs to the testing mailing list. Instructions for beta testers can be found in the PC-BSD Handbook.

Annunciato il rilascio di PCLinuxOS 2010.12.

PCLinuxOS 2010.12 holiday CDs are now available for KDE, GNOME, LXDE, Xfce and Enlightenment desktops featuring the latest updates from the PCLinuxOS software repository. All CDs feature Linux kernel 2.6.33.7bfs for maximum desktop performance, NVIDIA and ATI fglrx driver support, multimedia playback support for many popular formats, wireless support for many network devices, and printer support for many local and networked printer devices. 'Addlocale' allows you to convert PCLinuxOS into over 60 languages. 'GetOpenOffice' can install OpenOffice.org supporting over 100 languages. 'MyLiveCD' allows you to take a snapshot of your installation and burn it to a live CD or DVD. PCLinuxOS 'liveusb' allows you to install PCLinuxOS on a USB key disk.

Download possibile dai link indicati a questa pagina, o utilizzando i torrent disponibili a questa pagina.

Appena una settimana dopo il rilascio della seconda beta, Oracle ha rilasciato la terza beta di VirtualBox 4.0. Download possibile da questa pagina.

The following items were added/fixed since VirtualBox 4.0.0 Beta 2:

• Solaris hosts: another fix for installing ExtPacks on Solaris
• Solaris hosts: properly register mime types
• GUI: fixed a crash if maximizing a guest window is not allowed
• GUI: remember recent mounted mediums
• GUI: fixed additions mounting
• GUI: added hint how to get out of the scale mode
• GUI: fixed black fullscreen minitoolbar on KDE4 hosts (bug #5449)
• GUI: allow to update / downgrade / reinstall ExtPacks
• 3D support: fixed incorrect rendering for some d3d8/9 apps
• 3D support: fixed OpenGL support for 32bit apps on 64bit Windows XP SP2
• 3D support: fixed installation on Linux without DKMS
• 3D support: fixed OpenGL support for libMesa 7.9
• VGA: fixed crash when booting VMs with older additions
• OVA: allow individual files greater 8GB
• Storage: performance optimization by not using our own block cache for read-only mediums
• BIOS: implemented multi-sector reading, speeds up booting of certain guests (e.g. Solaris)
• VMM: fixed FreeBSD 8.1 boot hang for unrestricted guest execution with VT-x
• VMM: fixed performance regression for 32-bit SMP guests (VT-x + nested paging)
• VMM: fixed performance regression (VT-x with preemption timer only)
• VMM: improved fix for blocking NMIs triggered by active performance counters (Linux hosts in non-VT-x/AMD-V mode only; bug  #7819)
• User Manual: Windows help file (.chm) is searchable again
• Windows Additions: fixed Windows 2000 guests (4.0.0 Beta 1 regression)
• Solaris Additions: fixed guest X11 drivers
• Solaris Additions: fixed unexpected termination of VBoxService
• Linux Additions: fixed xorg.conf patching for older Linux (3.2.12 regression)

Il team KDE ha annunciato il rilascio della seconda beta di KDE SC 4.6, nome in codice "Caramel". Dei 1318 bug segnalati nella prima beta 1176 sono stati corretti in questa seconda beta. La pagina di informazioni relativa a questa seconda beta è questa. Il rilascio della versione finale di KDE 4.6 è previsto per il 26 gennaio 2011.