Annunciato il rilascio di VirtualDub 1.9.11 (versione stabile) e 1.10.0 (versione sperimentale), software freeware per il video editing. Download possibile a partire da questa pagina.

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.

Rilasciata Mandriva Linux 2010.2. Download a partire da questa pagina, o direttamente da questi link
mandriva-one-2010.2-KDE-i586.iso (692 MB),
mandriva-one-2010.2-GNOME-i586.iso (703 MB),
mandriva-linux-free-2010.2-i586.iso (3860 MB),
mandriva-linux-free-2010.2-x86_64.iso (3868 MB).

Mandriva 2010.2 is an incremental update on top of Mandriva 2010.1, incorporating all the security and bugfix updates since its release.

Just to give you some statistics about what changes in 2010.2 when comparing to 2010 Spring (also known as 2010.1), these are some of the numbers.

Since the 2010.1 release, the secteam has released a total of 5055 RPMs via official updates, counting both security and bugfix advisories, across 272 different packages.

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 di Sabayon Linux 5.4 "Gaming Edition". Download possibile dai mirror indicati a questa pagina, o direttamente da questi link
Sabayon_Linux_5.4_x86_Gaming.iso (4,245MB, torrent),
Sabayon_Linux_5.4_amd64_Gaming.iso (4,368MB, torrent).

Features list:

• Based on Sabayon Linux 5.4 GNOME (both amd64[64bit] and x86[32bit])
• Featuring the Linux Kernel 2.6.36 and all the bells and whistles that are in our repositories as of today
• Remastered thanks to the Sabayon's little helper called "molecule" (what an odd name for a dog)
• Filled with gazillions of games! The best Free Open Source (Free Software, yeah Mr. Stallman, who cares about names!) games of the Linux land

Games included: 0ad, Alien Arena 2011, Battle of Wesnoth, Foobillard, Freeciv, Frozen Bubble, GNOME Games, M.A.R.S. a ridiculous shooter, Micropolis, NeverBall, Nexuiz, OpenArena, Pingus, Pychess, Scorched 3D, Simutrans, Spring, Stepmania, Torcs, Tremulous, Warsow, Warzone 2100, Wormux.

Oracle ha rilasciato la versione 4.0 del software di virtualizzazione VirtualBox. Download da questa pagina.

Highlights of Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0:
New Open Architecture – Oracle and community developers can now create extensions that customize Oracle VM VirtualBox and add features not previously available.
Enhanced Usability – A new scalable display mode enables users to view more virtual displays on their existing monitors. Improvements to VM management, including visual VM previews, an optional attributes display, and easy launch shortcut creation enables administrators and power users to customize the interface to make it as simple or as comprehensive as required.
Increased capacity and throughput – A new asynchronous I/O model for networked (iSCSI) and local storage delivers significant storage related performance improvements, while new optimizations allow larger datacenter-class workloads, such as Oracle's middeware, to be run on 32-bit Windows hosts for testing and demo purposes.
Powerful virtual appliance sharing capabilities – Enhanced support for standards-compliant OVF appliances and added support for OVA format descriptors. All information about a VM may be stored in a single folder to facilitate easier direct sharing among VMs.
Support for latest virtual hardware – A new, modern virtual chipset supporting PCI Express and other hardware enhancements including high definition audio devices helps ensure support for the most demanding virtual workloads.

Mozilla ha rilasciato l'ottava beta del suo browser Firefox 4, rilascio inizialmente previsto per il 30 novembre, poi rimandato al 7 dicembre fino al rilascio di oggi. Download da questa pagina.

Annunciato il rilascio di OpenIndiana build 148, una fork di OpenSolaris. Note di rilascio a questa pagina, download da questa pagina.

Il team di sviluppo di Python ha rilasciato la seconda beta di Python 3.2. Changelog disponibile a questa pagina.

Rilasciato Google Chrome Dev 10.0.612.3 per Windows e Mac OS X, e Google Chrome Dev 10.0.612.1 per tutte le piattaforme (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X)

This release fixes several crashes as well as:

All

• Updated WebKit - 534.15

Windows

• Google Cloud Print sign-in interface is now out from behind a flag and can be found in Under the Hood (Issue 60092)

Mac

• Various minor tweaks to tab overview mode (Issue 50307)
• 25% less logspew when loading the PDF plugin
• Sandbox the GPU process (Issue 48607)
• Experimental popup blocker animation
• Fix stuck hover state in bookmark button (Issue 27073)

Known Issues

• There is no space between the Apps- and the Most Visited-Sector (Issue 67073)
• The expanded Apps-Sector becomes unvisible after clicking on it (Issue 67075)