Distribution Release: KANOTIX 2012-05
2012-05-24T20:12:35+00:00

Maximilian Gerhard has announced the release of KANOTIX 2012-05, a Debian-based desktop distribution and live DVD featuring the latest KDE desktop: "The first few days of LinuxTag 2012 in Berlin are over. It seems to become a tradition for KANOTIX to release at LinuxTag. As announced earlier in....

Distribution Release: Linux Mint 13
2012-05-23T18:18:47+00:00

Clement Lefebvre has announced the finale release of Linux Mint 13, code name "Maya: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 13 'Maya'. Available in two editions, Linux Mint 13 features the choice between a productive, stable and mature MATE 1.2 desktop and the....

Distribution Release: Mageia 2
2012-05-22T23:42:49+00:00

Mageia 2, the second stable release of the community distribution originally forked from Mandriva Linux, has been released: "We're the Mageia community, and we are very happy to announce the release of Mageia 2! We've had a great time building our community and our new release, and we....

Distribution Release: siduction 12.1
2012-05-22T00:00:32+00:00

Ferdinand Thommes has announced the release of siduction 12.1, a desktop Linux distribution with a choice of KDE, LXDE and Xfce desktops, based on Debian's unstable branch: "We are pleased to present our first release of siduction in 2012. siduction 2012.1 'Desperado' is shipped with 3 desktop environments:....

DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 457
2012-05-21T09:00:11+00:00

This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Feature: Linux accessibility - what is it and why does it matter News: Fedora 17 overview, ten years of Red Hat, update on Mandriva and ROSA, Ubuntu in Businessweek, MultiSystem Questions and Answers: Launching tasks when computer is idle Released last week: Chakra....

Development Release: LuninuX OS 12.00 Beta 2
2012-05-20T03:09:26+00:00

The second beta release of LuninuX OS 12.00, an Ubuntu-based distribution with GNOME Shell instead of Unity, is now available for testing: "The decision to bring pure GNOME to LuninuX OS in the second release Beta has proved beneficial - you will find many improvements, such as speed,....

Distribution Release: Dream Studio 12.04
2012-05-19T16:58:29+00:00

Dick MacInnis has announced the release of Dream Studio 12.04, an Ubuntu-based distribution with a goal of helping users to create graphics, videos, music and websites: "DickMacInnis.com is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Dream Studio 12.04, the latest version of our popular multimedia content creation suite.....

Distribution Release: ExTiX 10
2012-05-19T09:05:19+00:00

Arne Exton has announced the release of ExTiX 10, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution for 64-bit computers featuring the GNOME 3 and Razor-qt desktops: "ExTiX 10 64-bit is a remastered build of Ubuntu 12.04. The original system includes the Unity 5.8 desktop. After removing Unity I have installed GNOME....

Development Release: Zorin OS 6 RC
2012-05-19T02:03:59+00:00

Artyom Zorin has announced the availability of the release candidate for Zorin OS 6, a user-friendly desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 12.04: "The Zorin OS team is very proud to release the Zorin OS 6 Core release candidate, the pre-release version of our ground-breaking new operating system.....

Development Release: Linux Mint 13 RC
2012-05-16T21:20:39+00:00

Clement Lefebvre has announced the availability of the release candidate for Linux Mint 13 - in MATE and Cinnamon flavours: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 13 RC 'Maya'. Available in two editions, Linux Mint 13 features the choice between a productive, stable....

Distribution Release: Hybryde Linux 1
2012-05-16T08:00:05+00:00

Olivier Larrieu has announced the release of Hybryde Linux 1, a desktop Linux distribution with one unique feature - the ability to switch rapidly and fluidly between a number of desktop environments and window managers without logging out and without having to close open applications first. The list....