The popular Linux distribution Ubuntu has just unveiled its new focus: A way to navigate the menu choices, without actually using any menus. The menus have simply been replaced by a so-called HUD (Heads Up Display), which allows you to search for what you are trying to find, without the ... Continue Reading

The web site DistroWatch.com ranks the most popular Linux distributions based on how many clicks each distribution get by visitors to the site. Ubuntu has been the most popular Linux version for the last several years, seemingly with no competition by the others. But now Linux Mint has sailed in as ... Continue Reading

The KDE software Marble, which was originally an open version of Google Earth, has grown and become a complete GPS navigator. UPDATE: This info turns out to be incorrect, see comments to clarify.  Now it's just the finishing touches left and they need your help. KDE Marble is looking for a "radio ... Continue Reading

The French Linux distribution Mandriva has had a few turbulent years lately. At the end of last year a large number of developers left the company to start a new Linux distribution based on Mandriva, which they called Mageia. The development of this Mandriva fork was begun in September last year, ... Continue Reading

To keep up with hundreds of different Linux distributions, each distro needs something to seperate them from the rest. Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions at the moment, and they will try to increase their popularity further by mimicking the gaming platform Steam. This has been confirmed from ... Continue Reading

Every April, Canonical releases a new version of the consumer-oriented and very popular Linux distro Ubuntu. The latest version is called Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, and the biggest change in ths version is a completely new user interface called Unity. Unity is an interface that that was previously reserved for ... Continue Reading

Last year, Mandriva had to cut their staff, and a large number of developers left the company to start a new Linux distribution based on Mandriva, which they called Mageia. Mageia is now available as a Beta1 release. The developers points out that this Beta1 is not intended for normal users, ... Continue Reading

GNOME is a desktop environment which is used in Linux distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora, because GNOME share the same vision as these distributions. And one of these goals are simplicity and ease of use. What differentiates GNOME 3 from other GNOME desktop environments, such as KDE and Xfce, is that ... Continue Reading

The Gentoo Linux project has been very quiet for the last year and a half. But now the deveopers celebrates the good collaboration between themselves and the Gentoo users by releasing LiveDVD version 11. Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the availability of a new LiveDVD to celebrate the continued collaboration ... Continue Reading

openSUSE is a community driven Linux distribution sponsored by Novell. Most of the new technology in openSUSE usually ends up in Suse Linux Enterprise Server and Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop at a later stage. After eight months of development openSUSE 11.4 is now available for download, with a lot of ... Continue Reading

  Fedora is a Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution, and it is usually the first distribution to include new features and technology. The upcoming Fedora 15 is no exception and the first alpha version of Fedora 15 is now available for testing. Fedora 15 comes with the new and overhauled GNOME 3 ... Continue Reading

Mandriva has just released the second alpha of Mandriva 2011, and so far the Linux distribution contains plenty of new software. Unlike many other Linux distributions, Mandriva still offers OpenOffice and has not yet made the move to LibreOffice. Mandriva has also chosen to use the new Red Hat developed system ... Continue Reading