On the DVD: openSUSE 12.2 This month's DVD
Sep 21, 2012The double-sided DVD attached to this issue comes with 32- and 64-bit versions of the latest release from the openSUSE project. openSUSE 12.2 continues in the long tradition of SUSE Linux, offering a full-featured system that is ready for the server room yet friendly enough for the desktop.
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Sep 21, 2012- Android gains market share
- VMware Workstation
- Perforce on Demand
- openSUSE 12.2 released
- CUDA 5 rc
- Web Foundation index measures world
- New Z shell release first since 2004
Tech Tools
Sep 21, 2012SpringSource Releases New Tool Suites
Codethink Releases Baserock 1.1
PostgreSQL 9.2 Released
ROSA Announces Enterprise Distribution
more »openSUSE 12.2 Released
Sep 06, 2012The latest openSUSE release includes more than 1,000 open source applications.
more »On the DVD: Mageia Linux This months' DVD
Aug 23, 2012Mageia Linux is a multi-purpose distro based on the Mandriva codebase. A group of former Mandriva engineers started the Mageia project in 2010 as a means to ensure continuing support for the Mandriva community through a non-profit organization free of corporate control.
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Aug 23, 2012Peppermint Three Announced
Zsh 5.0 Released
ActiveState Releases Komodo 7.1
IPFire 2.11 Released
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IPFire 2.11
Aug 14, 2012The IPFire development team has released the 61st core update for IPFire 2.11, a hardened Linux appliance distribution designed for use as a firewall.
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