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Archive for May, 2013

Linux Mint 15 with New Software and Driver Managers Released

By • May 29th, 2013 • Filed under: Linux Mint

The Linux Mint team has released today Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” desktop operating system with upgrades to the MATE and Cinnamon desktop environments as well as new applications for managing software and drivers. Last I covered the release of the first and only Linux Mint 15 RC.

LibreOffice 4.1.0 Update comes with many Improvements

By • May 27th, 2013 • Filed under: Linux Mint, Open-Source, Ubuntu

For Ubuntu, Windows and Mac. The first Beta for LibreOffice 4.1.0 is now available for the Linux platform. This Beta comes with many new features and tons of bug fixes. LibreOffice 4.1.0 BETA can be installed in parallel to LibreOffice 4.0, but not run simultaneously.

Microsoft releases Skype for Linux 4.2

By • May 22nd, 2013 • Filed under: Linux Mint, Ubuntu

For Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuse, CentOS: Microsoft’s Skype division has released a “major” update of Skype for Linux, its proprietary voice, video and text messaging client. The newly released Skype for Linux 4.2 comes with tons of improvements, many bug fixes – and several little tweaks called features. In this release Microsoft claims to have “increased” […]

Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” RC released

By • May 16th, 2013 • Filed under: Linux Mint, Open-Source

Linux Mint 15 is right around the corner. Today the Linux Mint team announced the release of Linux Mint 15 “Olivia” RC. Linux Mint 15 is considered by its creators as “the most ambitious release since the start of the Mint project”. “MATE 1.6 is greatly improved and Cinnamon 1.8 offers a ton of new […]

Ubuntu: Portal and Left 4 Dead 2 are now Yours Too

By • May 10th, 2013 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu

Ubuntu, Linux gamers now have access to Valve’s Half-Life, Half-Life: Blue Shift, and the newly released Left 4 Dead 2 aka L4D2. As an extra, the Left for Dead 2 contains Extended Mutation System. The launch of Half-Life 2 for Linux was inevitable, it was just about time. Keep in mind that all these games […]