Virtual Box 4.0.8 released with 3D support for GNOME 3

VirtualBox is a general purpose virtualizer for x86 hardware for server, desktop and embedded use.

The Oracle announce the release of VirtualBox 4.0.8. This version introduced many bug fixes carried with 3D support for GNOME3. The release fixes a potential crash when resizing the guest window.It also support GNOME3 under Ubuntu 11.04 and Fedora 15.

Note that Oracle acquired VirtualBox from Sun Microsystem.

Angry Birds in Linux.....

There is good news for the Angry Birds lover. Now Angry Birds available for linux using google chrome browser.This is the beta version of the Angry Birds.

According to Rovio press release, "This is only beta release of the game, and so far we have 63 levels of the original game available, with an additional 7 special Chrome levels! We are working on bringing more levels to Chrome, and planning on making the Mighty Eagle available as an in-app purchase opton."

LibreOffice 3.4 Beta released

The Document Foundation has announced the release of the 4th Beta version 3.4 of the open source LibreOffice office suite.The standard version of LibreOffice 3.4 released on 31 may,2011.

LibreOffice 3.4 Beta 4 contain GUI libraries, the Calc spreadsheet program and the impress presentation manager.LibreOffice 3.4 Beta 4 is available to download for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.The latest stable release of LibreOffice 3.3.2.

Linux Mint 11 RC released named "Katya"

The Linux Mint 11 RC has been released today named "Katya".

It contain some known problems like following.

• Moonlight
• Can not edit mount point during installation
• Gnome theme failing to load
• About me
• Adding PPA repositories
• Wrong medium name in isolinux
• Upstream issues  

Some new features of this version

• The software manager
• The update manager
• Multimedia codecs and extra applications 
• The desktop setting tool
• Artwork improvements
• System improvements 
• Software selection 

System requirement 

• x86 processor
• 512 MB RAM[1 GB for comfortable use]
• 5 GB of disk space
• CD/DVD drive or USB port