Monday, March 19, 2012

Linpus Linux 1.7 "Lite Desktop" has been released

Linpus is Fedora based Linux Operating System which is developed by Linpus Technology. They has announced the availability of Linpus 1.7 on 16th Mar, 2012. This version contains GNOME 3 which provides a great combination of User Interface to user and attractive GUI.


The Linpus Technology has their head-office at Taipei, Taiwan and the development office in Shanghai, China. It available in three types desktop, Live medium and Server. It available in three desktop environment like GNOME, KDE, Xfce.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Vinux 3.0.2 has been released : An Ubuntu based operating system for Visually Impaired People

Mobeen Iqbal has announced the availability of the Vinux 3.0.2. This Ubuntu based operating system is specially developed for blind and visually impaired users. Hence it contain screen-reader, full screen magnification and support for Braille display.


This version of Vinux is based on Ubuntu 10.0.4 LTS and uses Linux Kernel 2.6.32.39, Orca XDesktop 3.1.19, Firefox 10.0.2 and Thunderbird 10.0.2 by default. This Ubuntu based Operating System helps many visually impaired users in their day to day life.

Homepage : vinuxproject.org

Second beta version of Mageia 2 has been released

Anne Nicolas has announced the availability of second beta version of Mageia 2 Linux on 15th Mar, 2012. This version include KDE 4.8.1, GNOME 3.3 and Linux Kernel 3.3-rc7 with many other new updates. This version is specially for testing and bug fixing.

Originally Mageia is forked from Mandriva but later became independent Linux operating system. This distribution is from France and community based project which is non-profit organization.

Here is the announcement of first beta release of Mageia 2.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Salix OS 13.37 Live KDE has been released

After release of Salix OS 13.37 'Xfce' the 'KDE' version of it has been released on 14th Mar, 2012. This version is also built using SaLT [Salix Live Technology] which is more powerful tool. This version is also available in both 32-bit and 64-bit architecture.


Basically Salix OS is easy to use and very fast Linux which is based on Slackware Linux. It comes in four desktop environment which are Fluxbox, KDE, LXDE and Xfce.