Version 13 of Linux Mint, code-named “Maya”, is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and offers a choice of Cinnamon 1.4 or MATE 1.2, a fork of the older 2.x branch of GNOME, as the default desktop environment…
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Distribution Release: SolusOS 1
Ikey Doherty has announced the release of SolusOS 1, an inaugural stable release of the project’s desktop Linux distribution based on Debian’s “stable” branch featuring the GNOME 2 desktop, but also an updated kernel and applications: “I am pleased to …
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Unity 2D To Go Away In Ubuntu 12.10
It appears that Unity 2D — the Qt non-accelerated desktop version of the Ubuntu Unity desktop — will be abandoned by Canonical. There’s also going to be some GNOME 3.6 packages appearing in Ubuntu 12.10…
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Linux Mint Debian: Now with Cinnamon!
There's a new Linux Mint in town, and something new has been added. Specifically, Mint's Cinnamon desktop is now part of Linux Mint's Debian Edition (LMDE). Mint giveth, and Mint taketh away. The 201204 LMDE release also says goodbye to …
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openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 3 Released with GNOME 3.4
Following a short delay, the openSUSE project release team has published the third milestone for version 12.2 of its Linux distribution, which includes GNOME 3.4 and LibreOffice 3.5.2…
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openSUSE 12.2 Milestone 3 Hits the Street
Despite delays due to the move to a i686 desktop kernel for 32-bit systems, milestone 3 is finally available. This milestone brings progress on a number of features including GNOME 3.4, LibreOffice 3.5.2, Plymouth and more.
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An Experimental GNOME Shell Running On Wayland
On Wednesday of the 2012 LF Collaboration Summit, besides the X and Wayland integration talk, there was a second discussion concerning Wayland/Weston during a Tizen track. During this talk were a few tid-bits of interesting information revealed, suc…
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Hands-on: GNOME 3.4 Arrives, Introducing Significant Design Changes
The developers behind the GNOME project have announced GNOME 3.4, a new version of the desktop environment. The update brings several significant new features and a number of design and usability improvements. GNOME is an open source software stack …
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GNOME 3.4: Are We There Yet?
The GNOME Project has dropped another update to the GNOME 3 platform, just a year after the first release of GNOME 3. The second update of GNOME 3 offers a few new features, applications, and improvements that might make it worth a second look for G…
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Xfce 4.10 Goes Into Preview State
For those unsatisfied with the state of GNOME 3.x Shell, Ubuntu's Unity interface, and other Linux desktop options, Xfce 4.10 is approaching with an official release planned for later this month…
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