The Linux powered LAN Gaming House

LAN parties offer the enjoyment of head to head gaming in a real-life social environment. In general, they are experiencing decline thanks to the convenience of Internet gaming, but Kenton Varda is a man who takes his LAN gaming very seriously. His LAN gaming house is a fascinating project, and best of all, Linux plays [...]

KDE Akademy 2012 conference Call for Papers

The KDE Project has announced that the deadline for the Akademy 2012 conference Call for Papers (CFP) will be Thursday, 15 March. This year’s event will take place from 30 June to 6 July 2012 at the Estonian IT College in Tallinn, Estonia. Suggested presentation topics include maturity and innovation, embracing the Qt Project and [...]

FreeFileSync – Visual folder comparison and synchronization

FreeFileSync is an Open-Source folder comparison and synchronization tool. It is optimized for highest performance and usability without restricted or…

Warzone 2100 3.1 beta2 has been released!

The 3.1 series is the first based on the new netcode, with new terrain renderer and many other changes. The main target are systems capable of OpenGL 2.0 (with shaders), but at least the important things like team colours should work with OpenGL 1.4+ (some things might look strange though). Configuration uses a new directory, [...]

Simutrans Experimental 10.8 released

The 10.8 version of Simutrans Experimental has been recently released. This is a bug fix release, with some small feature changes to assist in balancing games, especially online games.
You can download it from the International Simutrans Forum.

Caster, Awesome 3D Third Person Shooter For Linux

Caster presents an intense 3rd person action shooter experience with pulse pounding music. You dash across many scenic locations destroying bug like creatures called the Flanx using 6 unique attacks that include Massive Terrain Deformation and High Sp…

Tropical Stormfront, New RTS Game Coming Soon to Linux

Tropical Stormfront is Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game in a tropical setting. You take command of troops to join the ultimate war of good versus evil. In the game, you choose one of these countries : USA, China, Russia, England, Germany, India, Japan, and Brazil. Troops of all countries look the same however they can be [...]

Xonotic 1.0 Is On The Linux Gaming Horizon

Xonotic, the open-source multi-platform game that succeeded Nexuiz, is finally moving closer to its 1.0 release. Xonotic 1.0 was talked about at FOSDEM 2012 this weekend in Belgium within the open-source game developers’ meeting room. Nexuiz was forked as Xonotic by the community in early 2010 following and their first development preview came more than [...]

Virtualmin 3.90 released

Hi Virtualmin users, Virtualmin GPL version 3.90 is now available for download from http://www.webmin.com/virtualmin.html , or our YUM and APT repositories. This version includes the following new features and bug fixes : * Updated the phpMyAdmin script installer to version 3.4.9, WHMCS to 5.0.3, and RoundCube to 0.7. * The script installer update process can [...]

PostgreSQL Weekly News – February 05 2012

== PostgreSQL Weekly News – February 05 2012 == PGDay France will be in Lyon on June 7, 2012. http://www.pgday.fr PGDay NYC will be held April 2, 2012 at Lighthouse International in New York City. http://pgday.nycpug.org == PostgreSQL Product News == MyJSQLView Version 3.31 Released. http://dandymadeproductions.com/projects/MyJSQLView/ Slony-I 2.1.1 & 1.2.23 released. http://www.slony.info/ == PostgreSQL Jobs [...]

Joomla 2.5.1 Released

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 2.5.1. This is a security release. The Production Leadership Team’s goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! developement at the Developer Site. The update process is very simple, and complete instructions are available [...]

Joomla Community Magazine | February 2012

The February issue of the Joomla Community Magazine is here! Our stories: EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION Open Minds, by Alice Grevet FEATURE STORIES JAB is not Just Another Beer!, by Dianne Henning 5 Great SEO Resources: Be Your Very Own SEO Expert for Free, by Milena Mitova The Roadmap For a Great Joomla! 3.0 UX, by Paul Orwig [...]

Joomla 1.7.5 Released

The Joomla Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Joomla 1.7.5. This is a security release. Note that most users should update their sites to version 2.5.1 instead, which is now released. Version 1.7.5 is only intended for those users who for some reason are unable to update to version 2.5.1. Version 1.7 [...]

Final GIMP 2.6 series update arrives

The GIMP development team has released version 2.6.12 of its open source GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) image editing software. The twelfth point update to the 2.6.x branch is a maintenance update that adds no new features and focuses on addressing “a ton” of bugs found in the previous build from October 2010. Read more [...]

Drupal 7.12 and 6.24 released

Drupal 7.11 and 6.23, maintenance releases which fix security vulnerabilities are now available for download. Drupal 7.12 and 6.24 also fix other issues reported through the bug tracking system. Download Drupal 7.12 Download Drupal 6.24 Upgrading your existing Drupal 7 and 6 sites is strongly recommended. There are no new features in these releases. For [...]

The Document Foundation to be established in Berlin

The legal entity intended in its manifesto to own the assets and conduct the financial and legal affairs of the The Document Foundation, is to be established as a German Stiftung (foundation) in Berlin. The founder of the Stiftung, which will oversee the development of LibreOffice, will be the current interim legal entity, the non-profit [...]

Airtime 2.0 features improved Icecast, SHOUTcast, SoundCloud integration

The latest version of Sourcefabric’s open source radio automation software now adds the ability to configure Icecast and Shoutcast streams in the browser, a button to listen to the station’s output and multiple improvements to the playlist and calendar views. Airtime 2.0 can be demoed or downloaded free at sourcefabric.org Sourcefabric have also announced a [...]

Kazam Screencaster 1.0 Released

Kazam Screencaster 1.0, a cool screencasting application for Linux, has been released today. The Kazam Screencaster development has stopped a while back, but luckily a new developer has taken over the project and Kazam is updated frequently again. With the new 1.0 version, Kazam is finally GTK3 ready, but that’s not all. Here are the [...]

Linux Game Publishing Shake-Up: CEO Steps Down

There’s some news today out of Linux Game Publishing, but it’s not about a new game being ported to Linux. Rather, it’s an apology from Michael Simms, the CEO of LGP, and to announce his resignation. Linux Game Publishing though isn’t going away but a new CEO has been announced. Linux Game Publishing has been [...]

Are You Ready to Test Unity 5.2 in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Canonical announced a few minutes ago, February 1st, that the Unity 5.2 interface is ready for testing on the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) platform. Unity 5.2 brings multi-monitor support (Unity launchers appear on each monitor, and when scrolling across a monitor, you should feel some resistance in order to allow for you to use [...]