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SpringSource yang sekarang merupakan divisi VMware, mengumumkan ketersediaan Spring 3.1 , Lingkungan pengembangan aplikasi Java open source. Spring 3.1 merupakan rilis pertama yang memiliki dukungan penuh untuk Java 7. Versi sebelumnya dapat berjalan dengan Java 7 tetapi 3.1 memiliki dukungan untuk JDBC 4.1 dan ForkJoinPool. ...

Red Hat mengumumkan ketersediaan rilis beta Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8, yang siap untuk dicoba: Today, we are pleased to announce the availability of the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8. This beta release includes a broad set of updates to the existing features and also provides new functionality, particularly in the areas of power and security management, and virtualization. Support for a range of new hardware is also included. Key functionality in this beta is as follows: support for Power Management Quality of Service (QoS) provides automatic power management at the device level for managing latency and throughput based on QoS needs; the configuration of IP over Infiniband (IPoIB) adapters is now supported by the system installer…. ...

Chris Smart mengumumkan rilis Kororaa Linux 16, distribusi berbasis Fedora dengan edisi KDE dan GNOME terpisah yang menampilkan banyak perbaikan keramahan pengguna: It was a little while in coming, but it was worth the wait! It is my pleasure to announce the release of Kororaa 16 (code name ‘Chum’) which is now available for download. Derived from Fedora 16, this updated release comes with the usual Kororaa extras, such as: tweaked KDE 4.7, GNOME 3.2 and base systems; third-party repositories (Adobe, Chrome, RPMFusion, VirtualBox); Firefox 8 as the default web browser (with integration theme for KDE); Firefox extensions included (Adblock Plus, DownThemAll, Flashblock, Xclear); micro-blogging client (Choqok for KDE, Empathy for GNOME); full multimedia support…. ...

Patricia Fraser mengumumkan ketersediaan build alpha kedua Mageia 2: Here’s the next milestone on the way to Mageia 2 – alpha 2 ISO images are ready for download. Major new features: ships with the latest stable release of the kernel 3.1 with support for improved virtualisation with Xen native support, improved performances and new subsystem such as a new iSCSI stack or NFC, and better security with the Tomoyo framework; latest stable glibc 2.14.1; Systemd for booting; with KDE 4.7.4 with the target of reaching 4.8.x for final release; GNOME 3.3.3 with the target of reaching 3.4.x for final release; up-to-date LXDE packages, including PCManFM 0.0.10; Sugar 0.95 is in the repository…. ...

Steven Shiau merilis versi baru GParted Live, distribusi Linux live CD spesialis, berbasis Debian GNU/Linux dengan tool grafis untuk manajemen disk dan pekerjaan penyelamatan data. Versi 0.11.0-2 hadir dengan GParted yang terupdate, kernel Linux terbaru. GRUB 2, Dillo 3.0.2 dan sebuah peramban web yang sederhana dan ringan dan berbagai macam update paket dari Debian cabang testing. Kutipan dari changelog : ...

Kris Moore mengumumkan ketersediaan kandidat rilis ketiga PC-BSD 9.0, distribusi desktop berbasis FreeBSD yang juga menawarkan bentuk live: The third (and hopefully last) release candidate for the upcoming PC-BSD 9.0 is now available. This release includes the latest FreeBSD 9.0-RC3 base, along with numerous bug fixes and enhancements. This is the first release available as both pre-built VirtualBox and VMware images. Each image includes the various guest tools pre-installed, ready for booting in the Virtual environment of your choice. This release also includes a new graphical boot-loader for fresh installations. Notable changes in this release: fixed the default KDE wallpaper and desktop theme; added option to skip performing system upgrades at boot-up…. ...

David Tavares mengumumkan rilis Pear OS 3.0, distribusi desktop berbasis Ubuntu yang memberikan tampilan mirip Mac OS X dan juga slogannya: Pear OS 3.0 ‘Panther’ available. From the desktop you see when you start up your PC to the applications you use every day, everything is designed to be simple and intuitive. Of course, making amazing things simple requires some seriously advanced technologies, and Pear OS is loaded with them. Working and playing on a PC is all about applications, so Pear OS makes it simple to find and open those applications fast. The Dock is a handy place on your desktop for storing and launching your favorite applications, and it makes switching between them a breeze. ...

Eric Turgeon mengumumkan ketersediaan kandidat rilis kedua GhostBSD 2.5, distribusi desktop berbasis FreeBSD yang menyajikan GNOME 2: The second release candidate for the upcoming GhostBSD 2.5 is now available for download. This release is based upon FreeBSD 9.0-RC2. Notable changes include: added WiFi network manager for easier wireless connection configuration; additionally, the WiFi card is now being configured during live medium boot-up; added Florence virtual keyboard for future touch screen development; added e2fsprogs to support ext2, ext3 and ext4 file system. GhostBSD ‘lite’ (CD medium) will be a little late this time. We have decided to swap GNOME for LXDE desktop in that version. Known issues: Brasero on the amd64 architecture still closes itself on normal user when adding data; shutdown button is not available on the amd64 and i386 mediums…. ...

Dirk Morris mengumumkan rilis Untangle Gateway 9.1, versi update dari proyek distro spesialis berbasis Debian untuk firewall dan gateway: Untangle 9.1. With this release, we have made enhancements and fixes to the platform itself and to a number of applications. Changelog: the application order in the rack has been revised; event logs have been reimplemented, columns have been added, improvement improved, and options added; many usability improvements in the installation and setup wizards; application downloads now show progress correctly; many application settings have been moved from PostgreSQL to files; local directory users are now saved in a file; BerkeleyDB has been removed; DHCP renewing no longer restarts networking (nor disrupt VPN connections); SIP helper is now disabled by default; improve start-up time. ...

Facebook mengumumkan bahwa mereka mengembangkan mesin virtual untuk menjalankan aplikasi PHP dan telah mulai melakukan perpindahan dengan menggunakannya untuk pengembangan. Mesin virtual HipHop dibangun dari pengembangan yang telah dilakukan oleh Facebook sebelum-sebelumnya untuk memaksimalkan basis kode PHP yang digunakan. ...

Wikimedia Foundation meminta pengguna untuk mencoba prototipe pertama Visual Editor untuk Wikipedia. Pengembangan editor yang dapat melakukan pengeditan langsung ke artikel Wikipedia merupakan proyek yang diprioritaskan agar dapat memudahkan kontributor baru Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation mengharapkan hal ini akan membantu untuk mengurangi penurunan jumlah kontributor. ...

Tim pengembang GParted mengumumkan rilis versi 0.11.0 aplikasi open source editor partisi ini. Update kali ini menambahkan pelabelan untuk filesystem Btrfs dan memungkinkan pengkopian XFS ke partisi yang lebih kecil. ...