LinuxSnap for Monday 8/19/13
Latest Distro Releases
Manjaro Linux 0.8.7 RC3
The third release candidate for Manjaro Linux 0.8.7 has been released. The release announcement highlights some of the features:
- Kernel: 3.4.58 LTS
- Xorg: 1.14.2
- Webbrowser: Firefox 22.0.1
- Email Client: Thunderbird 17.0.8 (XFCE only)
- Media Player: VLC 2.0.8a
- Whisker Menu 1.1.0 (XFCE only)
- Mint Display Manager 1.3.1 (XFCE only)
- Slim Display Manager 1.3.5 (Openbox only)
- Manjaro Settings Manager 0.1.2
- Live-Installer 0.8.7
- Minimalistic XFCE 4.10 Desktop (XFCE only)
- Minimalistic Openbox 3.5.0 Desktop (Openbox only)
- PA-mixer replaced pn-mixer and volumeicon
- Better pulseaudio support
- Latest free and proprietary drivers
Articles of Interest
Linux reaches out to hobbyist developers – zdnet.com
[Opinion] Android is better, and American startups need to realize that – phandroid.com
Notes
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