6 Ways to Check if Linux OS is 32-bit or 64-bit

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Oct 172014
 
6 Ways to Check if Linux OS is 32-bit or 64-bit

So you’ve just installed Linux Mint, Ubuntu or one of the other Linux distros on your computer and started messing around on the command line. If I were you, one of the first things I’d be curious about is whether my Linux operating system is 32-bit or 64-bit. If there’s Read More

Linux Mint Rebecca will Sport Cinnamon 2.4

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Oct 102014
 

Fans of Cinnamon should be pleased that the new version (version 2.4) of their favorite Linux desktop will be available to the public by the end of October, 2014. After a month of ‘maturation,’ Cinnamon 2.4 will be integrated into the upcoming Linux Mint 17.1 “Rebecca” in late November. What’s Read More

AMD Launches Catalyst 14.9 Linux Driver

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Sep 292014
 

AMD has released the Catalyst 14.9 proprietary Linux graphics driver with support for the following distributions – Red Hat Enterprise Linux Suite 7.0 and 6.5, SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP3, OpenSUSE 13.1 and Ubuntu 12.04.4 and 14.04. The Catalyst Proprietary Linux Graphics Driver is compatible with a whole bunch of Read More

Ubuntu 14.10 Final Beta Out, Official Release October 23

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Sep 292014
 

Ubuntu has put out the final beta of Ubuntu 14.10 codenamed Utopic Unicorn for its Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. Utopic Final Beta features updated versions of the core set of packages (including a current 3.16.2 kernel and apparmor improvements) and bug fixes. Besides images from Ubuntu Desktop, Server, Read More

LibreOffice 4.3.2 Lands with 80 Fixes

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Sep 252014
 
LibreOffice 4.3.2 Lands with 80 Fixes

Users of free office suite LibreOffice should be pleased as punch today. Version 4.3.2 debuted today with 80 fixes that address interoperability issues when reading or writing Microsoft Office DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files. Release 4.3.2 is the second minor release of the LibreOffice 4.3 “Fresh” family. People interested in Read More

GNOME 3.14 Arrives

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Sep 242014
 

GNOME 3.14 desktop for Linux distributions was expected to be available to users by late September. And indeed it has. Today! GNOME 3.14 – Changes Galore Packing 28,859 changes, bug fixes and stability improvements from around 871 contributors, highlights of GNOME 3.14 include: