Elementary OS is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution with its own desktop environment, called Pantheon. Elementary OS 0.3 Freya is based on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. What’s new in this release? If you want to install Elementary OS 0.4 Loki on Oracle…
Linux 3.10 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?
Timer free multitasking
Bcache, a block layer cache for SSD caching
Btrfs: smaller extents
XFS metadata checksums
SysV IPC scalability improvements
rwsem locking scalability improvements
mutex locking scalability improvements
TCP optimization: Tail loss probe
ARM big.LITTLE support
MIPS KVM support
tracing: tracing snapshots, stack tracing
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Linux 3.9 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?
Fix a build warning
Fix missing put_cpu_var() in tlb_batch_add_one() when not batching.
do not expose broken video output streams
disable -mlong-calls compiler option for kernel modules
fix atime/mtime regression
Provide __ucmpdi2 to resolve undefined references in 32bit builds.
Change kunmap macro to static inline function
use spin_lock_irqsave/spin_unlock_irqrestore for PTE updates
Check EFI revision in setup_efi_vars
hwmod data: make ‘ocp2scp_usb_phy_phy_48m” as the main clock
add no-mmu vm_iomap_memory() stub
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Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Beta is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this beta?
New Ubuntu spins Ubuntu GNOME and Ubuntu Kylin
Linux kernel 3.8.5
Upstart 1.8
New shutdown and session exit dialogs
Python 3.3
A new sync menu for Ubuntu One
Unity user interface changes
New interface animations, including window snap
Scroll-switching of open windows from Unity Launcher
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GNOME 3.8 is now available for download.What’s new in this release?
new application launching view
revamped new search results view
new privacy and sharing settings
new core application called Clocks
Improved Animation Rendering
New classic mode
new Region & Language
How to install Netbeans IDE on ubuntu 12.10
NOTE: JDK 6 or above (JDK 7) is required for installing and running the Java SE, Java EE and All NetBeans Bundles.
To install JDK 7 on ubuntu click here
1.Go to Netbeans download page and download the netbeans Linux (x86/x64) .sh installer file (like netbeans-7.2.1-ml-linux.sh).
2.Copy your Netbeans installer file to your Desktop.
3.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field.And click Terminal.
4.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
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How to install Oracle JDK 7 on ubuntu 12.10
To install Oracle JDK 7 on ubuntu 12.10
1.Go to Oracle JDK7 download page. And download the latest linux jdk in .tar.gz format.
Here its (32 bit) jdk-7u11-linux-i586.tar.gz.
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Update
To install BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices on ubuntu 15.10 and above click here
1.Go to BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices license key request page to request a license key and download link.
2.Once you received the email from BitDefender,click the download link and download the BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run file(for 32 bit) on your desktop.
Download link
3.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal.
4.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
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Steam for Linux beta is now available to anyone running ubuntu 12.04.Currently there are 39 games available for Linux.
To install go to the download page and download the .deb file.
double-clicking the .deb file and install via Ubuntu Software Center.
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What’s new in this version?
ARM multi-platform support
ARM 64 bit support
Cryptographically signed kernel modules
Btrfs updates
perf trace, an alternative to strace
TCP Fast Open (Server Side)
Experimental SMB 2 protocol support
NFS v4.1 support no longer experimental
Virtual extensible LAN tunneling protocol
Intel “supervisor mode access prevention” support
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