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Priority Based Pre-Emptive Task Scheduling for Android Operating System

Priority Based Pre-Emptive Task Scheduling for Android Operating System

Android mobile operating system, which is based on Linux Kernel 2.6, has open source license and adaptability to user driven applications... Read more

1 October, 2011

SalineOS 1.5

...SalineOS is based on the Debian "stable" branch, it is running Linux kernel 2.6.32 so it doesn't have drivers for some of... Read more

27 October, 2011

PCLinuxOS Phoenix (Xfce) 2011-07 Released

...2011.6. The two major components of this release are the Linux kernel 2.6.38.8 and Xfce 4.8. As usual with PCLinuxOS... Read more

27 July, 2011

Specialized Linux Distributions - AV Linux 5.0

...Linux - oh, and I should mention here that it is running Linux kernel 2.6.39.1, making it the first full release I have... Read more

21 June, 2011

Eagerly Awaited, Linux Mint 11 (Katya) Released

Lots of people have been waiting anxiously for the release of Linux Mint 11. Not only loyal Mint users, who of course... Read more

26 May, 2011

SimplyMEPIS 11 Final Released

...in this release, so I will only hit the high points: Linux kernel 2.6.36.4 and KDE 4.5.1 (one of the... Read more

7 May, 2011

openSuSE 11.4 Released (Updated)

...new packages in this release. Starting right at the top with Linux kernel 2.6.37, KDE 4.6, Gnome 2.32, X server 1... Read more

10 March, 2011

Red Hat rolls out Fedora 14

...on netbooks and small devices. The OS update is based on Linux Kernel 2.6.35, which introduces graphics stack improvements and the ability to... Read more

3 November, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

PCLinuxOS 2010.10 Distribution Available

...I want. But of course there is plenty more - it includes Linux kernel 2.6.33.7, KDE SC 4.5.2 (and thus the... Read more

1 November, 2010

Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) - Various Versions

...release, but there are lots of small steps forward, including the Linux kernel 2.6.35, Gnome desktop 2.32, Firefox 3.6.10, OpenOffice... Read more

10 October, 2010

Fedora 14 beta released, adds MeeGo experience

...and recording in a virtual environment. Fedora 14 is based on Linux Kernel 2.6.35, which introduces graphics stack improvements and the ability to... Read more

29 September, 2010 by Ben Woods

PCLinuxOS 2010.7 - Hello, Old Friend

...open. The major components of PCLinuxOS are generally up to date; Linux kernel 2.6.33.5, KDE 4.4.5 (I might like to... Read more

22 September, 2010

Linux Mint 9 KDE Edition Released

...core distribution is the same as for Linux Mint 9 Gnome - Linux kernel 2.6.32, X.org 7.5 (X Server 1.8), custom... Read more

29 July, 2010

Mandriva Linux 2010.1 (Spring) Released - Finally!

...plenty of changes in the actual software and package versions, though - Linux kernel 2.6.33, KDE 4.4.3, X.org X Server 1... Read more

9 July, 2010

Zenwalk Linux 6.4

...found in the Release Notes. A quick summary of major packages: Linux kernel 2.6.33.4, Xfce 4.6.2, Xorg 7.5 (X... Read more

25 June, 2010

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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