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After six months of waiting out the next version of the manager of network connections Arch Linux.

SystemRescueCd - a special Linux-based distribution Gentoo Linux, runs from USB disk, or for disaster recovery, which contains all the necessary tools.

The main changes are:

• Updated the default kernel to Linux 3.2.16 LTS;
• Updated the alternative kernel to Linux 3.3.5;
• Updated btrfs-progs to version 0.19-19.fc17, collected from source package btrfs-progs, coming in Fedora 17;

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So, quietly, went free raster graphics editor GIMP.
Of the major changes include:

• Numerous changes in the interface: single window mode, set and format the text on the canvas, jointing dialogues in multiple columns.
• Reorganization of the file save dialog.
• The ability to group layers.
• Rotating brushes and advanced carpal dynamics.
• Exports of color values ​​in PHP, CSS, Python, Java.

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Announced the release of the stable branch update Scribus – a cross-platform application for visual layout of documents. The update contains over 60 bug fixes and improvements to the program tools. Among the changes that are worth noting:

• added to the palette GiveLife Color System ®
• fix import raster and SVG-images;

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XobotOS – project of Xamarin , whose goal is to port Android to Java / Dalvik on C # for the study of the advantages C # in terms of performance, and resource consumption, as well as to provide a promising platform for creating mobile applications for Android, and for Apple iOS and Windows Phone.

Work began in 2011 with Android 2.x, currently the majority (more than a million lines of code) XobotOS rewritten in C # with Android 4.0. Currently, direct access to the graphics engine Skia , used by Android, through a library Java, which subsequently should also be replaced with Mono.
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April 28, 2012 in blog software announced a new version.

Sweet Home 3D – is a free cross-platform application for interior design with the possibility of 3D-view that helps you arrange furniture in a two-dimensional plan of your home.

Version 3.5 adds new features to align the furniture, a new dialog to specify the coordinates of a virtual visitor, and others.
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The developer of the Blender Foundation have expanded their 3D rendering software to a number of new features and is available in version 2.63.

In Blender 2.63 , the new network system has been added BMesh that n-sided polygons supported. Previously, users had in this area with triangles or blocks survive. BMesh belongs to a new resolution tool that can remove the vertices and faces are without holes thereby resulting in the net. New Paste-Cutting plotter and also benefit from the many-sided polygons and facilitate users work.
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The company SugarCRM has presented at the Open House Sugar Con their eponymous software for customer relationship management in version 6.5.

The makers of CRM emphasize the renewed search function, which also flanks the refreshed interface. The user navigates now with a full text search in the application. The frontend can be according to the manufacturer in any browser and on mobile devices display.
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Today, after almost a year and a half after the previous release, a new version of lightweight Xfce desktop environment under number 4.10.

The main changes are

:

• Completely rewritten Application Finder, joining the functions of a xfrun4;
• In the main panel, a new vertical mode «Deskbar Mode», in which the plugins are arranged in several rows;
• The new editor of the MIME-types that allows you to easily customize standard applications;

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The new version of Gwyddion, intended for visualization and data processing of scanning probe microscopy. Among the most significant changes:

• Added ability to import new data formats (NanoObserver NAO, NT-MDT MDA).
• Improved compatibility with GLib 2.32.
• Updated translations.

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