Plasma Active 3 will get a completely new file browser based on Nepomuk and QML.
The developer Marco Martin introduced the new file browser as a central element of Plasma Active 3 in front of his blog. The File Browser relies largely on the Nepomuk framework and therefore does not like ordinary file manager. Rather, the user can access files stored in the tablet as by type or by creation date or sort of multi-touch gestures to select or tag. Furthermore, the application includes a viewer.
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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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According to plan the release of version 2.63 the best free 3D-editor – Blender. What’s new:
- BMesh – a new system of mesh, which removes the limitation in 3 or 4 vertices in a polygon and allows you to create N-sided polygons. In particular, it is a tool Dissolve, which allows you to delete the vertices, edges and faces without the formation of holes in the mesh, a new tool Inset; greatly improved tool Knife, which uses the advantage of N-the runs to generate clean cuts. Tools Subdivide and Loop Cut and form a clean topology.
- Render engine Cycles. Added a panoramic camera, the passage of shadows (shadow render pass), Ambient Occlusion, a few other improvements.
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Today there was a release of one of the most simple and friendly for the novice user distributions, Linux – Ubuntu for version 12.04.
The composition of Ubuntu Desktop:
- The new kernel based on Linux 3.2.14 kernel with patches from Ubuntu.
- LibreOffice version 3.5.2.
- Unity version 5.10.
- Firefox 11.
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The stable release of a set of libraries EFL (Enlightenment Foundation Library) 1.2, the components of which form the basis of the project Enlightenment 17.
EFL libraries allow you to create visually appealing graphical user interfaces, characterized by compactness, low resource consumption and high performance. These qualities make EFL attractive solution for building interfaces, consumer electronics and mobile devices. For example, a system based on the EFL is used in household appliances Electrolux , phones, Samsung, and also in the products of companies ProFUSION, Free.fr and Calaos. Last but not least the success of EFL among commercial companies provided the license BSD.
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The Scientific Linux distribution Red Hat-based Branch has updated its fifth
This pulls the RHEL distribution for their model, from which sources they created their free packages. Also updates the Linux, which is used as at CERN, the stackable file system AUFS and firmware for WLAN chips from Ralink and Intel and installed the latest security fixes for Sun’s Java. The network file system Open AFS version 4.1.14 fixes with a small locking bug. Further details can be found in the release notes .
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Porkueras Diego (Diego Porqueras) has launched a campaign on the kickstarter to establish the production of 3D-printers for enthusiasts. Diego project is part of the Open Hardware and all drawings will be made available to the public.
3D-printer – a device that uses a layering technique to create a physical object based on the virtual 3D-model. Bukobot a blast of his kind.
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The Cassandra team is very pleased to announce the release of Apache Cassandra
version 1.1.0. Cassandra 1.1.0 is a new major release for the Apache Cassandra
distributed database. This version adds numerous improvements [1,2], amongst
which:
- Schema updates have been reworked and conflict from concurrent updates
are now automatically resolved [4]
- It introduces a new major revision of the Cassandra Query Language:
CQL v3.0 [5], even though CQL 2.0 is still supported and the default.
- Updates within a row are now made in isolation [6].
- Finer-grained control over data directories placement [7].
- Global row and key caches for easier configuration
- And much more …
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Linux Mint developers have announced the release of Linux Mint Debian 201,204.
A choice of two versions – with MATE 1.2/Cinnamon 1.4 or with Xfce 4.8, both in form 32-bit or 64-bit.
Known problems of production are described here .
Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) is based on Debian Testing, uses a repository Debian, but declared more stable – updates are made available to users after some additional testing and compatibility testing in a “settler» Linux Mint, which formed the so-called «Update Packs» for users.
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