Monday, May 19, 2014

Linux Weekly NewsBytes : 1422

Here is a list of the latest, most happening events and news items from the Linux World. Keep reading to find out what's making the most noise around Linux this week

GNOME 3.12.2 has been released

Make sure you take a good look at the GNOME 3 cheat sheet
  • This is the second update for GNOME 3.12. Significant fixes in the almost 40 modules that have been updated include :
    • IMAPx changes to evolution-data-server
    • Memory leak fixes in epiphany
    • Windows Live support has been *removed* from Gnome-online-accounts
    • Gnome-shell bug fixes mainly for airplane mode
    • Several fixes for Gnome-Shell-Extensions, GTK+, gvfs, nautilus, totem, tracker & zenity
  • With Microsoft withdrawing support for Windows XP, many Linux distributions are using this as the best opportunity to lure Windows users to the safe world of Linux. Linux Lite [ at least going by the screenshots ] is a safe bet for the first timer who wants to step out of his closed room of Windows and open the door to the beautiful world of Linux.
  • This is rather old news, but worth mentioning it here, I thought. For all your enthusiastic would-be Kernel developers, don't miss out the Eudyptula Challenge. Its a simple challenge which gives you one task to work on. You need to follow all the Linux Kernel Development community guidelines for creating these tasks. This helps to drill you through the real development process. You get your second task only after completing the first. And then the third and so on. Once you have completed 20 tasks, you would be all set and ready to contribute more quality code into Linux Kernel.

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