Xubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 screenshots

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When it comes to desktops in Linux, one would always think of some popular ones like KDE, Gnome, XFCE, LXDE and now Unity, Cinnamon etc. Every Linux user has her/his own choice of desktop. But to be honest, all are good and depends for what liking one would use it. Some are light, some are polished, some is packed with many apps and so on… XFCE is one of the light desktop we have in Linux, and it have its own user base.

Xubuntu 12.04 will be a LTS version supported for five years on desktops and servers. Lets take a look what Xubuntu desktop got this time.. Love the elementary(now elementaryos) theme and icons BDW.

Xubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 Screenshots

PHP 5.3.10 is released

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PHP team announced a security bug fix release for current stable version(5.3.x series). Currently users/servers who have 5.3.x running are advised to upgrade to this new version.
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How to get latest Firefox in openSUSE

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Firefox 10 is released and it is available in openSUSE Mozilla already. I will show you how to get the latest stable release using zypper(via terminal) and YaST(via graphical interface).

1st method (the terminal way):

1- Open terminal, become root by su - and type the following line (will add the mozilla repo),

openSUSE 11.4

zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_11.4/ FF11.4

openSUSE 12.1

zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/mozilla/openSUSE_12.1/ FF12.1

2- Now type this,

zypper ref
zypper dup --from FF12.1

FF12.1 is for openSUSE 12.1, if you are on 11.4, change it to FF11.4. (Don’t worry, its just a repo name). And that’s it.

2nd method (the YaST way):

1- Open Yast -> software repositories and click on add button, click next by choosing specify URL from above options and add the repo(mentioned in 1st method above) for your specific distro with name in the Repository Name field. Click next button to finish.

2- Now open Software management from YaST, choose the repo name you just added and click on ‘switch system packages’. Accept and that’s it.

Which method you will go for?, i will definitely go for 1st one, easy with few lines to run from terminal.

Install KDE 4.8 in openSUSE

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KDE 4.8 is out now, and most of the users(KDE fans) might love to give this new version a try(i am one of them). I have upgraded and proudly can say, i’m in love with KDE. This is amazing stuff from KDE, no doubt in that. Faster experience, Cool dolphin, snappier Gwenview and more interesting stuff. As i mentioned/ing in my posts/articles i am openSUSE user, so here i will show you how to upgrade to KDE 4.8 in openSUSE.

1st of all, you will need to add the following repos(YaST -> software repositories), and disable/delete other KDE repos you have enabled.

openSUSE 11.4:

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Release:/48/openSUSE_11.4/

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Release_48_openSUSE_11.4/

openSUSE 12.1:

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Release:/48/openSUSE_12.1/

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/KDE_Release_48_openSUSE_12.1/

Now open terminal, become root by su - and type:

zypper dup

Easy and simple!

One more thing here, if you face dependency issues, i would suggest to follow this thread in openSUSE forums, read it carefully and i am pretty sure you will find all the solutions to your problem there.

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