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The popular Arch Linux distribution is now at version 2015.08.01 and is available for download.

This release runs on the Linux 4.1.3 LTS kernel.

Systemd the (controversial) replacement for the old SysV init system is now at version 223, as anounced by developer David Herrmann.

This release has some code cleanups and some nice additions to networkd.

The developers of the lightweight desktop environment Enlightenment (used in various Linux distributions) anounced their 0.19.7 release.

According to the Enlightenment team Enlightenment is in the transition from X11 to Wayland.

Microsoft embraces Android, as recent projects show. Now they are developing a launcher for Android, called Arrow Launcher.

The GNOME team has released their GNOME 3.17.4 (development snapshot) desktop environment for Linux.

Linux is everywhere; on your phone, in your satellite receiver, in your car, even in your refrigerator… And it runs most of the Internet, because most web servers do run Linux! Learn more about Linux with these free online courses and tutorials.

Shenzhen-based electronics firm Pipo introduces its X1 stick PC, which can run either Android, or Windows 10. The X1 stick PC was first unveiled at Computex last month. The PC stick looks broadly similar to the ECS PCoS – Intel Compute Stick, which was introduced nearly 2 months ago.

Kodi 15.0 codenamed Isengard has been released, a week after the last release candidate. Many new features are implemented, like adaptive seeking and a new chapter selector window.

Clonezilla 2.4.2-21 has been released and is available for download. Clonezilla is a Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux and it offers a Live (bootable) CD that features all the necessary utilities for cloning the content of hard drives.

The OpenWrt developers announced the third release candidate of OpenWrt, codename Chaos Calmer. OpenWrt 15.05 Release Candidate 3 Uses Linux Kernel 3.18.18 LTS. OpenWrt is a Linux distribution for embedded devices, like routers.

If you want to run Android on your desktop, or laptop you should give Android-x86 a try. Version 4.4-r3 is just released and it runs on the Linux 4.0.8 kernel.

Audacity 2.1.1 is released just 3 months after version 2.1.0. Audacity is a free, open source, cross-platform software for recording & editing sounds.

MyPaint 1.1.0 is available for download now. MyPaint is an easy to use open-source graphics application for digital painters. "MyPaint lets you focus on the art instead of the program", as stated by the MyPaint developers. With this graphics application you work on your canvas with minimum distractions, bringing up the interface only when you need it

The latest stable release in the 1.0.x series of NetworkManager is version 1.0.4 and is available for download. NetworkManager offers a graphic user interface for controling your network devices in Linux.

NAS4Free version 10.1.0.2.1731 is released. NAS4Free is an Open Source Storage NAS (Network-Attached Storage) distribution based on FreeBSD. NAS4Free supports sharing across multiple operating systems, including Windows, Apple, and UNIX-like systems.

Version 4.2.3 is the latest stable release of Samba and is available for download. Samba is an open-source software solution for accessing shared Windows folders over a network.

The WeTek OpenELEC is a Linux media player dedicated to Kodi with OpenELEC pre-installed that gives you access to IPTV services with the extra of being compatible with modular DVB tuners.

OpenELEC (Open Embedded Linux Entertainment Center) is a minimal, fast-booting Linux distribution popular on the Raspberry Pi that’s designed to run Kodi media center software.

Two weeks after RC1 the second Release Candidate for Kodi 15.0 codenamed Isengard has been released and contains many improvements/bug fixes.

Today the KDE team announced the release of KDE Frameworks 5.12.0. This release contains many bug fixes, many updates to the Plasma Framework, the kwallet-query command-line tool was imported for the KWallet Framework, and various other changes.

2 Months after the Beta 3 release Oracle has announced that Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0 is available today. The guest OS performance has been improved by leveraging built-in virtualization support. The 5.0 release supports the latest guest or host operating systems including: Mac OS X Yosemite, Windows 10, Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris, other Linux operating systems, and legacy operating systems.