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VLC Media Player 3.0.0 is one of the most anticipated applications of 2015, eagerly awaited by millions of computer users worldwide. Prominent features of VLC 3.0 include Wayland support, a Chromecast output module, several Android improvements, among which rotation, opaque, and subpicture blending, as well as batch convert support.

The Robolinux developers had the pleasure of announcing the immediate availability for download and testing of a brand-new edition of their open-source computer operating system, this time built around the modern and beautiful KDE Software Compilation graphical desktop environment. It a distro where the main emphasis is on running Windows applications natively.

In a world where everyone tries to drop 32-bit support for their OSes, Black Lab Linux developers have announced on Twitter that they’ve released a 32-bit version of their KDE-based distribution in order to support installations of the Black Lab Linux KDE Edition 6.0 SR1 operating system on low-end computers or machines with old/semi-old hardware components.

Linux kernel 3.19 has been officially announced by none other than its father, Linus Torvalds, on February 8, 2015. It is a great release that brings some very interesting features. Because we didn’t have access to a complete list of its features at the moment of writing the news article about its availability, we have decided to drop another one that highlights Linux 3.19 kernel’s prominent features.

Well, after today’s Ubuntu phone flash sale roller coaster, we still don’t know how many devices were sold and how many people managed to get at least one BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition smartphone. All we know is that BQ stated on their Google+ page that they have received approximately 12,000 orders per minute, and that this is the main reason behind the premature failure of their online store.

Good news for all users of a GNU/Linux operating system, as Linus Torvalds announced the immediate availability for download of the Linux 3.19 kernel, which brings interesting features, the usual bugfixes, and general performance improvements.

After releasing the first GNU/Linux distribution with Linux 3.18 kernel a couple of days after its launch back in December 2014, Arne Exton did it again, as he just announced today on Twitter that the his Exton|OS with MATE has been updated to version 150211 and includes a custom 3.19.0-5-exton kernel package based on the upstream Linux kernel 3.19.

Amazing, simply amazing! We have no idea how many Ubuntu phone units were sold today, but after only three hours all available BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition smartphones were sold out. Looks like the Ubuntu community in Europe is really strong, as they also had to face some server issues with BQ’s online store, which apparently was not prepared for a large crowd.

For hardcore geeks, Common UNIX Printing System or simply CUPS is an open-source printing layer for UNIX-like operating systems, including GNU/Linux, BSD (FreeBSD, OpenBSD), Solaris, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. For end users, CUPS is that piece of software that lets them add printers, manage printers, as well as print documents on their computers.

The Korora 21 KDE Edition operating system is built around the KDE Software Compilation (SC) 4.14.3 graphical desktop environment and not the next-gen KDE Plasma as one would have expected. As Chris Smart noted in the official release announcement for Korora 21, the distribution will switch to KDE Plasma/KDE Frameworks 5 by default in the forthcoming Korora 22.

Opera Software, though Ruarí Ødegaard, has announced today, February 10, that the developer channel of the amazing Opera web browser is now open and updated to version 29.0.1770.1, based on the Chromium 42.0.2287.0 web browser.

The famous Network Security Toolkit (NST) computer operating system used by many network administrators and security specialists to analyze and monitor networks, as well as to tighten the security of computer networks, received an update on February 9, 2015. The version is now Network Security Toolkit 20 SVN 6535.

We have some amazing news for you guys, as both Canonical and BQ have confirmed a few minutes ago on their Twitter accounts that limited Ubuntu phones will be available for you to buy tomorrow, February 11, 2015, between 9am and 6pm CET (Central European Time).

Derived from Fedora 21 and powered by the pursuit of perfection, dedication and freedom, the final version of Korora 21 computer operating system is here, available for download in four separate editions with the Cinnamon, KDE, GNOME, and Xfce graphical desktop environments, as announced by its developer Chris Smart on the project’s website.

After two years of development, Offensive Security, the creator of the famous BackTrack Linux distribution, has announced today, February 9, that the first point release for its Kali Linux computer operating system designed for penetration testing and digital forensics operations is now available for download.

Some news sites claimed earlier that the Ubuntu Phone Aquaris E4.5 smartphone will ship today, February 9. It turns out that the information is completely false, as BQ immediately posted on their Twitter account that the device will be available this week, but not today.

Three days after the official announcement of Manjaro Linux 0.8.12, a point release that brings only a couple of changes, such as out-of-the-box support for Microsoft’s exFAT filesystem and Pacman 4.2 package manager, the Manjaro community released today the LXQt edition of the acclaimed Arch Linux-based computer operating system.

ownCloud reached version 8 today, February 9, 2015. We’re talking about the ownCloud Server, a powerful, open-source, free, and self-hosted file sharing solution that offers easier and faster file syncing and sharing functionality, along with numerous other attractive features. ownCloud Server is considered by many a Dropbox replacement and it is distributed in two editions, ownCloud Community Edition and ownCloud Enterprise Edition.

The distribution is derived from the latest version of the well-known 4MLinux operating system and comprises of four standalone distributions that are also based on the 4MLinux, including Antivirus Live CD, BakAndImgCD, 4MParted, as well as 4MRecover.

Isoplex is a free and cross-platform computer software designed in the style of the famous Popcorn Time application, giving users access to millions of movies for free. With Isoplex, you won’t have to install a BitTorrent client, locate a reliable BitTorrent website, search for your favorite movies and wait hours or even days to download them at the highest quality available (usually 1080p).