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Manjaro Linux: Update brings Linux Kernel 4.5.8-2

Manjaro Linux operating system updated yesterday, and the update was just announced. For those that don’t know about this OS, the Manjaro distribution is based on Arch Linux and it’s goal is to make things easier for the non-experienced Linux user. The Manjaro installation is simple and it can be done with 2 different ways, one via GUI and one via terminal.   In general Manjaro linux is good for your attention, and it brings a lot of promises for the future.

Linux Mint 17.3 “Rosa” Cinnamon Beta features Cinnamon 2.8, MDM 2.0, Linux kernel 3.19 and Ubuntu 14.04 package base

<li> The Update Manager now also performs more checks than before. </li> <li> Drivers in Driver Manager are now sorted by status and the Driver Manager now indicates if drivers are Open Source or not </li> <li> The Driver Manager features both UI and under-the-hood improvements. </li> <li> The Driver Manager now also loads much faster and detects drivers in the background. </li> <li> When a Broadcom chipset is detected, along with the recommended Broadcom STA drivers, the Driver Manager now also lists B43 installers </li>

Linux Kernel 4.4 RC1 released

The driver changes are all over, although staging, networking and GPU drivers stand out (and those three areas account for over half of the driver changes – roughly 40% of the whole patch). On the architecture side, ARM (when counting both 32-bit and 64-bit) accounts for about half the changes, with x86, powerpc, mips, chris and s390 accounting for the other half.

Install/Upgrade Linux Kernel 3.15-RC1 Trusty in Ubuntu

The first release candidate to Linux Kernel 3.15-RC1 is now available for the users, announced by Linus Torvalds. This Linux Kernel version comes with plenty of fixes and improvements. This article will guide you on how to install or upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.15-RC1 in your Ubuntu or Linux Mint system. Click button below for full details of fixes and features: [button link=”http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1404.1/03040.html” style=”tick” color=”primary” class=”sys_btn”]Linux Kernel 3.15-RC1[/button] [hr]