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AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta for Linux Out

Xorg/Xserver 7.4 and above (up to 1.15) Linux kernel 2.6 or above (up to 3.13) glibc version 2.2 or 2.3 POSIX Shared Memory (/dev/shm) support is required for 3D applications

Google Chrome 36.0 Beta Out

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Install Webmin 1.690 in Ubuntu 14.04, 13.10

Install Webmin 1.690: Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely – From webmin site  Key Changes Several security fixes for XSS attacks in popup windows. Added the Fail2Ban module, for blocking the IP addresses of systems that have many failed logins.

LightDM GTK+ Greeter 1.8.5 released

Fix tooltips stealing focus Fix get_session to not get corrupted Fix “zoomed” implementation to correctly place the wallpaper Updated translations

Install Linux Kernel 3.15 RC 7 in Ubuntu, Linux Mint

<h2 style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>Install Kernel 3.15 RC 7</strong> </h2> <p style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>For 32bit</strong> </p> <pre>wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc7-utopic/linux-headers-3.15.0-031500rc7_3.15.0-031500rc7.201405251935_all.deb wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc7-utopic/linux-headers-3.15.0-031500rc7-generic_3.15.0-031500rc7.201405251935_i386.deb wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc7-utopic/linux-image-3.15.0-031500rc7-generic_3.15.0-031500rc7.201405251935_i386.deb sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.15*.deb linux-image-3.15*.deb<p style="text-align: justify;"> <strong>For 64bit</strong> </p> <pre>wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc7-utopic/linux-headers-3.15.0-031500rc7_3.15.0-031500rc7.201405251935_all.deb wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc7-utopic/linux-headers-3.15.0-031500rc7-generic_3.15.0-031500rc7.201405251935_amd64.deb wget -c kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.15-rc7-utopic/linux-image-3.15.0-031500rc7-generic_3.15.0-031500rc7.201405251935_amd64.deb sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.15*.deb linux-image-3.