The openSUSE 13.2 launch will be ready this November and the developers are preparing to merge the Tumbleweed and the Factory rolling releases into one, under the name of Tumbleweed. The openSUSE developers have changed the release cycle and they now have more time from one version to another. This is the main reason why openSUSE 13.2 is set to arrive in November. Now, the two development branches for this distribution have been integrated ...
The developers of Ubuntu release new builds of one of the most popular GNU/Linux distributions every six months. And right on schedule the folks at Canonical have released Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn. Among other things, Ubuntu 14.10 includes a newer version of the Linux kernel, improved support for high-resolution displays, and newer versions of Firefox, LibreOffice, and other popular software. The main branch of Ubuntu ...
Red Hat has announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 has been made available for all its users and comes with a ton of updates that will provide a serious performance boost. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 is an operating system aimed at users who deal with large, complex IT projects, especially enterprises that require an open hybrid cloud, so this is quite an important upgrade. The RHEL releases stick to a precise schedule ...
To wipe a hard drive means to completely erase the drive of all information. Deleting everything does not wipe a hard drive and formatting does not [always] wipe a hard drive. You'll need to take an extra step to wipe the hard drive completely. When you format a hard drive or delete a partition, you're usually only deleting the file system, making the data invisible but not gone. A file recovery program or special hardware can ...