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Intel launches its graphics driver installer for Ubuntu and Fedora

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Intel just launched a tool to install easily the latest versions of your graphics drivers , at the moment only for Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 and Fedora 17 and 18.

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The objective of microchips giant is offering users of Ubuntu and Fedora an easy way to keep your drivers up to date Intel graphics cards, and in fact the latest version of them comes with improvements benefit the gaming experience through Steam , among others.

new Intel installer will automatically add a repository , so the driver updates will be obtained as it exits. Definitely a thank movement by the company that we hope to open to other distributions.

However, there are problems that particularly affect users Ubuntu 64-bit, which is strongly recommended NOT to use the installer still at risk of “breaking” the system . It is what they recommend in WebUpd8-authored has been tested with negative results, and so do we, extending the recommendation to all users who are not trained to fix a mess of drivers and dependencies on your system.

Despite the problems, to some extent understandable early at launch, which will surely improve for future upgrades, Intel’s gesture is welcome. See if AMD and NVIDIA take example.

How to install LibreOffice 4.0 on Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE

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Although nearly a month ago that came LibreOffice 4.0 are just now announcing the availability of the package for Ubuntu and Co. via PPA. Want to try? We tell you how …

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WebUpd8 news of the pickup, which explains two methods to install LibreOffice using the official PPA, which will users of Ubuntu 12.04, 10.10 and 13.04 (and derived distros). To keep up in what refers to LibreOffice, just open terminal and:

input would be very sad if we stopped and also we bring you the installation method LibreOffice 4.0 on Fedora and openSUSE , but only in the form of bonds, since the explanation in both cases is a tad-just a tad more complicated, so I refer to it currar blogs, noctuid (Fedora) and chameleon Guide (openSUSE, what else!).

completed the post with the download of the user guide LibreOffice 4.0 , in ODT or PDF, a document really complete (yes, in English) with which to explore all the features of number one office suite of free software.

Fedora and openSUSE change MySQL for MariaDB

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, the GNU / Linux community after Red Hat and SUSE respectively plan to leave the database MySQL for MariaDB in their upcoming releases, reports ZDNet.

Reasons? They come in different types, but they come to summarize the growing distrust of the scene of Open Source software with Oracle , that after the purchase of Sun Microsystems has followed a strategy, it seems, quite wrong to with the various developments that took over.

began putting hindrance with OpenOffice.org, which ultimately “gift” to the Apache Foundation, but first see how the vast majority of the office suite developers put up the fork LibreOffice, today undisputed flag office software open source.

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arise long before the first rumors of a possible change in the development of MySQL, and although no blood reached the river, seed was rooted distrust . That is why now two of the most popular Linux distributions on the market, in turn technological base business solutions SUSE and Red Hat, have the decision.

addition, being also a MariaDB fork completely free MySQL , supports the same APIs, the same protocols and utilities, in addition to some improvements at technical and therefore assumes that the change for the better.

Fedora and openSUSE change MySQL for MariaDB

class=”article first_main_article” readability=”49″>Both Fedora and openSUSE

, the GNU / Linux community after Red Hat and SUSE respectively plan to leave the database MySQL for MariaDB in their upcoming releases, reports ZDNet.

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