Steam get Linux versions of the series Half-Life 2

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Valve continues to meet and one by one is dropping their games on Steam for OS Penguin, which is what interests us here. On this occasion have to talk about Half-Life 2 and everything that follows, which is something.

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Specifically, Steam get Linux versions of Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Lost Coast, Half-Life 2: Episode 1 and Half-Life 2: Episode 2, launched in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively. Are action games a little ‘viejunos’, but very highly rated by the critics.

only be accessible to users that these titles and they had bought or buy now at version Windows or Mac OS X, and it is beta .

is true that this is not what you expect or what the player will attract users to Linux, as far as “new” means. However, it is the basis of what is now forming, and not bad things. Valve seems sincere commitment and only in the last two weeks have been launched beta versions of Portal 1 and 2, Left 4 Dead 2 and, although it has to do strictly with Valve (or who knows ) Brütal Legend (the latter in “final” version).

In other words

and even though we talk about games a year with more time and a lot of beta, GNU / Linux had not seen much commercial launch next from ever , so repeat , not bad thing.

Certainly

Gabe Newell, CEO of Valve , will attend the next LinuxCon, to be held in mid-September in the United States. Does it have something interesting to tell? We hope so (fingers crossed that the word third party is heard, the more the better).

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Non-LTS versions of Ubuntu reduce support time in half … and no rolling release

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Any news about Ubuntu and its release cycles discarded move to rolling release model and non-LTS versions are left with half time support, 18 to 9 months . This was decided by the Ubuntu Technical Board, as told in The H Open.

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As you know, the debate about the “times” of Ubuntu has been a hot topic in recent weeks, but at least one thing has already been decided: no version rolling release . On the contrary, what arises is now reduced time of normal versions support half. For what purpose? The offer updated packages in their own upgrades.

apparently support time to save what used to test newer versions of packages to deliver them to the public. That is, the updates received in those nine months will not only security , as has always been, but include new versions of packages . In the coming weeks detailing all changes.

non-LTS versions published and kept as 18 months of support and LTS five years, in both cases, needless to say, only security updates.

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THQ is considering making versions of their games to Linux

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THQ controversial Humble Bundle which was published a few days ago was remarkably successful despite the criticism of some users, and our own Metalbyte-but maybe responsible for this signature have learned anything from these reviews.

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In fact, according to THQ Phoronix are considering to bring their games to Linux, and the president of the company, Jason Rubin, posted a message on Twitter in which they were considering that option due the feedback they had received regarding the Humble Bundle : “We have received the message on Linux loud and clear through the # HumbleBundle feedback. Right now we are evaluating the cost and benefits “.

Rubin also said that they are using the Unity game engine for one of their current projects . Unity 4.0, which just launched recently, offers support to Linux, although that will not be useful to bring the rest of the catalog of THQ-Unity-not used to our screens. Still, this could be promising news to have at our disposal titles like Saints Row , Company of Heroes , or Warhammer , to name a few examples.

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The Linux 2.4 kernel versions will have no additional

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mailing list Linux kernel Willy Tarreau announced that there will be no additional versions of the Linux 2.4 kernel . Tarreau, which is responsible for maintaining this core, has indicated that there is “little people” who make use of that version.

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show at The H Open, which also reveals that these users will now have better service with a central repository in Git to collect errors and corrections, and indeed that repository is already created for all those users.

Linux 2.4 kernel appeared as far back as 11 years , and this was followed by the 2.6 kernel which appeared three years later. With the announcement of Tarreau maintaining the Linux 2.4 kernel is completely stopped, so the version 2.4.37.11 of last December will be the last we’ll see in this regard.

Linux 2.4 is used mainly in embedded systems, but its use in desktops and servers is very rare. Tarreau will now maintain the long-haul versions of the Linux 2.6.27 kernel and 2.6.32 , leaving Greg Kroah-Hartman to work for version 3.0 of the core.

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LTS versions only have Mythbuntu

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The development team of this project has announced that as of version 12.04 of the distribution will launch a cycle in which only publish new distributions LTS , which means that each new Mythbuntu distro come every two years.

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This decision will not lead to radical changes MythTV fans as packets of this application will remain available for Ubuntu non-LTS , and you can install as usual.

The reason for this measure is the lack of sufficient staff, “ISO post pictures requires a lot of work for testing, correct errors, etc., and the Mythbuntu team is made up a small group of volunteers. The time spent working in publishing new ISOs can be exploited to improve the software. The nature of MythTV and use of the resources we have developed in the past allow us to migrate to this plan long distance with minimal impact to end users “.

reality is entirely logical decision, especially considering that the very development of MythTV is slowly but surely. In any case, if you want collaborate with the project you can join the conversation on IRC channel # ubuntu-mythtv-dev on irc.freenode.net or apuntaros to the mailing list, not to mention take a look at your page to work, always in English.

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The web versions (HTML5) and Android are closer LibreOffice

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The Document Foundation last year announced plans to create both on-line version as the Android version of LibreOffice office suite, and to celebrate this past weekend the FOSDEM event for developers We could see how this project progresses .

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Michael Meeks, SUSE developer and leader of the initiative showed the current state of both versions, and precisely one of the objectives of the development group is to share maximum possible code between the desktop versions, Mobile and Web .

might still be a long road ahead, but for example scene was shown in a prototype application for Android tablets (with Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich), and it seems that their skills promise.

The prototype

executed in an emulated environment of Android demonstrated to be solved the main problem – LibreOffice adapt to a touch interface – and in fact is expected to be the first milestone of achieving a Document Viewer “High Fidelity” and then add limited editing capabilities they grow.

As with the case of the mobile version, the version code “cloud” is partly inherited from the current code LibreOffice as Meeks explains a complete PDF presentation in English here. application can run on a server and the user interface is “drawn” in the browser via an HTML Canvas element. Ars Technica have more data on the components of this version in the cloud, which could rival Google Docs in the future and we expect to see very rapid progress in the coming months.

Tags: Android, Cloud Computing, FOSDEM, FOSDEM 2012, Google Docs, honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, IOS, LibreOffice, Michael Meeks, Office, smartphones, office suites, Tablets

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CinePaint 1.0: another development that makes the leap to round versions

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CinePaint almost, but not for want of trying: this image editor is intersante an alternative in the world of Open Source who has to deal with the major reference in this field, The GIMP, but now developers have wanted to reinvigorate development.

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it announced the release of CinePaint 1.0 , a round version again-as with the Linux 3.0 kernel cases, MyPaint htop 1.0-or 1.0 is not big news that arrives but with the hope of renewed expectations and goals with a new set of issues.

CinePaint Changes in 1.0 (which really should have been CinePaint 0.27) are unremarkable and mainly affect the correction of errors in previous editions .

Anyway, it’s a good opportunity to remind this development remains a benchmark in the field of image editing . If any of you use and want to highlight some of its virtues in the comments, I invite it.

You can download CinePaint

1.0 from its download page at SourceForge PHP 5.x .

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Mageia announces its plans for versions

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As announced a couple of weeks, Mageia 2 will arrive on April 4, 2012, which was not very clear what is development cycles, launch and support were to offer its users . Project leaders have made clear in a recent statement, also the timing of development of Mageia 2.

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Since the launch

Mageia 2 development cycle will be 9 months between release, a time interval that the developers consider it appropriate to have prepared a new version with good quality.

As for system upgrades, support time is 18 months , but still has to conduct a review of resources to ensure this measure. If everything went well you are thinking of taking a version SLP (Long Term Support) every 18 months with support for 3 years , the style and LTS Ubuntu .

Mageia development schedule 2 is as follows:

Alpha 1

  • : 16/11/2011

    • Alpha 2

  • : 14/12/2011
  • Beta 1: 20/01/2012

    • Frozen versions

  • : 06/02/2012

    • Freeze ArtWork

  • : 10/02/2012

    • i18n

  • frozen: 10/02/2012
  • Beta 2: 14/02/201

    • Version

  • frozen: 06/03/2012
  • RC: 09/03/2012

  • Final Version: 04/04/2012

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