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Wolfgang officially announces the end of support for OpenSUSE 11.4 distro. Well the support limit for OpenSUSE 11.4 Evergreen is only valid until July, 2014 but the community decided to extend its support for months more and now they have ended the support for OpenSUSE 11.4.

According to one of the announcement by Wolfgang state that, "While I was hoping that we can keep 11.4 alive for some time longer this is currently not possible from what I would call the "core team" which is Stefan and myself. We are too busy nowadays to be able to scan and patch every issue we get aware of. Thanks to you all who contributed to the success of Evergreen/11.4!". Also review recent Linux Distro News to know what's new in them ?

Some of the developers state that the repository still receives updates from package maintainers for those who still wants to work on OpenSUSE 11.4. As you have noticed that the recent releases of patches for the bash and NSS issues are provided for this release but there is no guarantee that every security issue will be fixed. You might also like to check out other latest Software News to know what's new in software world ?

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openSUSE development team officially announces the release of openSUSE 13.2 Beta 1 with new features along with updated applications. Well as you can see that this is the beta release which is now available for testing purposes. It's being long time to hear something new from openSUSE development team as you know that few months ago, openSUSE altered their development cycle from 6 months to 12 months.

According to official announcement, openSUSE 13.2 Beta 1 comes with lot of updated apps like Linux Kernel 3.16, GNOME 3.12, Plasma Workspaces 4.11, KDE applications 4.13 mixed with 4.14. Apart from this, some of the applications are in testing phase which includes Plasma 5.1, Frameworks 5.2 and latest KDE Applications and Platform. Also, review recent Linux Distro News to know what's new in them ?

The LibreOffice is updated to 4.3.1.2 version where as btrfsprogs is updated to 3.16 version. The btrfs will be the default filesystem in this release. The AppArmor 2.9 beta comes with new python-based tools which were developed during GSoC 2013 and some new rule types to mediate sockets, ptrace, signals and dbus along with other profile updates and bug fixes. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

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LXQt is the Qt port and the upcoming version of LXDE Desktop Environment. It is primarily produce as the result of merge between LXDE-Qt and Razor-qt projects. Recently, LXQt 0.7.0 released with new enhancements and several bug fixes. In our previous post, we have already discussed what's new in LXQt 0.7.0 Desktop Environment ?

In today's HowTo Tutorial, we will discuss how to install LXQt 0.7.0 Desktop Environment using repo on Fedora 20, 19, 18 and OpenSUSE 13.1, 12.3 Linux Distros. You might also like to check out latest Software News on our website.

Step Wise Installation of LXQt 0.7.0 (Desktop Environment) using YUM repo on Fedora 20, 19, 18

Step 1 : Before beginning the installation, open the terminal and run or copy the following command in terminal to download yum repository for LXQt 0.7.0 on your Fedora system.

Step 2 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to remove existing LXDE Desktop environment on your Fedora system.

Step 3 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to update yum repository so that recently added LXQt yum repository get updated on your Fedora system.

Step 4 : Finally, run or copy the following command in terminal to install latest LXQt 0.7.0 via yum repository on your Fedora system.

After installation, when yu switch to LXDE desktop environment then you might notice that it is updated to newer version. If you are using OpenSUSE distro and want to install latest LXQt 0.7.0 then you should follow the commands given below.

Step Wise Installation of LXQt 0.7.0 (Desktop Environment) using repo on OpenSUSE 13.1, 12.3

Step 1 : First open the terminal and run or copy the following command in terminal to download latest repo for LXQt 0.7.0 on your OpenSUSE system.

Step 2 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to remove existing LXDE desktop environment from your OpenSUSE system.

Step 3 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to referesh or update recently added repo on your OpenSUSE system.

Step 4 : Finally, run or copy the following command in terminal to install latest LXDE desktop environment on your OpenSUSE system.

After installation, when you try to switch to LXDE desktop environment then you will notice that it will updated ot 0.7.0 version.

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LibreOffice is a free and open source office suite and also considered as an alternative of MS Office. This suite includes collection of programs like word processing, spreadsheets, slideshows, diagrams and drawings. It uses GStreamer multimedia framework in Linux to render multimedia content such as videos in Impress and other programs.

In today's HowTo Tutorial, we will discuss how to install LibreOffice 4.3.3 using RPM Package on 32-bit and 64-bit Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenMandriva and other RPM based Linux Distros. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

Step Wise Installation of LibreOffice 4.3.3 on Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia, OpenSUSE and other RPM based Linux Distros

#1. Download 32-bit and 64-bit RPM Packages of LibreOffice 4.3.3 using the commands

For 32-bit RPM Packages of LibreOffice 4.3.3
 

First Open the terminal and run or copy the following commands one by one to download latest tarball of 32-bit RPM packages of LibreOffice 4.3.3 using wget command and then extract the downloaded tarball using tar command and finally change your current directory to the extracted one.

For 64-bit RPM Packages of LibreOffice 4.3.3
 

Open the terminal again and run or copy the following commands one by one to download latest tarball of 64-bit RPM packages of LibreOffice 4.3.3 using wget command and then extract the downloaded tarball using tar command and finally change your current directory to the extracted one.

#2. Install LibreOffice 4.3.3 on Fedora and CentOS

After downloading appropriate RPM Packages of LibreOffice 4.3.3 from above commands, now you can install all the RPM package once by running the following command. Remember that the following command is used to install LibreOffice 4.3.3 on Fedora and CentOS systems only.

#3. Install LibreOffice 4.3.3 on OpenSUSE

If you are using OpenSUSE, then you must run the following command in terminal to install latest LibreOffice 4.3.3 on your OpenSUSE system.

#4. Install LibreOffice 4.3.3 on Mageia and OpenMandriva

If you are using other RPM based Linux Distros like Mageia and OpenMandriva then you could run the following command in terminal to install LibreOffice 4.3.3 on your Mageia and OpenMandriva systems.

That's All, now you can launch the latest installed LibreOffice on your machine and can verify its version under Help->About. If you view 4.3.3 version then your LibreOffice is successfully installed, if you didn't get this version then something you have missed while installing it on your machine.

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FileZilla is a free and open source FTP client which supports FTP, SFTP and FTPS along with lot of useful features and intuitive graphical user interface. The FileZilla client offers key features like support for IPv6, multi-language, resume support, tabbed user interface, powerful site manager, bookmarks, drag & drop support, filename filters, directory comparison, remote file editing and logging to file.

In today's HowTo Tutorial, we will discuss how to install FileZilla 3.10 using source tarball on Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, CentOS, Debian, OpenSUSE, OpenMandriva and several other Linux Distros. You might also like to check out other latest Software News on our website.

Step Wise Installation of FileZilla 3.10 (FTP Client) using Source Tarball on various Linux Distros

Installation of FileZilla 3.10 (FTP Client) on 32-bit Linux Distros

Step 1 : First, open the terminal and run or copy the following command in terminal to download latest 32-bit source tarball of FileZilla 3.10 on your Linux Distro.

Step 2 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to extract the download source tarball using tar command on your Linux Distro.

Step 3 : Next, remove all the files of existing FileZilla package in /opt filesystem on your Linux Distro.

Step 4 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to move FileZilla3 folder to /opt filesystem on your Linux Distro.

Step 5 : Finally, run or copy the following command in terminal to install FileZilla3 on your Linux Distro.

After installation, search "FileZilla" either in Unity Dash or in Application and launch it from there to remote access the server using FileZilla client.

Installation of FileZilla 3.10 (FTP Client) on 64-bit Linux Distros

Step 1 : First, open the terminal and run or copy the following command in terminal to download latest 64-bit source tarball of FileZilla 3.10 on your Linux Distro.

Step 2 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to extract the download source tarball using tar command on your Linux Distro.

Step 3 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to remove all the files of existing FileZilla package in /opt filesystem on your Linux Distro.

Step 4 : Next, run or copy the following command in terminal to move FileZilla3 folder to /opt filesystem on your Linux Distro.

Step 5 : Finally, run or copy the following command in terminal to install FileZilla3 on your Linux Distro.

After installation, you can directly open the FileZilla by running the "filezilla" command in terminal on your Linux Distro.

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