15 Ağustos 2009 Cumartesi

Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 4

ubuntu Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the fourth alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10, now including the first CD images for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud: "Welcome to Karmic Koala Alpha 4, which will in time become Ubuntu 9.10. New features: GNOME 2.27.4 development release; Kubuntu includes its first Netbook release, Social from the Start, and the latest KDE packages; the first Karmic alpha images for the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon's EC2; Ubuntu One file sharing service provides tightly integrated file synchronization with other computers and the Ubuntu One network storage service; includes the 2.6.31-5.24 kernel based on 2.6.31-rc5, ships with Kernel Mode Setting enabled for Intel graphics...." Read the release announcement and release notes to learn more. Download (MD5): karmic-desktop-i386.iso (696MB, torrent), karmic-desktop-amd64.iso (698MB, torrent). Also available are alpha 4 CD images for Kubuntu (download, release notes), Xubuntu (download), Ubuntu Studio (download), Mythbuntu (download).

Realtek High Definition Audio Driver R2.30

This is the official driver package for Realtek HD Audio Solutions. It includes all driver files, and the control center for Realtek HD-Audio devices for Windows 2000, XP and Vista . The package includes the 32 and the 64 Bit binaries. Realtek HD Audio Driver is supporting all of Realtek HD Audio Codec in Vista/WinXP/Win2000/Win2003 : ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC889, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC260, ALC262,ALC267, ALC268, ALC269, ALC272, ALC273, ALC887.

NVIDIA PhysX 9.09.0814 Released

RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
Optimized for best performance in the PhysX title: Terminator Salvation.
Optimized for best performance in the PhysX title: Batman Arkham Asylum.
Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on all GeForce 8-series, 9-series, 100-series and 200-series GPUs with a minimum of 256MB dedicated graphics memory and 32 processor cores (stream processors).
Experience GPU PhysX acceleration in many games and demos, some of which are highlighted in PowerPack downloads on www.geforce.com.
Runtime upgrade ONLY for AGEIA PhysX processors users. (New AGEIA PhysX processors installations should install older PhysX system software such as version 8.09.04 – prior to installing this update). Note – AGEIA PPU acceleration support for 2.8.1 SDK or earlier, and Windows Vista and Windows XP only.
Includes runtimes for the PhysX SDK 2.8.3
Includes the latest PhysX runtime builds to support all released PhysX content.
Supports NVIDIA PhysX acceleration on GeForce via CUDA 2.0 for SDK versions 2.7.3, 2.7.2, 2.7.5, 2.8.0, 2.8.1 and 2.8.3 (requires graphics driver v177.81 or later).
Supports control of your GPU PhysX configuration from the NVIDIA display driver control panel. (requires graphics driver v180.00 or later)

NVIDIA PhysX 9.09.0814

11 Ağustos 2009 Salı

Mozilla delivers first alpha of Firefox 3.6

Mozilla announced on Friday the availability of Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1. This alpha comes just two months after the release of Firefox 3.5 and is the first of several developer previews. Codenamed Namoroka, after a national park in Madagascar, Firefox 3.6 is expected to be finalized and released later this year.

Namoroka uses the new Gecko 1.9.2 rendering engine which is also still in testing. The alpha includes several speed improvements to the javascript engine, and potential speed and responsiveness upgrades to the entire browser. Also Lifehacker is reporting that Tab Previews, a feature that was removed in the final beta of Firefox 3.5 has been added and includes a simple guide to activate this functionality. The latest alpha also includes some tweaks to CSS and supports multiple background images.

As always with an alpha, this release is recommended only for those truly on the bleeding edge. Mozilla is warning that only developers and testers download this latest alpha. If you haven't been scared away yet, check out the Mozilla Developer Blog for links to Alpha 1 in Mac OS, Linux or Windows flavors. Mozilla also welcomes any feedback, especially bug reports, and more information on submitting reports can be found at the Developer Blog as well.