Elive is based on Debian and uses the Enlightenment window manager rather than KDE or Gnome. The version I picked for this review is the 1.9.35 release which is currently labeled as unstable.

For those who are using Ubuntu Jaunty, you will notice that there is a change in the way the system notifies you to upgrade software. In the past, an icon will appear on the system tray whenever there is new update available. In Ubuntu Jaunty, instead of showing the icon, the update manager will now pop up the window as and when it detects new update.

Add two lines to /etc/apt/sources list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/dnjl/virtualization/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/dnjl/virtualization/ubuntu lucid main

If you are looking to do some Linux / open-source gaming this weekend but are looking for something new besides the recent release of VDrift, the Sauerbraten developers are out with their first update in 14 months.

I finally experienced my first "phantom" update notification in Ubuntu 9.04. In previous versions of the system, a little icon on the upper panel would notify me that updates were available. I could either click the icon and open the Update Manager, then do the update. But in this new system (I've been running 9.04 about a week), the icon is gone.

Mozilla has confirmed that the next major release of the Firefox web browser - version 4.0 - will feature a built-in silent update system that will automatically upgrade the the open source browser

To upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10, press Alt+F2 and type in "update-manager -d" (without the quotes) into the command box. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release '9.04' is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.

We're talking about a distribution and its desktop environment that didn't cross ways with Compiz. Until now.

Google introduced the beta version of its open source Chrome browser nearly two months ago, and issued its third update to the beta yesterday.