64bit and x64 - Start64!

Today, June 28, 2016, Canonical's Dimitri John Ledkov laid down an example draft plan on how Canonical will deal with 32-bit (i386) support for upcoming Ubuntu Linux releases.

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Today, June 23, 2016, Barry Kauler, the creator of the Puppy Linux distribution, has proudly announced the release and immediate availability for download of Puppy Linux 6.3.2 "Slacko."

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Antergos' Dustin Falgout announced just a few minutes ago, June 15, 2016, that the latest ISO images for the Arch Linux-based operating system are now available for download.

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It's been over a year since Apple required all app updates to offer a 64-bit binary. It would appear that the firm now wants to warn you when you use an app that doesn't comply with the rule, or more specifically, a 32-bit app that hasn't been updated since before June 1, 2015 when the rule was enforced.

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A set of more than 20 software utilities including but not limited to utilities that can help you get the best performance out of your computer. It also provides an automatic and a one click solution to keep your computer clean and error free.

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• boot
• sysinfo
• speed
• install
• wiping
• defrag
• unerase
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The files saved on your hard disk may get fragmented due to various reasons. Due to this, while accessing the files, your hard disk has to move a lot to get data from different fragments located at far distances, this degrades your hard disk performance and overall system speed. In addition it results in high wear and tear of your hard disk and therefore small life.

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Photomatix enables you to get the best possible results out of images of the same scene taken with different exposures. The software works with images taken with digital cameras as well as images scanned from films. There are two ways to obtain an image with increased dynamic range out of a sequence of differently exposed images:

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Thanks to one of our readers, we were able to report last week on the release of the PCLinuxOS 64 2016.06. MATE Edition operating system. However, today we would like to introduce our readers to the PCLinuxOS 64 2016.06 Xfce Edition OS.

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DNSQuerySniffer is a network sniffer utility that shows the DNS queries sent on your system. For every DNS query, the following information is displayed: Host Name, Port Number, Query ID, Request Type (A, AAAA, NS, MX, and so on), Request Time, Response Time, Duration, Response Code, Number of records, and the content of the returned DNS records.

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LiquidSonics' Reverberate is a highly efficient hybrid convolution reverb audio processor offering true zero-latency operation for two separate, stereo impulse responses for Mac and PC supporting VST, Audio Units, AAX and RTAS.

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• music
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Start Killer removes the Start button from your taskbar. When you run Start Killer it remove the Start button from taskbar and give you additional space on taskbar, when you close Start Killer the Start button is again shows.

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• toolbar
• virtual desktop
• desktoptheme
• startmenu
• tray
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Porteus Solutions' Tomasz Jokiel announced on May 30, 2016, the release of the final Porteus Kiosk 4.0.0 Web Kiosk operating system based on the latest GNU/Linux technologies and open-source software.

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Michael Ellerman, a Linux kernel developer, working for IBM, reported recently on the fact that a group of engineers from IBM and SUSE managed to enable kernel live patching support for the PPC64le hardware architecture.

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ASTRA32 is an ideal solution for providing comprehensive information about your computer hardware and software. Not only does ASTRA32 provide a detailed analysis of your system, it also offers diagnostics and comes with some powerful features such as Drivers Troubleshooter and quick HDD Health Status checker.

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When you work with documents on multiple computers, keeping track of where the latest version of a given file is can require significant mental gymnastics. Even if you have the mental training and stamina, you can use those abilities for more important things by delegating to Allway Sync the tedious job of making sure the latest version of all your documents are everywhere you work.

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• backup
• synchronization
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