October 2010

The Gnome Partition Editor has been updated to version 0.7.0. With GParted it is possible to partition a hard drive and change existing partitions, for example by changing the file system or resizing. The program isn't very big, but it…

Version 5.7 of Parted Magic was released on Saturday. This Linux distribution is specifically for partitioning hard drives. In addition to GParted and Parted, it includes several more useful tools, including Partition Image, TestDisk,…

Version 1.1 of MeeGo was released last Thursday. This operating system has been developed for netbooks, mobile phones and tablets, equipped with an Atom or Arm processor. It was created by the merging of Intel's Moblin and Nokia's Maemo,…

Jordan Russell Software has released version 5.4.0 of Inno Setup. This program makes it easy to create installation packages for Windows. The program provides the ability to add information to the registry and ini files, create shortcuts…

Although Team XBMC planned to release the first release candidate of version 10.0 of XBMC Media Center, it proved necessary to release a fourth beta release first. This cross platform media center software is developed for Windows, Mac OS…

The open source instant messaging program Miranda IM has arrived at version 0.9.9. Miranda IM is only developed for Windows and offers standard support for ICQ, irc, MSN, AIM, Jabber and Yahoo. The download is just over 2MB in size,…

This weekend saw the return of Wine's usual biweekly development build. Wine is an open source implementation of the Windows API. This makes it possible to run DOS and Windows programs on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris, among others. Wine…

Intel has released version 2.01 of the SSD Toolbox. With this program it is possible to manage a solid state drive from Intel. For example, it can provide information about the characteristics of the drive, run some diagnostic tests and…

Regular visitors to the Meuktracker are undoubtedly familiar with the cleaning tool CCleaner. This program removes temporary and unnecessary files from Windows and various programs. The list of supported programs can be expanded by…

Earlier this week, we saw updates to several Mozilla programs due to a critical security vulnerability, and now a new version of Pale Moon has also been released. This web browser uses the source code of Mozilla Firefox, but is optimized…