Google may unveil merged Android and Chrome OS, dubbed Andromeda, at event

If you thought Google’s October 4 event — where the firm is rumored to launch two smartphones, Google Home, Daydream VR, Chromecast Ultra, and Wi-Fi Routers — wasn’t packed enough, think again. It has been a long time coming, but Google may finally offer a peak at Andromeda, an operating system that sees the merger of Android and Chrome OS. Andromeda is the code name for the long-rumored merger, and Android Police says it have been sitting on a rumor that Google may demo the OS in October. What made the company share it now? A tweet from Hiroshi Lockheimer, senior vice president of Android, Chrome OS, and Google Play at Google.

KDE Leftovers

• Please welcome LabPlot’s new homepage!

• KDE Timeline translated into Spanish

• KDE Timeline translated into Chinese

• Kexi 3 Beta 1 + libs

• GSettings vs QSettings

• Plasma Wayland ISO Now Working on VirtualBox/virt-manager

• Kdenlive Café, 20th of september

• KDevelop 5.0.1 released

• Reminder: Submit your work for the 2016 Krita Artbook!

• New mobile IMG – 20160923-134224

• Qt Conference Apps – out of the Developer Trenches – Part 1

today's howtos

• How to install PHP 5.6 as additional PHP-FPM & FastCGI for ISPConfig 3.1 on Ubuntu 16.04

• How to Install Latest LXQt Desktop in Ubuntu 16.04 and Fedora 22-24

• How to install and configure oVirt 4.0 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

• How to extend the functionality of your Linux desktop with PlexyDesk

• How to Install Redmine 3.2 with Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04

• The Ultimate Guide to Setting Up Apache Subversion SVN and TortoiseSVN For Version Control

• Rotate videos in VLC - Tutorial

• the case of the one byte packet

• How to Install Latest XFCE Desktop in Ubuntu 16.04 and Fedora 22-24

Lenovo G50 & CentOS 7.2 MATE - Fairly solid

Is there a perfect track record for any which distro? No. Do any two desktop environments ever behave the same? No. Is there anything really good and cool about the MATE offering? Yes, definitely. It's not the finest, but it's definitely quite all right. You do get very decent hardware support, adequate battery life and good performance, smartphone and media support is top notch, and your applications will all run happily. On the other hand, you will struggle with Samba and Bluetooth, and there are some odd issues here and there. I think the Gnome and Xfce offerings are better, but MATE is not to be dissed as a useless relic. Far from it, this is definitely an option you ought to consider if you're into less-than-mainstream desktops, and you happen to like CentOS. To sum it all up, another goodie in the growing arsenal of CentOS fun facts. Enjoy.