Joomla! 3.4.1 is released, available now for Download

Joomla! is an award-winning, easy to use and extensible software project that aims to deliver an open source CMS (Content Management System) solution to users who are bored with their regular content management systems and want to try something different. It is built using the PHP and MySQL web technologies, and it can be used to deploy powerful websites to your clients, as well as to build astonishing web apps.

What's new in Joomla! 3.4.1:

The 3.4 release introduces new features into the CMS such as improved front end module editing, decoupling of weblinks, composer integration, Google new reCaptcha and security improvements by implementing UploadShield code which can detect most malicious uploads by examining their filenames and file contents. Please note: Due to technical reasons we have had to disable the Install from Web Service. We are working to get it back online as soon as possible.

What can I do with Joomla!

With Joomla!, you will be able to create corporate websites and portals, community-based portals, corporate extranets and intranets, websites for non-profit organizations, family or personal homepages, websites for churches and schools, online reservation systems, e-commerce websites, publications, online magazines, government applications, newspapers, as well as websites for small and medium-sized businesses.

As mentioned, Joomla! is written entirely in the PHP server-side scripting language and uses the award-winning and powerful MySQL database server for storing its data. Being designed as a web-based application, Joomla! runs on top of a web server (e.g. Apache) and it is independent of a computer OS. Of course, this means that you can use it through a supported and modern web browser on GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and any other operating system

For known issues with the 3.4.1 release, see the Version 3.4.1 FAQ in the documentation site.

The Production Leadership Team's goal is to continue to provide regular, frequent updates to the Joomla community. Learn more about Joomla! development at the Joomla! Developer Network.

Download Joomla 3.4.1 Full Package

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Install nginx 1.7.10 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint [PPA]

nginx 1.7.10 released, you can install/update on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS) and Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana

nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. For a long time, it has been running on many heavily loaded Russian sites including Yandex, Mail.Ru, VK, and Rambler.

nginx 1.7.10 changelog

• Feature: the “use_temp_path” parameter of the “proxy_cache_path”, “fastcgi_cache_path”, “scgi_cache_path”, and “uwsgi_cache_path” directives
• Feature: the $upstream_header_time variable
• Workaround: now on disk overflow nginx tries to write error logs once a second only
• Bugfix: the “try_files” directive did not ignore normal files while testing directories
• Bugfix: alerts “sendfile() failed” if the “sendfile” directive was used on OS X; the bug had appeared in 1.7.8
• Bugfix: alerts “sem_post() failed” might appear in logs
• Bugfix: nginx could not be built with musl libc
• Bugfix: nginx could not be built on Tru64 UNIX

To Install nginx 1.7.10 on Ubuntu and Linux Mint via PPA :

to install nginx 1.7.10 on Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/12.04, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca, Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Pinguy OS 14.04, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Peppermint Five, Deepin 2014, LXLE 14.04, Linux Lite 2.0, Linux Lite 2.2 and other Ubuntu derivative systems via PPA Launcphad, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/development
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nginx

Remove nginx 1.7.10

sudo apt-get remove nginx

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations. 

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