Shuttleworth on Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex
Feb 21, 2008Ubuntu is working on the next but one release, 8.10, codenamed Intrepid Ibex. Ubuntu promoter and Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth launched the next round of development in the traditional way by naming the product.
more »Centos 5.1 Live CD
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more »Debian Update Introduces Security, Bans Adobe Flash
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more »Faster Package Management for Suse 11.0
Feb 14, 2008Suse developer Duncan Mac-Vicar gives a sneak preview of the next generation version of Novell’s Zypper package manager in his blog.
more »Ubuntu Developer Week
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more »Opensuse 11: Alpha 2 with KDE 4
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more »Nexenta 1.0 = OpenSolaris Kernel + Linux Userland
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more »Wind River First to Fulfil Carrier Grade Linux 4.0 Specification
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