Next LTS Ubuntu will be 10.04 – Regular Service Packs for 8.04
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more »Anthony Towns Withdraws from Debian Projects
May 09, 2008Long-standing Debian developer and former Project Leader Anthony Towns has said that he is withdrawing from current projects. The reasons seem to be a disagreement on distribution of tasks within the free Linux distribution.
more »Ubuntu Patches Vorbis Tools
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more »Puppy Linux 4.00 Released
May 06, 2008Berry Kauler, the founder of the space and resource saving Puppy Linux, has released version 4.00 of the popular mini distribution.
more »Opensuse 11: Into the Home Straights with Beta 2
May 05, 2008The Opensuse Team has just released the second beta of version 11 which is scheduled for June.
more »Update: Virtual Distro Sampler DVD
May 05, 2008Unfortunately, there are two bugs contained in the Ubuntu version included on the Linux Magazine Issue #90 DVD Virtual Distro Sampler. For more information and suggested workaround, please visit the Issue 90 DVD page.
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