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The Pioneer Linux Explorer Server is targeted at newcomers. The commercial distribution is available free of charge for non-commercial use.

The latest version of Samba, 3.0.26, removes a moderately critical vulnerability that only occurs in combination with Microsoft's Active Directory Service.

The first stable version of the new Protech Linux distribution, which includes various security tools, has just been released.

VMware has released most of its VMware tools as Open Source. The manufacturer of the popular virtualization software announced this move at the VMworld Conference in San Francisco.

Mandriva Copernic features a reworked menu structure, a new tool for setting up and monitoring the network. The kernel packages have been renamed and now include a laptop package with power saving capabilities.

Development of the new version of the Gibraltar security software took more than a year. The release of Gibraltar 2.5 sees enhanced functionality and simplified use.

The commercial version of the Eudora mail client was retired in October 2006. Now, a beta version of the new revitalized Eudora has just been released.

Open Office development will benefit from IBM's own development activities.

In contrary to recent reports, AMD staff has now announced that they will be providing ATI graphics processor specifications to driver developers with no ties attached.

No less than five vulnerabilities were eradicated by the release of a new version of the Apache Web server.