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more »Straggler: Debian Decides to Replace Sysvinit with Upstart
Sep 08, 2009The current Debian Sysvinit boot system will gradually be replaced by upstart due to sysvinit's unreliability, according to Debian boot system maintainers.
more »Easypeasy 1.5 with UXA Support
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more »Shuttle Introduces Compact Computer with OpenSUSE
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more »Canonical Releases 5. Pre-Version of Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala"
Sep 04, 2009In the latest Alpha version of Karmic Koala, Canonical has included a number of software updates, and say testers should expect some substantial bugs.
more »Red Hat Releases RHEL 5.4
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more »First Test Images of LXDE Lubuntu Available
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