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more »Debian Seeking New Project Secretary
Dec 23, 2008Current balloting for Debian Lenny's future has led to strife in the organization. Secretary of the free project, Manoj Srivastava, has resigned his position. A possible consequence is that the next version will undergo further delay in its release.
more »Ubuntu 9.04: Second Alpha from Jaunty Jackalope
Dec 23, 2008The Ubuntu Community has laid its second alpha version of Ubuntu 9.04, alias Jaunty Jackalope, under the Christmas tree.
more »Sixth Debian Update Improves Etch Security
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more »BBC iPlayer Desktop for Linux and Mac
Dec 19, 2008BBC News announced the release of iPlayer for Mac and Linux. The BBC worked with Adobe to develop the new version, BBC iPlayer Desktop.
more »openSUSE 11.1 with vast improvements to KDE4
Dec 18, 2008The openSUSE Project has released version 11.1 of its Community Linux today. Besides undergoing comprehensive maintenance, the release brings vast improvements to the KDE 4 Desktop.
more »openSUSE 11.1 Unveiled
Dec 18, 2008OpenSUSE 11.1 rolled out today, sporting more than 230 new features, many updates, and a brand new license. The newest release is also the first built entirely on the openSUSE Build Service.
more »Contrib for openSUSE
Dec 18, 2008Just in time for the launch of openSUSE 11.1, Novell developers have completed the new Contrib-Repository. The Contrib will act as a bridge between factory (packages officially supported by Novell) and third party packages.
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