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The 2.6.33 kernel is out
"The most noticeable features in 2.6.33 are likely the Nouveau and DRBD integration (and a _lot_ more people will notice the Nouveau part of that). And the Radeon KMS parts aren't considered experimental any more. Oh, and the AS IO scheduler is gone, since keeping it around and just causing confusion seemed to not be worth it any more. You're supposed to use CFQ instead!". At last, Linus Torvalds has released the 2.6.33 kernel. The best place for information on new kernel releases is KernelNewbies, and the KernelNewbies 2.6.33 in this case.
Distribution Release: PapugLinux 10.1
Sylvain Balbous has announced the release of PapugLinux 10.1, a minimalist, Gentoo-based live CD with the Fluxbox window manager and a number of mostly lightweight desktop applications: "PapugLinux release 10.1 is now available for download. Version 10.1 is a major release of PapugLinux in terms of package update and hardware support. The latest version of X server will allow you to enjoy PapugLinux at the best capacity of your hardware. Updated packages - X.Org 7.4 X Window server, Firefox 3.5.6 browser, Sylpheed 2.6.0 mail client, Pidgin 2.6.3 instant messenger client, AbiWord 2.6.4 word processor, Gnumeric 1.8.4 spreadsheet processor. Added packages - XTux multi-player Gauntlet-style arcade game."
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Development Release: openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 2
Henne Vogelsang has announced the second milestone release on openSUSE's journey to version 11.3: "Milestone 2 is part of the milestones where we track new releases in the open source universe and test the building of our various distribution images with them. While milestone 1 introduced various pre-release versions of free and open source projects (KDE 4.4 RC1, OpenOffice.org 3.2 Beta 4 or VirtualBox 3.1 beta 1) into our development distribution openSUSE Factory, this milestone is characterized by final releases of those projects. We are also preparing everything to switch to GCC 4.5.0 as the default compiler."
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Development Release: Mandriva Linux 2010.1 Alpha 2
The second alpha release of Mandriva Linux 2010.1 is now available for download and testing: "The time has come for the second alpha release for the 2010.1 version of Mandriva Linux. As this is an early pre-release, major changes are mostly in the area of included third-party software. Planned changes to Mandriva's own tools and systems are not ready for inclusion in this public pre-release. Major new features: many improvements in guest account management - use of restricted shell, restricted access to other user's files, prevent access to most of Mandriva administration tools; desktop environments - GNOME 2.29.6, KDE 4.4 RC3; desktop applications - Firefox 3.6, OpenOffice.org 3.2 beta 3, Google Chromium; X Server - Nouveau driver is now used as a free driver for NVIDIA graphics cards instead of nv...."
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