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Canonical Announces Ubuntu for ARM
Canonical announced their plans to carry on the Ubuntu platform ARM microprocessor RISC, very popular among manufacturers of mobile devices. "The addition of this new operating system will allow computers and netbooks offer a hybrid computing experience rich, always connected and mobile without compromising battery life, "said the announcement oficical. The decision to obey the demand of the same manufacturers and their first results should appear in April next year.
This new Ubuntu Desktop for ARMv7 architecture also points to the increasingly popular designs SoCs (System on a Chip, systems on a chip) that integrate all components of the computer into a single integrated circuit.
Some suggested designs for Ubuntu 9.04
CDs "Intrepid Ibex" is still warm on the desks of many, but the next version 9.04 expected in April next year and is firing the imagination of Linux users more artistically inclined, as can testify the following conceptual art for the next desktop "Jaunty Jackalope":

Linux Mint 6 RC1
Showed the first Release Candidate version of Linux distributions, Mint, which is a system of Ubuntu. The new Linux Mint 6.0, and the number of bears the name of Felicia code.
Linux Mint 6 Felicia is based on issued at the end of October Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, moreover, contains a set of administrative tools that enhance and replace easily manage the system. Manager software, mintInstall 5, is now able to search and sort the available resources and checking the version also available offline. Update Manager, mintUpdate 3, presents a new graphical user interface, proxy support, behaves also stable. Small tool to enable file sharing - mintUpload 2 - while allowing them to transfer to the FTP servers.
UBUNTU 8.10 PLUS with OpenOffice 3
In view of the spread of free software emerge again Majorana of Gela: portal is available on Ubuntu 8.10 Plus, the unofficial version of Ubuntu that includes the number of Italian, many useful programs and utilities codecs not contained in the official version. Stands out among all the wonderful and brand new OpenOffice-3.
Ubuntu 8.10 Plus, is already available for download and is born from collaboration between Antonio Doldo and Antonio Cantaro.
UBUNTU 8.10 PLUS, namely Ubuntu live with OpenOffice.org 3
In late October, leaving the new version of Ubuntu, the 8.10, called Intrepid Ibex (Intrepid Stambecco). The official version is basically in English, but Italian can be made if you have the availability of an internet connection. The official version, unfortunately no includes OpenOffice 3, but the earlier version. In addition to distributing a CD (in consideration that not everyone has a DVD player), there are some applications that, for many users, may be useful. Of course, knowing what to do and having an internet connection you can customize and expand Ubuntu to suit you. In fact is that users do immediately after installing the official version of Ubuntu.
ForLEx Live CD 1.2.0 Released!
After a few months since the last release, the new public release 1.2.0 with the significant improvements into a menu faster and usable, all rearranged and updated applications to the new single release. The Boot has become so graphic can choose how to proceed with greater ease.

I urge everyone to read the list of instruments and to comment as well as advise on possible innovations.
Damn Small Linux 4.4.8: Another of the smaller Linux distributions
Another of the smaller Linux distributions - only 50 MB. Damn Small Linux can be launched from CD (live CD), mini CD or the USB-memory. Also could be installed in the directory's existing operating system (yeah, right - works in Windows). Regardless of their size Damn Small Linux is a full-featured desktop graphical environment program for listening to music (XMMS), browser (Dilo), mail client (Sylpheed), communicator (Naim), web server and others.

It's available a new version of the final and stable 4.xxx branch of the popular and successful live-cd Damn Small, namely Damn Small Linux 4.4.8.
The second candidate version of FreeBSD 6.4
Appeared Release Candidate 2 version of the system of FreeBSD 6.4.
FreeBSD 6.4-RC2 should be the last public test build in the production cycle FreeBSD 6.4. If there are no serious errors during the one and a half week should begin to be created buildy 6.4-RELEASE. Authors FreeBSD zach?cah? to test wersji6.4-RC2 and report any errors. One of the things that may require testing, are the latest patches for sysinstall, which were removed using a lot of file exchange software during the installations such as KDE or GNOME.
openSUSE 11.1 Beta 4
Appeared in the fourth version of the Beta distribution openSUSE 11.1. The final edition is to see daylight in December of that year.
Beta quarter include a new kernel (2.6.27.4), the GNOME graphical environment 2.24.1 and the latest version of the player Banshee 1.3.3. In addition to this was accompanied back to the kernel, previously removed drivers for certain models of webcams, updated the tool wirtualizacyjne, VirtualBox 2.0.4, together with the implementation of open technology. NET allows to run applications written in that language on Linux - Mono 2.0.1.
Soon the new Fedora 10 Preview
Already at the end of the month will be new, tenth version of the popular Fedora, the drop in cooperation with Red Hat. Let's look at the most changes, which appear in it.
For almost a week, Fedora is already at the stage of total standstill, which means that work on it have already been virtually completed. Now is the final corrected errors and upcoming installation CDs.
Ubuntu 8.10 is already available for download!
The company Canonical has made available on its web servers Ubuntu version 8.10, code name Intrepid Ibex.

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