HP has been slow to support Linux on their desktop PCs, but the server is very different story: the company has long supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and Oracle Enterprise Linux to the beloved Debian based philanthropic nothing. Now to this list will be added soon Ubuntu.

Canonical and HP are partnering to offer a full certification for the Ubuntu server line ProLiant, including Intel Xeon processors and AMD Opteron in a variety of configurations, starting at a price as low as U $ S 400.

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And after several months of work, people GetDeb and announced the Beta 2 version of Playdeb (formerly Playbuntu), the site compiles a collection of games recommended for Ubuntu to a method of easy installation and upgrade.

Playdeb is a separate repository, which has several Mirrors around the world, so there we can always find the latest games but these have not been included in the official Ubuntu repositories. And better, Playdeb, apparently, will be included in the forthcoming Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala".

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Turns out a new version of the analogue of Outlook and Outlook Express for graphical environments Gnome. Changes can be found here.

Evolution 2.27.90 is the default mail manager for GNOME, and includes both sending and receiving e-mail, contacts list, calendar with alerts and task management and notes.

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For the first time Adobe plug-in for Web animation comes immediately to the first free operating system. A matter of marketing?

Adobe releases the final version of Flash Player 10, the plug-in for Web animations most popular among Internet users and charts, and this time makes it immediately available for the Linux version. (as always, downloadable "to free" to the download page of Adobe).

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