An update on the long term plans for Ubuntu release management. 8.04 LTS represented a very significant step forward in our release management thinking. To the best of my knowledge there has never been an “enterprise platform” release delivered exactly on schedule, to the day, in any proprietary or Linux OS.
Read more »Mark Shuttleworth: The Art of Release
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OpenArena 0.7.6
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OpenArena 0.7.6 is out. (direct link to Win+Lin+Mac zip archive) More maps, more models/skins, more game modes and a new tagline!
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PCLinuxOS Magazine May 2008 Released
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PCLinuxOS Magazine, May 2008 (Issue 21) is available to download. You can find it at the new PCLinuxOS Magazine website.
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Full Circle Magazine Issue #12 Released
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Full Circle - the Independent Magazine for the Ubuntu Linux Community is proud to announce the release of the twelfth issue.
Read more »Linux-based diskless notebook costs under $300
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A British Columbia-based startup called InkMedia announced an under-$300 notebook that runs embedded Linux. Based on a Via chip, the Ink Mobile Computer (Ink MC) depends on flash-based storage and offers an 8.6-inch SVGA display, four USB slots, Ethernet, and WiFi.
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SuperTuxKart version 0.4 released
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The official 0.4 version of SuperTuxKart has just been released. Most important improvement is the usage of the bullet physics engine, which is now responsible for all collision handling. Additionally, the AI has been improved, you can look back now, a new kart (wilber) was added, some tracks were significantly improved, and new music was included.
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The Burgner project aims to be a complete free burning suite
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The Burgner project aims to be a complete free burning suite, totally rewritten from scratch: it does not include any code from cdrtools (cdrecord and mkisofs) nor cdrdao, and is not a front-end for these tools.
Read more »First Gnash beta released
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Free software Flash replacement, Gnash, has just released a beta version. Gnash, for those not in the know, is a GPL-licensed SWF movie player and browser plugin for Firefox, Mozilla, and Konqueror.
Read more »Games : Wesnoth 1.4 released
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The Battle for Wesnoth Team just released the start of a new stable series:
Read more »Bos Wars and Globulation2
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Bos Wars 2.5 has been released. Beautiful particle explosions are the highlight. I couldn’t find screenshots of this online yet. I downloaded and had a very brief go.
Read more »Alien Arena 2008 to be released March 1st
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Alien Arena 2008, the followup to the game Linux.com proclaimed "blows away it's FPS competition" http://www.linux.com/feature/119775 is scheduled to be be released on March 1st, 2008.
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Ubuntu users get easy access to Windows apps
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Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, will on Thursday begin making commercial applications available to Ubuntu users directly through the desktop, in a step designed to simplify software installation.
Read more »Asus unveils 42in Linux-based Eee TV
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Asus has named the upcoming additions to its Eee PC family of low-cost computers, soon to be augmented with a small form-factor desktop machine, an all-in-one system and a TV.
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New Approach To ATI Linux Driver Installation
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Back in June of 2005 with the ATI Linux 8.14.13 driver release was a new installer to more easily facilitate the installation of this binary graphics driver using a graphical interface for a generic setup or generating distribution-specific packages (at that time Red Hat was the only officially supported distribution).
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Dell offers another Ubuntu Linux laptop
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More laptop computers preloaded with Ubuntu Linux are coming from Dell Inc. in response to demand from potential customers around the world.
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