Debian 5.0 "Lenny" in June 2009?
Oct 09, 2008The Debian 5.0 release missed its intended deadline of September and the project has been silent as yet about any news of an update. The latest guess from developers' circles is that "Lenny" will not be ready until June of 2009.
more »Ubuntu Has New Sample Content Art
Oct 07, 2008For quite a while Ubuntu had been including example-content packages with its releases that contained the same content: some audio and video data to test the playback, including a video of Nelson Mandela.
more »What Can You Do for Lenny?
Oct 07, 2008Release of the new Debian 5.0, codenamed “Lenny”, has been postponed. Scheduled for September, Lenny still suffers from too many release critical problems (RC bugs), and until these bugs are fixed, there will be no “Lenny”.
more »Mono 2.0 is Ready: Compilers for C# 3.0 and Visual Basic 8
Oct 07, 2008The developers of Mono, the free implementation of the .NET framework, have achieved a major milestone with version 2.0.
more »Ubuntu 8.10 Seeking Beta Testers
Oct 06, 2008The upcoming Ubuntu 8.10, alias Intrepid Ibex, is now in beta.
more »Linux Pandora Box Goes into Mass Production
Oct 06, 2008Around $330 gets you a Linux-based Pandora handheld by shopping online, although the first buyers had to hurry.
more »OpenSuse 10.2: November Deadline for Updates
Oct 03, 2008On the OpenSuse announcement board, Marcus Meissner stated that as of November 30. 2008, official support for OpenSuse 10.2 will end. After that, Novell/the OpenSuse Project will provide no further security updates for Version 10.2.
more »Linux-Gamers.net Release Live DVD Version 0.9.4
Oct 01, 2008The developers from Linux-gamers.net launched a new version of their Linux games-focused live distribution.
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