The current Debian Sysvinit boot system will gradually be replaced by upstart due to sysvinit's unreliability, according to Debian boot system maintainers.

Based on Ubuntu 9.04, Easypeasy comes with additional support packages for netbooks and for the first time, support for Intel's UXA drivers.

Shuttle has unleashed the Shuttle X500V with pre-installed OpenSUSE 11.1. Linux users can save over $100 when opting for this system as opposed to Vista.

In the latest Alpha version of Karmic Koala, Canonical has included a number of software updates, and say testers should expect some substantial bugs.

Announced at the Red Hat Summit in Chicago, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5 update intends to set the groundwork for future virtualization products and cloud computing.

The LXDE team is working on a lite variant of Ubuntu that will run on PCs with less than 265 MB. First images are now ready to test.

Montavista now supports x86, ARM 5 and 6 and MIPS as market-specific embedded Linux.

The Linux Foundation will be holding its first LinuxCon conference from September 21 through 23 in Portland, Oregon. Linus Torvalds and Mark Shuttleworth will be among the speakers, and Linux Pro Magazine Online will do a live stream, free for the keynotes.