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Source: elive

Elive Linux, a Debian-based live CD featuring the Enlightenment window manager, has entered the final stages of its development in preparation for the release of a new stable version: "Elive 0.5 Beta 3.4 has been released. This will probably be the last beta release before the stable one." .

Source: zenwalk

A new version of ZenLive Linux, a subproject the Slackware-based Zenwalk Linux, is out: "It's official, ZenLive 2.8 has been released! This is a major version release based on the latest stable release of Zenwalk Linux, version 2.8. In addition, the latest versions of Zenwalk's net-based package management .

Source: Linux Today

The hard decision has been made that openmotif will be removed from Fedora and the current plan is to make this happen by October 2, 2006, the final development freeze for Fedora Core 6

Source: Linux Today

King's College School, one of the UK's top public schools, claims to have saved thousands in software licensing by deploying an open source network infrastructure

Source: Linux Today

The Edgy Eft Knot 2 is the second alpha release of Ubuntu 6.10, and with this new alpha release comes a whole host of excellent new features

Source: Linux Today

The good news is that Novell is now competing with a company whose marketing savvy is even worse than its

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"Richard Stallman must be sleeping well this week " [Requires registration or viewing of daypass ad. -ed.]

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Does the bluescreen of death make you spew forth fire and brimstone, or are you the type that just says a quiet prayer? Now, God can be on your desktop, with Ubuntu: Christian Edition

Source: Slashdot: Linux

Klaidas writes "The Ubuntu project has released a second Knot CD — an alpha version of Edgy Eft. Notable new features include a new 2.6.17 kernel, Gnome 2.16 beta 2, Firefox 2.0b1, OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 and much more. It is availible for download on Ubuntu's image server. The final stable version is still slated for release in October 2006."