3D Gamers reports there are new patches for the Win32 and Linux retail dedicated servers of Battlefield Vietnam, the 3D multiplayer action game by Digital Illusions. This fix addresses a "conflict involving NVA Spawn Tunnels and XML Logging," and an updated full install of the Linux server is also available.

ATI has just released their new drivers for the x86 arch. The new drivers adds support for the chipsets:

FireGL? X3-256
RADEON? X800 (AGP only)

NVidia has released a new minor update of their Linux drivers from version 6106 to 6111 for both 32 and 64bit x86 CPUs.

The first beta of Mandrakelinux 10.1 has been released

Beta 2 of the Gentoo based Vidalinux Desktop OS has been released: We are proud to announce the new beta2 of the successful Vidalinux OS Desktop. In this release these areas of improvement include, the following:

TurboLinux recently released a Linux Distribution with full Multimedia Capabilities, TurboLinux 10F. This latest release of TurboLinux is actually just an updated version of the TurboLinux 10 Desktop, released back in October 2003, with the addition of a few multimedia applications. The most notable additions are the inclusion of a Linux version of PowerDVD (finally a commercial Linux DVD Player), the inclusion of Microsoft licensed windows media codecs, along with the ability to connect with Apple's iPods. This review covers most of the addtional multimedia features of TurboLinux 10F, as well as cover all the other aspects of this Operating System.

Damn Small Linux 0.7.3 has been released

Damn Small Linux is a business card size (50MB) bootable Live CD Linux distribution. Despite its minuscule size it strives to have a functional and easy to use desktop.

Today marks the release of Gentoo Linux 2004.2 for the AMD64, HPPA, SPARC and X86 architectures! The Gentoo Linux Release Engineering project has worked hard to improve key problem areas identified in the 2004.1 release. These areas of improvement include, but are not limited to:

MandrakeSoft S.A. have released Mandrake Linux 10.1 Alpha 1

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Fedora Core 3 Test 1 is now available for download on linuxcompatible.org:
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Just spotted this bit of Info over at the other batcave WinOSCentral!

I dig Live Linux Disks(bootable cd's).They are fun to play with and its a fantastic way to get to know Linux without even having to do an install.I found this site while searching for news to post today and thought it well worth a mention.Thanks to those that compiled it...... Frozentech.com

"KDE Project Ships First Beta of Next Major Release.
July 7, 2004 (The Internet) - The KDE Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of KDE 3.3 Beta 1. As another step towards the aKademy in late August, this release is named Klassroom."
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Just a reminder that Novell is giving away a free DVD evaluation copy of SUSE LINUX Professional 9.1 as part of their Linux Technical Resource Kit

The Linux Technical Resource Kit comes on 3 DVDs.

There are all types of distributions available, from ones that are very user friendly to advanced ones that allow you to build your system from the source code. This article covers the three most popular intermediate Linux distributions available today, Fedora Linux, Mandrake Linux and Suse Linux. Intermediate distributions give the user plenty of control and choice over their system, yet provide easy to use tools to administer and maintain their system.

Nvidia have a new Linux driver out version: 1.0-6106! which you can grab here.

Added support for GeForce 6800 series of GPUs Added support for PCI-Express Added support for GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language). Added support for GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object. Fixed problem that prevented 32-bit kernel driver from running on certain AMD64 CPUs. Added support for ACPI Added configuration utility "nvidia-settings".

The GNOME 2.6.2 Desktop and Developer Platform has been released:

"This point release from the stable branch of the GNOME Desktop and Developer Platform contains a lot of bugfixes and improvements over the previously released 2.6.1 version. Our maintainers, bugfixers, translators and general contributors have been hard at work for the last couple of months bringing more polish, stability and performance to your favourite desktop environment. "

Slackware Linux 10.0 has been released:

"The first Slackware release of 2004, Slackware Linux 10.0 continues the more than ten-year Slackware tradition of simplicity, stability, and security.

SUSE Linux 9.1 Personal Edition is now available for free download.

Slackware Linux 10.0 RC2 is now available:

The Official Release of Slackware Linux by Patrick Volkerding is an advanced Linux operating system, designed with the twin goals of ease of use and stability as top priorities. Including the latest popular software while retaining a sense of tradition, providing simplicity and ease of use alongside flexibility and power, Slackware brings the best of all worlds to the table.

Linux Kernel 2.6.7 has been released, the usual bunch of minor fixes and updates included, Download links and Changelog @ kernel.org