Kubuntu Breezy Release Candidate is now available. This distro based on Ubuntu but is using a KDE desktop instead of GNOME.

With just one more week to go before the final release of Ubuntu 5.10, the Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Ubuntu 5.10 Release Candidate. This is the final milestone before the official 5.10 release, and includes installation CDs, live CDs, and combination DVDs for three architectures.

SUSE Linux is created by the openSUSE project, a Novell-sponsored community project dedicated to driving Linux adoption everywhere. Through openSUSE.org, you may download a free version (unsupported) of SUSE Linux from any one of over 100 mirror sites worldwide. The free offering allows you to use the latest open source desktop, server and application functionality that has become the hallmark of the SUSE Linux consumer distribution.

The newest release of Slackware, version 10.2, is available now. As always, thanks to all the people who helped make this release possible.

Mandriva Linux 2006 RC2 has been released:

A preview release of Edubuntu 5.10 is now available for download. Edubuntu is a version of the Ubuntu operating system suitable for classroom use.

Hp seems to have decided to ship its one line of PC with Ubuntulinux. This is debain derived Linux, which is supported by the millionaire south african astronaut Mark Shuttleworth. Here is quote from tectonic's site
"The HP Linux and Open Source roadshow rolled into Johannesburg earlier this week with the message that Linux is now a "standard" product offering from the company. The annual roadshow, which travels the world spreading the HP/Linux message, this year focused heavily on examples of where Linux has been successful in business, including inside the HP business. ". For full read go here at techtonic.co.za.

The Preview Release of Ubuntu 5.10 - codenamed "Breezy Badger" has been released. "To see it all, you'll need to try the CD, but the highlights include:

Mandriva Linux 2006 RC1 has been released

The first release candidate of SUSE Linux 10.0 is now available for download.

This avad Windows user tries out Ubuntu Linux for the first time and dumps Windows for two weeks.

NVClock is a small utility that allows users to overclock NVIDIA based video cards running on the Linux platform. The original code used in building this application was borrowed from the nvcs application. That code has been extensively reworked in order to make the utility much more user friendly and to make it play nice with current distros and drivers.

Linux Kernel 2.6.13 has been released, the usual bunch of minor fixes and updates included, Download links and Changelog @ kernel.org

SUSE Linux 10.0 OSS Beta 3 (code name: Bangalore) is an unsupported, open source only, preliminary edition of SUSE Linux that contains bleeding-edge packages and represents the latest development snapshot.

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Linux founder Linus Torvalds is defending protection of the Linux trademark and insists that sublicensing is a loss-making operation.

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The backend engine of NT Compatible and Linux Compatible has been finally updated today. This update introduced some changes. The biggest change is the beginning of a transformation to a free (as in freedom) compatibility list that is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License.

This article covers a MAC users perpective of Mandriva. From the article: I?m set and I have selected a Linux distro so now I have to lock all of my Windows powered goods into my closet and the next paragraph you read of this will have been written from a Linux box. Be sure to join me and try to keep up as I venture into the land of taboo and exoticism that is open-source!

ATI has jsut released new drivers for Linux. They support now GCC 4.0 and kernels 2.6.12.x . More changes in Release Notes. You can download drivers from ATI.com.

Knoppix, a Linux based live CD, will boot a computer from the optical drive and gives a slow but usable graphical user interface. The average Windows user may balk at the idea of learning Linux. On the other hand, anyone willing to fumble around in the GUI for half an hour, and throw out the occasional Google search shouldn't have too many problems using the Knoppix interface.

nVidia has released new Linux display drivers for i386 and x86_64.