OpenSUSE 11.0 arrives.
The OpenSUSE Project has achieved a new release of its free desktop and server distribution. OpenSUSE 11.0 features a redesigned installer, KDE 4.0, GNOME 2.2.2, and the flashy Compiz Fusion 3D window manager, and over 200 new features. more... and Kudos to openSUSE 11.0. and download openSUSE 11.

Opera 9.5 gives Firefox 3 a run for its money.
Two of the most popular Linux browsers were unveiled this month after years of development -- the open source Firefox 3 and the proprietary Opera 9.5. Opera's launch a week before Firefox was like any other launch, unlike Firefox's much publicized world record attempt. But Opera 9.5 is no less revolutionary than Firefox, matching its open source rival feature for feature, from security-related enhancements to improved multilingual text rendering. more...

Ubuntu team readies for 8.04.1.
With Ubuntu 8.04.1 scheduled to be released on July 3 the Ubuntu development team is putting the final touches to the popular Linux distribution. Ubuntu 8.04.1 not a new release of Ubuntu but an updated CD image so that users trying Ubuntu 8.04 for the first time only have to download the CD image and not all the updates that have been released since the original 8.04 release. Those updates are included in the CD image to be released on July 3. more...

Starting SSH connections simply with SSHMenu.
SSHMenu adds a button to your GNOME panel that displays a configurable drop-down list of hosts that you have might like to connect to with SSH. SSHMenu is packaged and available in repositories for both Ubuntu (as sshmenu-gnome) and Fedora (gnome-applet-sshmenu). Other SSHMenu packages available for both distributions do not include GNOME support. more...

Can Linux find one good way to install software?
I’m not sure when the fights over how to install programs started in Linux, but it was probably not longer after there were three Linux users on the planet. Things haven’t gotten any better. more...

Applications.
WinMerge is an Open Source (GPL) visual text file differencing and merging tool for Windows.

Misc.
Over 8,000,000 Mozilla Firefox 3 Downloads in 24 Hours and counter.
The Linux Terminal For Beginners.
20 Great Quotes from Richard M. Stallman.
HP Contributes Source Code to Open Source Community to Advance Adoption of Linux and more....
Using ZFS though FUSE.
ZFS on Linux: my story and HOWTO you can have it too.
Firefox extensions to bring back the dead.
LastGraph is a web-based service that aims to give you a new way to explore your last.fm listening history/
Testing Linux Ubuntu.
CentOS 5.2 released and download page.
Ubuntu MID Edition 8.04 achieves its first public release.

MOTU Videos.
Ubuntu Developer Channel.
How To make debian standard debs from scratch.

How To Tips.

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