Ubuntu 9.10 launch - 29 October.
Today Canonical announces the upcoming release of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server Edition, the latest version of the popular Linux desktop distribution. Ubuntu 9.10 will be available for free download on Thursday 29 October. more... and 5 years later, 5 ways that Ubuntu has made Linux more human and Mark Shuttleworth: 10 Thoughts On Ubuntu 9.10.

Ars takes a first look under the hood of Fedora 12.
This week the Fedora community announced the availability of the Fedora 12 beta. We took a look under the hood and explored some of the important technical features, including significant improvements to virtualization and netbook support. more...

OpenSUSE 11.2 the Perfect KDE Distribution.
While openSUSE community are preparing to release openSUSE 11.2 in the next month, I decided to discover what's new in openSUSE 11.2. In short, it is fast, stable and beautiful. But the most exciting decision is putting KDE as default desktop environment. OpenSUSE 11.2 is the best KDE distribution (IMHO). more...

Red Hat investing in EnterpriseDB.
Linux leader Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) is investing in open source database vendor EnterpriseDB, the official announcement is set for release on Tuesday October 27th. The official press release does not disclose the exact amount that Red Hat is investing, but it is part of a $19M series C round of funding. EnterpriseDB is one of the leading commercial backers behind the PostgreSQL(also known as Postgres) database. more...

Firefox for iPhone and Android Phones.
John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla, told technology blogger Om Malik that they will release an application for the iPhone a few weeks from now and that it will be "really exciting". No further details have been said yet so we are left guessing. more...

Barnes & Noble Unveils Kindle-Killing, Dual-Screen ‘Nook’ E-Reader.
If you just ordered a Kindle, stop reading now or you’re in for a giant dose of buyer’s remorse. Barnes and Noble unveiled a new e-book reader called ‘Nook’, and it is hot, both inside and out. Nook looks a lot like Amazon’s white plastic e-book reader, only instead of the chiclet-keyboard there is a color multitouch screen, to be used as a keyboard or to browse books, cover-flow style. The machine runs Google’s Android OS and it will have wireless capability from AT&T. more... and Android e-reader boasts dual netbook-like displays.

Atom-powered PC targets in-vehicle signage.
Rave Computer announced an Atom-powered vehicle computer with GPS, hard disk and CompactFlash storage, and a PCI-104 expansion slot. The RCV 6100 supports DVI-D, VGA, and LVDS displays, has two Mini PCIe sockets, and features optional GSM or WCDMA cellular modules, more...

Summary of expected upcoming releases.
2009-10-29: Ubuntu 9.10.
2009-11-03: Mandriva Linux 2010.
2009-11-12: openSUSE 11.2.
2009-11-17: Fedora 12.
2009-11-XX: FreeBSD 8.0.
2009-12-26: Sabayon Linux 5.

Misc.
OSI and White House agree on open source benefits, platforms.
Linux hits user nerve.
Qualcomm launches open source subsidiary.
Japan Linux Symposium.
FlightGear- Opensource flight simulator.
Scid ("Shane's Chess Information Database"), a chess database application for Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
What is Musix GNU+Linux?

How To Tips.

How To Install Dropbox in Ubuntu 9.10/9.04/8.10/8.04.
How To Gimp - Box of eyes.

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