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Presented the first alpha version of the new derivative distro Ubuntu 12.10, using desktop GNOME.

The main purpose of registration is a separate version of the creation of a “pure» GNOME environment using the latest release of GNOME 3.6.

However, the new versions of these packages, such as the file manager Nautilus and Totem media player will not be included due to the fact that they are not in the official repositories Ubuntu, due to a number of technical and controversial issues, but you can put them out of GNOME 3 PPA .
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The Fedora Project has released the alpha version of Fedora 17th In addition to the new desktops KDE SC 4.8 and Gnome 4.3 can be found in the alpha version, many improvements in virtualization and clustering.

In the vote on the name of the next version could the supporters of the name “Miracle Beefy triumph” after several attempts. Suitable to take notice of the alpha version of Fedora 17 humorous reference to that. The alpha version already contains all the planned features of the new version, partly but not completely. But it should be sufficiently complete and stable for initial testing.
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The second Alpha of Ubuntu is 12:04 for download. The final version appears officially in April.

Since Ubuntu is a 12:04 version with Long Term Support (LTS) is, is available on the server and desktop support variant five years. This warranty is easier for the developer, because now the same 64-bit kernel for desktop and server version is used. The Ubuntu kernel in version 3.2.0 is based on the vanilla kernel 3.2.2 and improved including the detection of the plug of audio devices. The alpha will be more energy efficient and reduce the battery mode, the power supply for USB and PCI devices. Even in the performance of the developers have worked.
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The first alpha version of Ubuntu is available for download 12:04. The “exact pangolin” brings even with no noticeable innovations in software selection, however, to suggest changes.

The first alpha version of the free operating system Ubuntu 12.04 (code name “Precise Pangolin”) can be since yesterday from the Ubuntu servers download. The completed system will appear in April 2012 and will receive Long Term Support (LTS). This means that both the desktop and the server version of Ubuntu will receive five years 12:04 error updates and security patches. However, this applies only to the officially supported by Canonical packages.
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The Red Hat-sponsored Fedora project has released an early test version of the upcoming version 16 of the Linux distribution. The switch to Grub 2 is one of the innovations.

The GRUB 2 is only for x86 systems, the default in the next releases will he come for all supported architectures are used.

Fedora also takes final farewell on the other hand the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), which was entrained in the previous versions yet. Udisks, upower libudev and finally take over the mediation devices for software that previously relied more on HAL.
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Ubuntu evolves 11:10: The second alpha is available for downloading on the servers. Thunderbird comes for the first time as the default e-mail solution for use. Also, the first components of GNOME 3.1 are one of the party.

Once again, Kate Stewart Canonical announced on the Devel-Announce mailing list on a trial version of Ubuntu. Yesterday, the second alpha released from Oneiric Ocelot, also known as Ubuntu 11.10. In mid-October, the new version is to appear officially, but some changes already put in the Alpha 2
Who wants to know, what about the alpha version, details can be found to existing problems and errors in the test report from the Ubuntu team for quality assurance. More details about the included features, however, betray the release notes . New on board are Firefox and Thunderbird in version 5 and the 3.0 kernel.
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Canonical has released the first alpha of Ubuntu 11.10, which already contains the essential Gnome-3 libraries.
On the Devel-Announce mailing list yesterday announced Canonical Kate Stewart , the first alpha of Ubuntu 11:10 “Oneiric Ocelot” at. Besides the new kernel 2.6.39, which , unfortunately, no patch for the known energy-saving problem still contains , should in particular the integration of Gnome 3 may be interesting.

According to Sebastien Bacher already the majority of Gnome-3 libraries in the Alpha was acquired by Ubuntu 11.10. But there are restrictions: The screen saver does not yet work as usual, have since put on a locked screen no graphics on the screen. The indicators have yet to be ported to Gnome third Also, gnome-keyring is not backwards compatible and therefore must be changed.
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For the stable version of Debian 6.0 (Squeeze), there is now the repository “squeeze-updates” provided that the users with updated software such as spam and virus scanners.

Such programs are often necessary for their correct version updates were so far in the unofficial package archive “volatile” (English fast moving) is housed. Under the new Debian release packages migrate but in the official archive “squeeze-updates”, reports the Debian project. It is maintained by the release managers of the project and available from all official mirror servers.

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