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The free operating system, PC-BSD, a FreeBSD-based system, wants to move on to more frequent releases and updates.

As the PC-BSD developers write in their blog, they are not satisfied with the frequency of releases and updates from PC-BSD. They would give out love to frequent new versions, were tied to the FreeBSD releases but so far carried out in intervals of partly over one year.

To increase the frequency of publications of PC-BSD, the developers had to improve once their system to generate the distribution since the work on the creation of a publication was far too slow and expensive. The goal is to go more in the direction of a rolling-release system, but only for the own tools and system packages. Later this will be extended to the whole FreeBSD base system.
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The developers of the free operating system Syllable celebrate the tenth anniversary of the desktop version with porting desktop environment Enlightenment.

Syllable was in September 2002 , began at this time, however, not from scratch, but was merely an evolution of its predecessor AtheOS , which had been adjusted. Ten years later, called the still-independent development of Syllable Desktop, the corresponding Syllable Server is based on the other hand, a Linux kernel.

Syllable is a fully graphical, free operating system. It is mostly POSIX compliant, so is that a large number of ported software. The current version 0.6.7 was published in April 2012 and brought support for 3D and SDL. A major conversion of the system is imminent, according to the developers.
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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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Company UALinux and shopping centers and COMFY City.com (Kiev) begin a joint program – on new computers (laptops) are available in shopping centers with no operating system will have an operating system Ubuntu.

Now, not only the individual models, but also a wide range of other models from manufacturers such as Toshiba, Lenovo, Acer and etc., standing on the shelves, can be purchased pre-installed with Ubuntu.
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a new project of Mozilla, who is still in the planning stages, but has quite an ambitious goal – to create its own operating system based on Web technologies. At the game developer has suggested the emergence of pdf.js , engine to display the PDF-document by means of HTML and JavaScript. In order to complete the new facility opened its functionality and usability, it is necessary to extend some standard Web technologies. This is the main driving force behind the project to create a “completely independent of the operating system for the global network.”

To realize the idea of ​​life was defined scope of work. According to him, you must create an API for systems and devices that would use the phones, video cameras, microphones, Bluetooth-and USB-device transmission SMS, and access control applications, low-level bootloader, the ability to create their own applications.
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Finally, the release of another distro based on Ubuntu 10.10 – MoonOS 4 Neake. One of the visual differences between this release is to use the GNOME graphical desktop environment for the Main-Realese, whereas previously e17.
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10:10 Ubuntu has followed what was the planned route by developers who released the final version of the deployment last October 10. Last week we offered a preview of the entire operating system, analyzing all the main features. Today, however, we dive into Maverick Meerkat, with a short series of images that illustrate the most significant.

Installation

The process of installing Ubuntu 10:10 looks like the easiest ever by engineers at Canonical. A few steps lead to the process of formatting the partition and copying files, during which you can configure some parameters of the system and get a preview of the operating system.
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Laboratories Canonical are in turmoil in recent days. Time passes, and the target date for issuing the new version of Ubuntu comes close: Sunday, October 10, in fact, will come to light Maverick Meerkat 10.10, release number 13 for GNU / Linux distribution of South African origin. In recent days, the developers have given people a taste of what will be the definitive edition, released the first Release Candidate operating system. In this article we will explore what made available by Canonical team, and analyze the main things to come.

One installer even easier
One of the cornerstones of the development of Ubuntu is to simplify the management of the system, starting from the initial stages. The installation process of distribution has always had an important role in this respect, and Maverick Meerkat is no shortage of news. The new installer has undergone alterations to layout, resulting in more intuitive for novice users.
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