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Finally, I have time to update this blog. This is probably not new and some of you might be already running Moblin on your netbook. Yesterday, I installed Moblin V2 Beta on Acer Inspire One and I want to talk about it here.
 
For you, who don’t know, Moblin is an open source project developed by Intel and Linux Foundation which focused on building Linux-based platform for mobile devices, such as netbooks. The Moblin V2 specifically developed to be run on an Intel Atom processor in a netbook. To learn more about Moblin Project, see the Moblin webpage
 

Moblin V2 Beta Features

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Today, the KDE community released KDE 4.2.0, codename “The Answer” which brings improved Desktop User Experience, Applications and Development Platform. KDE 4.2.0 comes packed with new features, improvements, and bug fixes.

Here a brief overview of what users can expect from this released.

Desktop User Experience

• Further refinement of the Plasma desktop interface makes organizing your workspace easier.

• New and improved applets.

• KWin offers smooth and efficient window management.

• New and improved workspace tools to increase productivity. 

• Support for several new languages have been added.

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On Oct 30, 2008, the Ubuntu developers team have announced the availability of the official of Ubuntu 8.10, codenamed Intrepid Ibex and is now ready for downloading.

Ubuntu 8.10  features a new version of the Gnome 2.24 which brings some new applications and a wide range of improvements for developers and end users such as support for tabs in Nautilus, a new FreeDesktop.org-compliant audio theme system, and a new screen resolution utility that can leverage XRandR.

Ubuntu 8.10 has also gained Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS), a framework which will automatically rebuild kernel modules when new versions of the kernel are released. This improvement will hopefully prevent third-party drivers from breaking when kernel being updated.

The new version of NetworkManager, which included in Ubuntu 8.10, adds support for managing multiple active devices simultaneously, enabling 3G connectivity, managing PPP and PPPOE connection and managing devices with static IP configurations.

Ubuntu 8.10 introduces the “last successful boot” feature, which will allow users to boot from the last working kernel configuration by selecting a special item on the boot manager list at start-up.

The 8.10 release also has a “guest session” feature. The User Switcher panel applet now provides an extra entry for starting a Guest session. This creates a temporary password-less user account with restricted privileges: the account cannot access any users’ home directories, nor permanently store data. When the guest using the machine signs off, any personalized or identifying information on the guest account is deleted.

The next major version is Ubuntu 9.04, which is Jaunty Jackalope and is scheduled for release in April 2009.

Intrepid Ibex is available for download from the Ubuntu web site. For more information, check out the release notes and the official announcement.

Novell have released openSUSE 11.0, the latest free version of its Linux operating system distribution which then will be the base for Novell’s award winning SUSE Linux Enterprise products.

OpenSUSE 11.0 comes with the latest versions of KDE and GNOME, with KDE 4.0.4 replaced KDE 3.5 as the default KDE. With DVD installer, you can choose to install KDE or GNOME during the installation process.

The openSUSE Project is proud to announce the release of openSUSE 11.0 — everything you need to get started with Linux on the desktop and on the server. Promoting the use of Linux everywhere, the openSUSE Project provides free, easy access to the world’s most usable Linux distribution, openSUSE.

 

The 11.0 release of openSUSE includes more than 200 new features specific to openSUSE, a redesigned installer that makes openSUSE even easier to install, faster package management thanks to major updates in the ZYpp stack, and KDE 4, GNOME 2.22, Compiz Fusion, and much more.

Features of openSUSE 11.0 are:

• New Installer

YaST, which is the default installer in openSUSE get a stunning new look. The dark green-grey theme is used throughout openSUSE 11.0 for splash and boot screens. The installer also underwent many changes to make the installation both easier and quicker. The developer said that you can perform a complete openSUSE installation in under 20 minutes!

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About a week ago, Canonical was demonstrating a reworked desktop image of Ubuntu, Ubuntu Netbook Remix at Computex in Taiwan. Remix is not ready and still under heavy development. However, the source code is already available and can be installed on regular Ubuntu system. I managed to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix desktop environment running on Ubuntu 8.04 system under virtual machine.

Here some screenshots of Ubuntu Remix.

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On June 10, Banshee 1.0 was officially released to the public.  Aron Bockover wrote on Planet Banshee :

It is my immense pleasure to formally announce the release of Banshee 1.0. After nearly eight months of vigorous, non-stop work (since the last major Banshee release), it’s here - and we couldn’t be happier!
 
I’m not going to highlight much of the release in this post since we have written up some rather dashing release notes, full of pretty pictures and exciting detail.
 
Do yourself a service today, and try the release for yourself!

Feature

• Artist/Album browser
  Visually filter your collection with album art

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