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December 02, 2008 - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago Share Comments The Linux Test Project test suite has been released for the month of NOV 2008.

The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 6.4-RELEASE. At this time 6.4-RELEASE is expected to be the last of the 6-STABLE releases.

Linux kernel version 2.6.27 is now officially out. This new release brings with it quite a few improvements and new features, including a new filesystem (UBIFS) for ‘pure’ flash-based storage.Read on for the release announcement and links to the relevant pages.

The first release candidate for Python 2.6 is out. The final release is still on track for October 1st. "You might notice that unlike earlier releases, we are /not/ releasing Python 3.0rc1 at this time.

It was decided that 3.0 still needs time to resolve open issues and that we would not hold up the 2.6 release for this.

We feel that Python 2.6 is nearly ready for its final release." Click below for the full release announcement.

As luck would have it, not only was KDE 4.1.1 released yesterday but also getting released to the wild was the GNOME 2.24.0 Beta 2.

This release contains additional bug fixes and other minor work while stabilizing the GNOME 2.24 code-base.

The release announcement can be read on the GNOME mailing list. For what this new desktop environment has to o

Adam Jackson has just announced the release of the much anticipated X Server 1.5.0. This is the key component that will make up X.Org 7.4, which we expect to see released (hopefully) this week during the X Developer Summit.

The X Server 1.5.0 release announcement can be read on the mailing list, while we'll have a full run-down on X.Org 7.4 as soon

KDE: "he KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of KDE 3.5.10, a maintenance release for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop for GNU/Linux and other UNIXes.

KDE 3.5.10 sports changes in Kicker, the KDE3 panel and KPDF, the PDF viewer."

Brian Brazil has announced the release of gNewSense 2.1, an updated version of the Ubuntu-based distribution which contains free software only: Release Announcement Quote: I've just released the live CD for ...

The first beta for KDE 4.1 has been announced.

"Beta 1 is aimed at testers, community members and enthusiasts in order to identify bugs and regressions, so that 4.1 can fully replace KDE 3 for end users.

KDE 4.1 beta 1 is available as binary packages for a wide range of platforms, and as source packages. KDE 4.1 is due for final release in July 2008." See the Info Page, which will be updated as issues are reported.

"Hello Fedora community -- I wanted to take the occasion of my first release as Fedora Project Leader to say a few -- OK, not so few -- words to everyone about what this release means to me, and what I hope you see in it too."