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GNOME 2.22.2, one of the best Linux Desktop has been released. this is full review copied from news.softpedia.com (05/29/2008)

Lucas Rocha, one of the developers at GNOME, has announced the release of GNOME 2.22.2, the latest update to the 2.22 branch of the desktop environment. The next stable device will be GNOME 2.22.3, due to be launched on June 30.

In September, we will see GNOME 2.24, which promises some interesting new features and improved stability. GNOME’s web browser, Epiphany,
will be migrated to the WebKit web page rendering engine, that’s used at this moment by the Safari web browser and some minor web browsers like Midori. The GNOME 2.24 release will also offer better integration with PulseAudio and the GNOME Session Manager will bring more flexibility for Linux distributions makers on selecting their default session applications. The GNOME team also has big plans for documentation, as they want to record everything, including policies and servers.
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Nokia, one of the top companies on the mobile market, might create some new Linux-based, Internet-focused devices, as the interest in such appliances is growing, Reuters is reporting. Although Linux is not widely used on cellphones, the situation is beginning to change, and Google’s Android platform is one good example of confidence
in Linux.

Linux is no stranger to Nokia, as the Finnish company has used it before on Internet tablets, devices that are similar to phones but lack the calling capability. As their name indicates, the Internet tablets are used for navigating the web from anywhere. Kari Tuutti, Nokia spokesman, said: “We will expand that range, and we believe that the role of Linux will grow.” The Internet tablets were targeted at tech-savvy consumers and used to support technologies like WiMAX.
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Parted Magic bisa diidentikkan dengan Partition Magic di Microsoft Windows

Anda biasa menggunakan partition magic di lingkungan windows maka tidak akan asing dengan Distro Linux satu ini karena program bawaannya yaitu GParted 0.3.7 tampilan GUI hampir mirip/identik dengan Partition Magic.

Detil paket program yang disertakan dalam Parted Magic 2.2 seperti dilansir oleh SoftPedia (08/05/2008) adalah :
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CDlinux - Compact Distro Linux - a compact Linux distribution, has made another step in its evolution. It has reached version 0.6.1, which sports the latest Linux kernel, Xfce window manager, X.Org and some desktop applications in almost 60MB.

This is the second stable release of the 0.6 series and it ships with the 2.6.24.5 Linux kernel, Pidgin 2.4.1, Firefox 2.0.0.14, Xfce 4.4.2 and X.Org 7.3. It fixes a quoting bug in rc.modules and sports some brand new support for touchpad, lzma, pdf and better support for desktop icons and Mactel. In the previous versions it didn’t handle hotplug too well; now, CDlinux 0.61 seems to manage it much better and it also honors DBus and HAL.
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It all began on August 29, when Jono Bacon announced the Hardy Heron, also known as Ubuntu 8.04, the next major release of the Ubuntu operating system and the second Long Term
Support (LTS) version, which means users get security updates for five years for the server edition and three years for the desktop edition. The first LTS release was Ubuntu 6.06 (codename Dapper Drake), released on 1st June, 2006.

As promised, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is here, available on mirrors worldwide (see below for download links), and it’s my deepest pleasure to introduce you guys to the highlights of this new release dubbed Hardy Heron.
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What is SliTaz? It is a new minimalistic Linux distribution, a 100% FREE operating system which doesn’t need a hard drive to run. It runs completely in memory and can be booted from a CD-ROM or an USB flash drive. Did we say how small it is? Incredible or not, SliTaz Linux provides a lot of applications, nice desktop effects and even a ready-to-use web server in no more than 24.8 MB ISO image! Moreover, at this size, SliTaz is extremely fast and light!
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