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As part of Mozilla Corporation’s ongoing stability and security update process, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download from http://getthunderbird.com.

We strongly recommend that all Thunderbird users upgrade to this latest release. If you already have Thunderbird 2.x, you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update
can also be applied manually by selecting “Check for Updates…” from the Help menu starting now.

For a list of changes and more information, please review the Thunderbird 2.0.0.14

Release Notes at:

http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/2.0.0.14/releasenotes/

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The OpenBSD team is pleased to announce the release of OpenBSD 4.3. See the announcement for more information.

Place an order worldwide or order in Europe, or if you only download from FTP then make a donation. If you do FTP your release, be sure to use a local mirror and not the main ftp server:

Highlights of OpenBSD 4.3 are listed below.

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Do you have any plan to learn most famous Linux Open Source Operating System? Are you new to Ubuntu Linux? Yeah! Ubuntu Linux is the most recommended Linux distro for any newbie.

Download Ubuntu Linux for non-geek from Rapidshare.com now!

hxxp://rapidshare.com/files/110478536/Ubuntu_for_Non-Geeks_2nd_Edition.rar

Replace hxxp with http and paste in your browser.

Enjoy!

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Finally ……
Yet another six months has passed and another Ubuntu Linux release is out the door.

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) on desktop and server, continuing Ubuntu’s tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

Read more about the features of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS in the following press releases:

Desktop edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.04-lts-desktop
Server edition http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-8.04-lts-server

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS will be maintained and supported for three years on the desktop and five years on the server.

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is also the basis for the new 8.04 release of Kubuntu:

http://kubuntu.org/news/8.04-release

8.04 brings a restructuring of Edubuntu as the Ubuntu Education Edition. The education desktop and application bundle now installs as an add-on to a standard Ubuntu desktop.

http://www.edubuntu.org/news/8.04-release

The Ubuntu 8.04 family of variants, Xubuntu, UbuntuStudio, and Mythbuntu, are also released today:

http://www.xubuntu.org/news/hardy/release
http://ubuntustudio.org/
http://www.mythbuntu.org/

To Get Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
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To download Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, or obtain CDs, visit:

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu
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The openSUSE team is proud to announce the first Beta release of openSUSE 11.0! There are many exciting enhancements and features in the new release. Among these is the incredibly fast package management (libzypp), KDE 3.5.9 and 4.0.3, GNOME 2.22.1, a beautiful new installer, installable live CDs and much more.

KDE 4 and KDE 3.5: The openSUSE 11.0 beta 1 includes KDE 4.0.3, which includes a number of new features, fixes, and optimizations. See the KDE4 page for more info on the KDE4 branch. To help test, see the wiki for info on reporting bugs in KDE. Not quite ready to move to KDE4? No worries, the beta includes an installation option for KDE 3.5 in addition to KDE4.

GNOME 2.22: Beta 1 includes GNOME 2.22.1 with plenty of new features and packages. Interested in helping with testing for GNOME in openSUSE 11.0? See the wiki for all the info you need.

YaST ported to Qt4: openSUSE’s administration and installation tool, YaST, has been ported to Qt4, providing beautiful styling for the installer, and an improved look for areas such as package management.

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