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It’s been a few months since the release of Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Alpha 3. Announced by Canonical’s Steve Langasek, the latest alpha release contains package updates and the it is based on Linux 2.6.31-rc5 kernel. Some notable features this current Karmic Koala alpha release:

1) Ubuntu One integration
2) Gnome 2.2.74
3) IM client Pidgin is out, and replaced by Empathy
4) Intel UXA acceleration method instead of EXA
5) GCC 4.4 instead of GCC4.3 as compiler
6) GRUB2 as default boot loader

Full list of Alpha 4 release features/changelog here

One of Karmic Koala’s goal is to achieve a boot time of less than 10 seconds, if so, then it is a serious contender in comparison to the upcoming Windows 7, which aims to boot in less than 15 seconds.

Try it today. Download it here!

Source : Phoronix

Tags: 9.10, Bootspeed, canonical, Distro, fast boot, fastboot, Kernel, ubuntu, windows
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Future of Linux in Automotive Industry

Monday, July 27th, 2009

In May 2008, just less than a year ago, Intel and Wind River Systems co-announced their interest in producing open source linux automotive applications. Wind River Systems produces linux-based softwares and operating systems for embedded platforms. Intel’s interest in the mobile platform was strengthened by its low cost Atom processor and was actively supporting the Moblin project, an opensource linux operating system.

Wind River System was acquired by Intel in June 2009.

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Tags: Automotive, car, dashboard, ecu, embedded, fast boot, infotainment, intel, obd, wind river
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Boot up speed craze

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Fast booting aka “Instant On” is one of the most desirable feature for all PC users.

Apple using EFI is able to boot up in about 10 seconds in the Intel Macs.

More recently, the first batch Asus EEE 7″ netbooks running on a customized Xandros distribution is able to boot up in about 20 seconds.

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Tags: Apple, Asus, EEE, EFI, fastboot, Hyperspace, LPC, Phoenix, splashtop
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Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 LTS reaches end of life.

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Support) is considered the first linux distribution that offered support committed by its makers at Canonical for up to 3 years!

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Desktop

However, as the LTS is only for up to 3 years for its desktop version, the Ubuntu 6.06 LTS will reach its end of life today, 14th July 2009.

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Tags: canonical, Live CD, LTS, ubuntu
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Chrome, an Operating System, not just a browser anymore!

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Chrome OS Google has so far been successful in deploying the Chrome web browser to Windows users. Though not exactly multi-platform capable yet as variants of Chrome browser for Linux and Mac OSX are still in development.

Today on 8th July 2009, Google surprised the world with its announcement of developing a CHROME OPERATING SYSTEM.

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Tags: ARM, browser, chrome, Distro, google, netbook, x86
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Moblin v2.0 beta released

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Moblin, started as an alternative Operating System development project for Mobile Internet Devices (MID) and Netbooks (EEE,Wind,Aspire One) by Intel in 2007,whom wanted to build an open source OS around its Intel Atom low power processor.

In April 2009, Intel handed the project over to the Linux Foundation and since then, much development work has been done to deliver an interactive OS with rich visuals.

Moblin : Interactive OS with Rich Visuals

The v2.0 beta version is now publicly available for download and testing. Instructions for installing and booting on thumbdrive are here.

The current version delivers fast bootup and a somewhat complete user interface. Hardware compatibility is still worked on.

A mix of both positive and negative comments from users whom had tested the v2.0 beta image of Moblin.

If Ubuntu and Fedora is not your cup of GPL tea, you might want to consider trying out Moblin today!

Tags: atom, intel, MID, moblin
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