Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3 Is Available

Hey all you Ubuntu fans according to Distrowatch, Canonical has release Karmic Koala Alpha 3 for Ubuntu 9.10. I will certainly give this a try since I did like 9.04 it just never really performed that stellar in the wireless department. It connected fine using the Dlink-652 wireless card in my laptop but wasn't as responsive as Fedora 11. See the Speedtest results I posted a while back for Ubuntu and Fedora. So I am curious to see if they have improved the performance for the Ahteros chipset in this version. I will give it a try this weekend and report back. Two of the more noteworthy changes are the 2.6.31-3.19 kernet and ext4 as the default filesystem. I suggest you head over to their website for the full run-down of the newest features in Karmic Koala.

Windows 7 Is Offially RTM

As usual I am a day late in the news but I thought I would post a link anyway. Microsoft has officially released Windows 7 to manufacture (RTM). This comes exactly ninety days before the scheduled launch of October 22. This is the time to ensure that all your apps work and your hardware is up to date otherwise when it does arrive you could be very disappointed. Don't be one of those folks who thinks everything will just work. You can still get the download RC and the Windows 7 advisor I posted about a few days ago.

Is Microsoft Pro Linux Now?

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Update Your Windows XP Product Key Easily

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Critical Flaw Fixed In Firefox 3.5

Firefox users should update to 3.5.1 and close a security flaw that was rated as critical. Malicious code could be used to crash Firefox and install more software on your machine. Users are encouraged to update as soon as possible. Read more at Mozilla Links blog here.

Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor Tool

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Firefox 3.5 Update Coming Soon

Lifehacker is reporting the update for the Javascript security hole and the slow start-up of Firefox 3.5 should arrive at this week. I personally have not had issues with the slow start-up but plenty of people have reported this bug. For full details see the Mozzilla Links page here.