Linus Torvalds, on 1st August, announced the release of new Linux kernel 2.6.35. It includes support for new Intel Cougarpoint chipset and improvements to AMD support among other new features.
For complete review and feature list for 2.6.25 please visit:
http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_35

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Annual system administrator appreciation day: last Friday of July.

http://www.sysadminday.com/

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Mark Shuttleworth has announced the new Ubuntu 10.10 code named Maverick Meerkat scheduled for release in October 2010.
For more information visit

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-10-10-a-k-a-Maverick-Meerkat-139104.shtml

and

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/336

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Mark Shuttleworth has announced that he will step down as the CEO of Canonical giving way to Jane Silber.
Read the complete story:

http://blogs.computerworld.com/15275/shuttleworth_steps_down_as_ubuntu_ceo

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Canonical has officially released Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, on 29th October 2009. This is their 11th release. The release cycle of Karmic was different this time with only one Beta. There are a lot of improvements over Jaunty.
It uses GNOME 2.28.1 as desktop environment, EXT4 file system, 2.6.31.1 Linux kernel, Xsplash, new art work and more.
New improvements include:

Improved Boot time
EXT4 as the default file system over EXT3
New boot loader. Grub2 is used for EXT4 support
New X based splash screen
New splash theme
New login screen
New wallpapers

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Canonical has officially released Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, on 29th October 2009. This is their 11th release. The release cycle of Karmic was different this time with only one Beta. There are a lot of improvements over Jaunty.
It uses GNOME 2.28.1 as desktop environment, EXT4 file system, 2.6.31.1 Linux kernel, Xsplash, new art work and more.
New improvements include:

Impreoved Boot time
EXT4 as the default file system over EXT3
New boot loader. Grub2 is used for EXT4 support
New X based splash screen
New splash theme
New login screen
New wallpapers

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Hello,

I have got a couple of books on Linux and RHCE that I would want to put on for donation. Anyone who needs them are free to contact me.

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Google, on June 4th, announced the availability of its browser Chrome for Linux as well. The version 3.0.183.1 is still very unstable and lacks a lot of features that are otherwise present in the Windows package.
One of Chrome's main advantages over other web browsers is the way it handles tabs as separate processes. Why is this important? Well, if a web page crashes, it doesn't take the whole browser with it, but only the tab it was opened in, significantly increasing overall stability.

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Foremost is a Linux tool originally developed by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and the Center for Information Systems Security Studies and Research. Primarily thought of a data forensics tool for law enforcement, the program has been released to the public. Here we'll try using it for a specific purpose. Rather than explore all its capabilities, we'll look at one area particularly helpful to Linux users - to undelete files in Ubuntu.

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Canonical, developers of Ubuntu, released the Alpha 1 of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.10 dubbed "Karmic Koala" on 14th May.
Some of the various upgradations from the previous versions :

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