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"These Re-Spin ISOs are based on the officially released Fedora 12 installation media and include all updates released as of March 3, 2010. The ISO images are available for i386, x86_64, architectures via Jigdo or Torrent starting Thursday, March 19th, 2010. Despite problems in this Re-Spin we, Fedora Unity, have decided to release this Re-Spin with the following side-note:

*** We regrettably release this as a DVD only Re-Spin due to issues we found while testing the CD images. We are working hard to fix these issues, the CD images will be in future releases. ***

Testing Results

A full test matrix can be found at our Test Matrix.
(http://spins.fedoraunity.org/Members/Southern_Gentleman/F12-20100303-matrix)

Please Notice the missing packages stated in the Gold vs Re-Spin Comments. Most of these are caused by packages being replaced or no longer needed by other packages over the lifespan of the release, some are missing because of changes to comps.xml.

We would like to give a special thanks to the following for testing this Re-Spin:

- vwbusguy Scott Williams
- Southern_Gentleman Ben Williams
- kanarip Jeroen van Meeuwen
- fenrus2 Dennis Johnson
- BobLfoot Bob Lightfoot
- Sonar_Guy Scott Glaser
- EvilBob Robert 'Bob' Jensen

About Fedora Unity Re-Spins

Fedora Unity has taken up the Re-Spin task to provide the community with the chance to install Fedora with recent updates already included. This is a community project, for and by the community. You can contribute to the community by joining our test process."

"The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the first beta release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop, Server, and Netbook editions and of Ubuntu 10.04 Server for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon's EC2. Codenamed "Lucid Lynx", 10.04 LTS continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop and Netbook Editions continue the trend of ever-faster boot speeds, with improved startup times and a streamlined, smoother boot experience.

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Edition provides even better integration of the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, with its install-time cloud setup.

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server for UEC and EC2 brings the power and stability of the Ubuntu Server Edition to cloud computing, whether you're using Amazon EC2 or your own Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud.

The Ubuntu 10.04 family of variants, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Mythbuntu, also reach beta status today.

Desktop features
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Social from the start: We now feature built-in integration with Twitter, identi.ca, Facebook, and other social networks with the MeMenu in the panel.

New Design: Cleaner and faster boot, new notification area, new themes, new icons, and new wallpaper bring a dramatically updated look and feel to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu One: Choose any folder in your home directory to sync, choose from millions of songs for purchase in the Ubuntu One Music store.

Please see http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/lucid/beta1 for details."

"What's new in this release (see below for details):
- A wide range of Direct3D improvements.
- Support for SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 algorithms.
- A number of MSHTML fixes.
- Support for mp3 decoding on Mac OS X.
- Various widl improvements.
- More typelib fixes.
- OLE storage improvements.
- Various bug fixes.

The source is available from the following locations:

http://ibiblio.org/pub/linux/system/emulators/wine/wine-1.1.41.tar.bz2
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/wine/wine-1.1.41.tar.bz2

Binary packages for various distributions will be available from:

http://www.winehq.org/site/download

You will find documentation on http://www.winehq.org/site/documentation

You can also get the current source directly from the git repository. Check http://www.winehq.org/site/git for details."