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Red Hat sponsored Fedora project managed to release 16th version of its Linux distribution, code-named “Verne”. Aside from package updates, it improve also in the areas of virtualization and cloud computing.

The official release notes can be found here, http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/16/html/Release_Notes/index.html

It is dedicated in memory of the creator of C programming language, and key developer of Unix OS, Dennis Ritchie.

There are lots of operating system virtualization, you have the option to use an open source or a proprietary software depending on your needs,familiarization and most significantly, budget. People have several reasons why they use virtualization, and the most common is for testing purposes wherein they can test different configurations from different OS. Another reason is to security and consolidation, where they can save money and electricity.

Some of the popular open source linux virtualization softwares are OpenVZ, Xen, KVM and VirtualBox. You can also try proprietary softwares such as VMWare and Citrix XenServer, a commercial implementation of Xen.

The new release provides high level coverage of the improvements and additions that have been implemented in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4.

Changes include:

a. Package Updates
b. New Packages
c. Technology Previews
d. Fix Known Issues
e. Package Manifest

Some important Updates are:

1. Virtualization Updates
2. Clustering Updates
3. Networking Updates
4. Filesystems and Storage updates
5. Desktop Updates
6. Tools Updates
7. Architecture Specific Support
8. Kernel Updates

Official Release Notes:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html-single/Release_Notes/

Technical Notes can be read thru:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5.4/html/Technical_Notes/

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One of my favorite linux distribution, Slackware, had released their version 13.0.

One of the significant change is the release of the official 64-bit.  Their is also a completely reworked on the  collection of X packages, major upgrades to the desktop environments for KDE and Xfce.

Full Official announcement in:

http://www.slackware.com/announce/13.0.php