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Hours ago Marcello Tosatti released Linux 2.4.22. This release marks the next version in the 2.4.x stable series of the kernel. A host of changes have been made to wireless networking, adaptec drivers and the ia64 port in addition to many other bugfixes. You can get this new release as a patch from here or as a complete package from here. Changelog here.

AMD's upcoming Athlon 64 low-end variants, codenamed 'Paris' and 'Victoria', will not be offered as 64-bit processors but as 32-bit upgrades to the current Athlon XP line. So claims Xbit Labs, having glanced at the chip maker's latest roadmaps.

ACLs take care of access control problems that are overly complicated or impossible to solve with the normal Unix permissions system. By avoiding the creation of groups and overuse of root privileges, ACLs can keep administrators saner and servers more secure. On other FreeBSD news, there is a FreeBSD 4.9 code freeze and release schedule announced.

FrankoBoy writes for Slashdot: "CRN has an interview with SuSE CEO Richard Seibt in which he claims such things as 'Linux means two companies: Red Hat and SuSE, and nobody else.' Another example of this kind of corporatespeak can be found in another interview he did with ZDNet last week. DistroWatch has an article about all this in its current weekly newsletter."

Programming languages may be used to build a variety of solutions. Each language contains unique features and benefits that make it best-suited for certain kinds of applications. Microsoft offers a rich palette of four programming languages which together provide developers with the functionality necessary to build robust .NET-connected software. Read the article at MSDN.

Here are some screenshots of Sun Microsystems' Mad Hatter Linux-based desktop. The original Mad Hatter was supposed to be based on Red Hat Linux, but these screenshots show that Sun has taken the project in its own hands. The product was created originally so that Sun had a cheap and modern workstation/desktop solution to offer to its existing costumers who were a step from leaving the more expensive Sun Solaris solutions for the overall cheaper and uber-hyped Linux.

Libranet today released version 2.8.1, which is an update to their earlier 2.8 release. Libranet is a Debian-based Linux distribution. The newest update contains the Linux 2.4.21 kernel, with XFree86 4.3.0, GNOME 2.2.2, and KDE 3.1.3, as well as Mozilla 1.4 and OpenOffice 1.0.3. Some improvements have also been made to the installer and Adminmenu.

A new version of Mono is available, the new features include: Cairo support, Remoting.Corba support, as well as a managed XSLT implementation. Existing features have been improved vastly: better Windows.Forms, runtime, faster compiler, web services, better compliance to the spec and more. On other C# news, the .NET Compact Framework 1.0 SP1 Redistributable is available.

This article describes the Service Web, outlines the key standards of SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI, and discusses new tools for developing Web services. Armed with this information, you should be able to understand how Web services can enhance your business and how you can begin developing them.

WinSuperSite has obtained information and screenshots of the upcoming "Aero" UI for Windows Longhorn.

This is a review of the recently released version 1.4 of MorphOS running on the Pegasos computer system written by Kelly Samel of Emerald Imaging.

ThinkSecret reports that Apple is preparing updated iMacs and Powerbooks, while two new development seeds were also sent to beta testers.

After many months of hard work by Sasha, he's happy to announce the birth of AfterStep 2.0 beta to the world, packed with new features and enhancements.

Opera Software released the first 7.x version of its Opera browser for FreeBSD. On other browser news, Epiphany 0.8.4 was released.