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"Coreutils version 6.9.90 has been released. This is a feature release, but it includes a surprising number of fixes for very old bugs. If you haven't heard about the GNU coreutils, the FAQ is a good place to start..."
"...This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team [...] All users of coreutils are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolve this issue..." --
* Coreutils - GNU core utilities
"Coreutils version 7.0 has been released. Considering the two new programs, and that several of the existing programs acquired new options or other non-trivial improvements, this qualifies as a feature release and gets the "beta" label. However, most changes have been local and well-tested..."
«This is to announce coreutils-7.5, a "stable" release. We're calling it "stable" in spite of the fact that there is a new program, stdbuf, and there are some interesting new features. Thanks to everyone who has been helping! ...»
Avant Window Navigator has released version 0.3.2 today. This includes the release of the core dock, "awn", and all the applets and plugins, "awn-extras".
Open source enterprise software company Red Hat has updated its flagship operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), to take full advantage of the latest spoils from the heated microprocessor battle between Advanced Micro Devices and Intel.
GNOME 3.8 has been released today, the new version bringing many new features and enhancements, including a new application view and overhauled window layout for GNOME Shell, new setting panels for privacy, search and notifications and of course, many updates to the core GNOME apps like Web (Epiphany), Boxes, Documents and more.
Fedora 7, the latest version of the popular community-driven GNU/Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat, was released this morning. This is the first Fedora release to incorporate and unify both the Core and Extra platform components, thus obviating the need for the traditional inclusion of the word "Core" in the distribution's name.
The GNU inetutils team is proud to present version 1.8 of the GNU network utilities suite. The GNU network utilities suite provides the following tools: ftp(d), hostname, ifconfig, inetd, logger, ping, rcp, rexec(d), rlogin(d), rsh(d), syslogd, talk(d), telnet(d), tftp(d), traceroute, uucpd, and whois.