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DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 301
The DistroWatch
Weekly for May 4, 2009 is out. "Last week we took a look at how
two distributions based on the same environment and one a derivative of the
other, can actually be very different. Xubuntu and Debian both use the same
package management system and both have the same suites of software
available. So what makes them so different when installed out of the box?
Can Xubuntu be just as lightweight as its Debian counterpart? This week we
take another look at how Xubuntu 9.04 fairs when installed in a more
minimalist manner. In the news this past week, Mandriva developers make
massive updates to "Cooker" following the stable 2009.1 release, four main
BSD projects all announce new updates of their flagship products, the
openSUSE community releases updated media for 11.1 with KDE 4.2.2, users of
the Arch Linux distribution put together a free community magazine, the
creator of Puppy Linux looks set for a return to the helm of the project,
and Oracle's Solaris (no, the name doesn't roll off the tongue easily here
either) is rumoured to be working on version 11 set for release in the
middle of 2010. Finally, we are pleased to announce that the recipient of
the April 2009 DistroWatch.com donation is Python, the popular programming
language. Happy reading!"
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