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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

NYLUG Sept 27 (tomorrow): Jason Perlow gives a sneak peak at Gutsy Gibbon and OpenSuSE 10.3

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Sneak Peeks at Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon and OpenSuSE 10.3

Please note important RSVP information about this meeting

Jason Perlow, Sr. Technology Editor, Linux Magazine, and Advisory Architect, IBM Global Technology Services, will be presenting a sneak peek at Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” and OpenSuSE 10.3, updated versions of two popular Linux distributions currently under development.

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10, upon its release in the Fall of 2007, will be the latest incarnation of the world’s fastest growing Free Software Linux distribution. Built upon the technology in Debian, targeted towards a wide range of end users and sporting the lastest Linux Kernel 2.6.22, it will have the latest implementation of GNOME, FireFox, OpenOffice, and other useful Open Source applications, as well as support for a wide array of devices including wireless networking and 3D accelerated video drivers thru open source and “restricted” proprietary device drivers from 3rd parties. Ubuntu, which was first released in 2003 by South African billionaire Mark Shuttleworth, has quickly usurped Fedora as the most downloaded Linux distribution on the Internet.

OpenSUSE 10.3, also due in the fall, is the next version of Novell’s popular Open Source and community-based Linux Distribution. Derived from SuSE Linux Professional, which used to be a commercial product, OpenSUSE 10.3 is both a bleeding-edge technology demonstrator for Novell’s future enterprise products and an end-user Linux distribution for power users that is packed full of software applications, advanced desktop/workstation Linux technology as well as the very latest in Open Source development tools. Distributed on DVD media and engineered at Novell’s research facilities in Nuremburg, Germany, it is the literal Mercedes Benz of Linux distributions.

Further Information:

• Ubuntu: Gutsy Gibbon
• OpenSuSE: 10.3

About Jason Perlow:

Jason Perlow is Senior Technology Editor for Linux Magazine. In the past, his works have been featured in ZDNet, Sm@rt Partner, Smart Business for the New Economy, Maximum Linux, Handheld PC and PalmPower.com. He has run his own integration firm, Argonaut Systems, and is the founder of eGullet.com, a food news and discussion web site. He lives in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City with his wife Rachel and two poodles, Truffle and Bailey. Jason maintains a blog, Off The Broiler where he talks about food, technology, and what’s on his mind. ( podcasts)

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Meeting Location
Please note that this meeting will be held at Google, located at 76 9th Avenue, 4th floor, New York, NY. Between 15th and 16th Streets. Use the entrance near 16th Street, there will be people at a “Google table” there to give you your nametag/badge to go up. It is highly suggested that you RSVP for this meeting prior to 2:30 PM the day before the meeting to avoid delays getting in.