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Jack O’Brien sent in this article from Ars Technica:

One of the most significant new features added in alpha 5 is support for Wubi, a new installation mechanism that makes it easier for Ubuntu and Windows to coexist on the same computer. Wubi provides a complete Ubuntu installer that can be run in Windows from the Ubuntu Live CD. It installs Ubuntu into a folder on the Windows file system and sets up a boot menu so that users can choose between Windows and Ubuntu when the computer starts.
Unlike a regular dual-boot configuration, Wubi doesn’t require users to create a partition on their hard drives for Ubuntu. When Ubuntu is installed with Wubi, it can be uninstalled directly from the Add/Remove Programs utility in Windows.

With Hardy now past feature-freeze it’s time to start to plan features that are being lined up for inclusion after Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is released in April.
And so I’d like to introduce you to the Intrepid Ibex, the release which is planned for October 2008, and which is likely to have the version number 8.10.

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The KDE Community is thrilled to announce the immediate availability of KDE 4.0. This significant release marks both the end of the long and intensive development cycle leading up to KDE 4.0 and the beginning of the KDE 4 era.

More at KDE.org.

When your computer needs to run programs that are bigger than your available physical memory, most modern operating systems use a technique called swapping, in which chunks of memory are temporarily stored on the hard disk while other data is moved into physical memory space. Here are some techniques that may help you better manage swapping on Linux systems and get the best performance from the Linux swapping subsystem.

All about Linux swap space at Linux.com

Ext2fsd allows you to mount Linux ext partitions while in Windows.
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Codenamed “Werewolf”, hehe that beats “Feisty Fawn” any day! 😎
Article with more info at Arstechnica.
Download links, reviews, etc. at Distrowatch.

I’m downloading now, about 1/2 an hour left. I’ll attempt an install shortly.
If you have any good links for Fedora 8, please post them.

*edit
I attempted an install on my main rig (several times, using several methods). The install always freezes right after ‘keyboard selection’. I’ve neither the time nor desire to do this on one of my other machines. Bye, bye Fedora, and, bite me Werewolf…

Torrents are wicked fast, I downloaded it in under 20 minutes.
Main download page.
Full downloads list page.
I put the standard torrent file up on my server (please don’t link to this):
https://www.tweakhound.com/linux/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

I usually don’t upgrade an OS but I saw this on Digg and figured I would give it a shot, just for the heck of it.

When Ubuntu’s Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) is released on Thrusday there will be a mad rush to download updates and ISOs from Ubuntu’s servers. This article will explain various ways to upgrade to the latest and greatest by avoiding to download rush.

More at TheLinuxStore.ca
Original post at Digg

*update 6:14 pm: Upgrade complete, no errors, no problems!