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Although Google Android is an operating system designed to run on smartphones, it's also possible to run it on netbooks.

Just 2 weeks after Release Candidate 1 was released, Linux Mint 8 final dubbed Helena version is available.

Handbrake 0.9.4 is released. HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder.

Only 6 weeks after the launch of Amarok 2.2.0, the Amarok team is proud to present the next release in the 2.2 series: Amarok 2.2.1. This audio-player can play various audio-file formats & audio-streams.

Amahi version 4.2 is released. Amahi Linux Home Server is a server targeted for home and home office environments.

Moblin version 2.1 is available for download. This tiny Linux edition is suitable for netbooks & nettops as anounced by the Moblin project steering committee.

AMD has released a new driver for ATI Radeon-chipsets, version 9.10. This driver is suitable for 32bit, or 64bit Linux versions.

Vuurmuur 0.8 bèta 2 is released. Vuurmuur is a powerful Firewall Manager built on top of the Linux Iptables.

A preview of the Moblin v2.1 image is now available for download & testing. This tiny Linux edition is suitable for netbooks & nettops. This release includes many community & customer requested enhancements. Moblin images require an Intel Atom processor based netbook or nettop. The release target for Moblin v2.1 for netbooks and nettops is expected to release to the community in the 4th quarter of 2009.

The Wine development release 1.1.31 is now available. With Wine it's possible to run Windows applications on top of Linux.

Mozilla LABS has released Weave 0.7. This tool lets you securely take your Firefox experience with you to all your Firefox browsers independent of the platform it runs on.

Gentoo Linux celebrates its 10th anniversary, with a special edition LiveDVD. This LiveDVD features a superb list of packages.

Version 5.3 of OpenSSH is released. OpenSSH encrypts all network-traffic (including passwords) to effectively eliminate eavesdropping, connection hijacking & other attacks.

The first devices with the new Linux based Chrome OS from Google will probably hit the markets this month. This Operating System is mainly targeted at netbooks.

The Wine development release 1.1.30 is now available. With Wine it's possible to run Windows applications on top of Linux.

GNOME 2.28 is released now, just a week after the release of the release candidate. This release includes several bugfixes & enhancements for included components.

Version 4.0.0.0 of Nero Linux has been released. This optical disc burning program can handle all optical disc formats including HD DVD & Blu-ray. One of the new features of this version is Nero Linux Express.

Do your remember Moblin? This project will now be integrated into Fedora Mini - the lightweight Linux distro targetted at Netbooks/Nettops.

Nettops are gaining popularity following the success of the popular Netbooks. Linutop is introducing their new Nettop the Linutop 3.

Don't see what all the Windows 7 fuss is about and thinking of jumping ship to Linux? The experience of switching to Linux needn't be a traumatic one. Here are 25 things you need to know that will make your transition to an open source OS easy.