Ubuntu 9.04 RC

Steve Langasek has announced the availability of the release candidate for Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope": "The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop and Server editions and Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop edition brings faster boot speeds and a new notification system to your everyday computing experience. Ubuntu 9.04 Server edition makes it easy to experiment with cloud computing using Eucalyptus on your own servers, and sports an improved mail server integration stack based on Postfix and Dovecot. Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix brings a new, easy-to-use interface that is designed to be used on the smaller screens of netbook devices." Read the release announcement and release notes for a detailed list of changes and new features. Download (MD5): ubuntu-9.04-rc-desktop-i386.iso (699MB, torrent), ubuntu-9.04-rc-desktop-amd64.iso (698MB, torrent). Also released today: Kubuntu 9.04 RC (release notes), Xubuntu 9.04 RC (release notes), Ubuntu Studio 9.04 RC and Mythbuntu 9.04 RC.

Windows 7 build 7106 English Pack (x86 and x64)

All of you know that Windows 7 build 7106 English version is not leaked till now, only Chinese version is out. So for all those people who cant wait for Windows 7 build 7106 English version to be out, here is a English Pack for you…

The installation is a bit complicated..

First of all download pack and extract it in C:\.

You need to copy ALL folders to C:\ and overwrite everything, however it will give you permission problems even if you copy as admin, since lots of files are protected, so what i suggest is to boot it from Win7 English DVD (version doesnt matter), chose repair there and copy from that command prompt with xcopy. If your extracted files are on C:\English.7106.x86, when you are on repair command prompt, then you can simply use 1stcopyme.cmd. If they are not and they are for example on D:\English.7106.x86, then you need to manually copy with xcopy, command is “xcopy * D:\ /S”

Now reboot in to windows, it will still be in chinese, so you run “2ndrunmeasadmin.cmd” as admin doh and apply English.reg in to registry. Reboot and you have 7106 in english

Download : Windows 7 build 7106 English Pack x86 | x64

NVIDA GeForce Driver Release 185.68

This driver supports GeForce 9-series, 100-series, and 200-series desktop GPUs.

New in Release 185:

* Adds support for the new GeForce GTX 275 GPU.

* Adds support for Ambient Occlusion – the newest NVIDIA Control Panel feature to offer enhanced 3D gaming realism exclusively to GeForce GPUs.

* Adds support for CUDA 2.2 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See www.nvidia.com/cuda for more details.

* Accelerates performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 185 drivers vs. Release 182 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):

* Up to 11% performance increase in Call of Duty: World at War

* Up to 5% performance increase Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

* Up to 22% performance increase Crysis: Warhead with antialiasing enabled

* Up to 11% performance increase in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled

* Up to 14% performance increase in Far Cry 2

* Up to 45% performance increase in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled

* Supports GeForce Plus Power Pack #3. Download these FREE PhysX and CUDA applications now!

* Numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release documentation notes.

* Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.

Download : GeForce Driver Release 185.68 (Windows XP 32-Bit)
Download : GeForce Driver Release 185.68 (Windows XP x64, Server 2003 x64)
Download : GeForce Driver Release 185.68 (Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows 7 32-bit)
Download : GeForce Driver Release 185.68 (Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows 7 64-bit)

Windows 7 Build 7106 leaked

Somebody please get a plumber over to Redmond, because there's a constant leak happening all over the place. What's on the menu this time? Windows 7, as per usual, this time in build 7106 flavor, both x86 and x64 variations. This is confirmed, by various Neowin members and other trustworthy sources.



The screenshot of the build isn't, as you can see, in English but there are apparently English versions that have been leaked, judging by the following build strings:

7106.0.090408-1623_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRC1CULFRER_EN_DVD.iso
7106.0.090408-1623_x64fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRC1CULXFRER_EN_DVD.iso

It's unclear if this is the RC candidate build, or if Microsoft intends to progress further with their builds, but only time will tell. So far, changes to this build are unclear, but no doubt things will begin to show up soon enough. This build was reportedly going to be leaked a couple of days before it actually was, so that's rather strange.