Kubuntu 8.10 Released
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
The latest version of Ubuntu and Kubuntu have been released. These released are both called Intrepid Ibex, hence the logo. Me being partial to KDE I really cared about this new release because it includes KDE 4.1, which include some very nice features. Mainly some nice eye candy but also the inclusion of a new file manager called Dolphin which is nice since Konqueror was one of KDE pitfalls in my opinion. Here is the official release page with screen shots and more descriptions on the features in this release. Here is the torrent page with all the different torrent files for all the versions of Ubuntu.
The Linux Foundation has calculated the total cost of developing a Linux Distro. They used Fedora 9 as their basis. The total cost estimated to be 10.8 billion dollars. With 1.4 of that developing the kernel alone. They came to this figure through calculating based on the number of lines of code and the average salary of a software developer. It has estimated that to develop from scratch it would take 24 years. There are more interesting stats in the 
???? Yes if you peel scotch tape in a vacuum it emits x-rays that are powerful enough to actually use with x-ray film. A couple of scientists in California discovered this and even took an x-ray of their finger to prove it. They say that it’s safe to use tape in your office because the radiation doesn’t happen in the presence of air, but if you need to fix a vacuum chamber with scotch tape you need to be careful.
