The holiday season is here again and so are the distros.The top Linux Distro releases that you should be looking forward to this month are…

Ultimate Edition 3.0

The latest in the UE series,UE 3.0 is a Mint-based distribution and live DVD featuring the GNOME 2 desktop,extra software packages and other enhancements. Though a bit delayed in its release, it promises to have resolved a lot of issues with the previous versions.Ultimate Edition 3.0 was built from Linux Mint 11 'Katya', which was built from Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal'. Repositories from GetDeb, Ubuntu and Linux Mint have been included.The early responses don’t look very promising,let us wait and watch what the future holds in store.

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TurnKey Linux 11.3

Turnkey Linux 11.3 is an Ubuntu-based set of highly specialised virtual appliances which integrate open-source software into ready-to-use solutions.The current release is  based on Ubuntu 10.04. The next release will be based on Ubuntu 12.04. The new images  pushed out from their CloudTask automation swarm include resolving of various issues and the latest security updates.If you've already installed a previous version of TurnKey 11, you don't need to download anything because by default TurnKey is configured to automatically install all of the security updates over the network. The maintenance release will mainly be of interest to new users and existing users doing new deployments.

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Ubuntu Privacy Remix 10.04r2

Ubuntu Privacy Remix 10.04r2, a new revision of the project's live CD whose goal is to protect the user's privacy and prevent data theft has been released.UPR is a live system to protect from spying and data theft. Apart from the changes with UPR itself, a dual-boot ISO image for DVD or USB drive which includes the current version 0.9 of the TAILS live system, a live system focused on anonymous internet usage over the Tor network are offered. This will enable the user to choose to either work in an isolated, secure environment with UPR or use the Internet anonymously with TAILS, using the same media. The major changes in UPR 10.04r2 are now it is based on Ubuntu 10.04.3; a new program 'tellico', a small database; new program 'Grsync' for making backups and a new program 'X-Tile' to arrange windows..

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 is an updated version of the world's most widely deployed enterprise Linux distribution.It promises todeliver to customers a second wave of feature enhancements and demonstrates the continued value that Red Hat delivers. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 delivers significant improvements in virtualization, resource management and high availability, and offers new features in storage and file system performance and identity management. The key benefits for organizations employing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 are higher levels of efficiency realized through resource management and performance optimization.

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