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Automatic Bug-Reporting Tool -ABRT in RHEL6

ABRT Overview in RHEL6
ABRT is the Automatic Bug-Reporting Tool. ABRT consists of a daemon that runs silently in the background most of the time. It springs into action when an application crashes. It then collects the relevant crash data such as a core file if there is one, the crashing application’s command line parameters, [...]

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) released

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 11.10, code-named
“Oneiric Ocelot”. 11.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of
integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies
into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

For PC users, Ubuntu 11.10 supports laptops, desktops and netbooks
with a unified look and feel based on an updated version of the
desktop shell called “Unity”, which [...]

RedHat have chosen to replace the old SystemV init system with Upstart.

Upstart

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, init from the sysvinit package has been replaced with Upstart, an event-based init system. This system handles the starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervising them while the system is running. For more information on Upstart itself, [...]