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A much awaited release of PHP maybe coming soon. Find out how you can help contribute.
Discussion on the PHP mail lists and IRC channels in the past few days has been looking positive about an alpha release of PHP 5.4 soon. This will be taken from the "trunk" branch of PHP.
PHP 5.4 is Gathering Momentum (PHP and Oracle: Christopher Jones)
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This story about a Bolivian boy who stowed away on a truck to be found in Chikle is an example of how resourceful and determined a child can be. In a way, I think modern parents tend to underestimate what their own children are capable of doing, leading to worrying too much about exaggerated risks and being overprotective. That's not to say this boy didn't take on an irrational risk, because he didn't really know better, but that's just due to the ignorance of youth. I'm glad that this story has a happy ending, he and his mother are very lucky.
The 10-year-old clambered into a metal container beneath a transport truck thinking it would take him from Oruro in Bolivia's Andean highlands to the city of Cochabamba, where his mother was jailed for three and a half years for transporting chemicals to make cocaine.
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Linux Mint, an ubuntu derivative, posted a preview of what's included in there next release, Linux Mint 11. It sounds like they are positioning themselves as a nice alternative for users who don't like Unity or the new Gnome interface, and users who can't run the newfangled UIs.
One of the most noteable features of version 11 will be the retention of GNOME 2.32. It will be the foundation for the same desktop layout users know and love, including Compiz and Metacity.