Peter Vatistas

The Ubuntu Live 2008 conference, which was scheduled to take place July 21-22 in Portland, OR has been canceled. Canonical plans to include some Ubuntu content in the O’Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON), also happening July 21-25 in Portland, Oregon.

For the official statement and more information please refer to the Ubuntu Live webpage.

Well it is official, Microsoft has released the Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) either via the Windows Update or Microsoft’s Download Center (website).

I’ve compiled a few quality links about the Windows XP SP3 as well as download information below. As with all my posts please feel free to post your comments (good or bad), I’m interested to hear what your opinions on the new service pack!

Windows XP Service Pack 3 Resources

• Windows XP Service Pack 3: What is new and how to deploy
  This white paper summarizes what is new in Windows XP SP3, and how to deploy the service pack.
• Windows XP Service Pack 3 Release Notes
• Installing Windows XP Service Pack 3
• Windows XP Service Pack 3 Forum
• Windows XP Solution Center

Get Windows XP Service Pack 3

TechNet Subscribers:

• Windows XP Service Pack 3 stand-alone version
  Top Subscriber Downloads section
• Windows XP Service Pack 3 Integrated Builds now available
  Arabic, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional (Hong Kong), Chinese Traditional (Taiwan), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English,Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Non-TechNet Subscribers:

Windows XP SP3 is now available to non-subscribers:

• Windows Update
  We recommend customers use Windows Update to install the service pack, as it will provide the best experience.
• Microsoft Download Center
• SMS Template Files for Windows XP Service Pack 3 Deployment
• Windows XP Service Pack 3 stand-alone version
• Windows XP Service Pack 3 Checked Build Network Installation Package
• Windows XP Service Pack 3 MUI Pack Update
• Windows XP Service Pack 3 CD Image

Good luck and of course backup your important files before making any OS upgrade - I cannot tell you how easy it is to lose everything in a split second.