Canonical announced on Thursday that they would resell the famous Parallels Workstation software through Ubuntu Partner Repository. What is Parallels Workstation? It is a virtualization software that allows users to easily run multiple operating systems side-by-side on a single computer without rebooting. Read more about this partnership here.

We've released a Top 10 of Ubuntu-based distributions on Thursday. The classification was based on the number of downloads each distribution has on Softpedia and it includes only 100% FREE and English-based distros. We didn't include distributions from the Ubuntu family, such as Kubuntu, Edubuntu or Xubuntu, as many of you expected, just because it would not be fair for third-party developers to include these distros. So, are you eager to see which one is the best and the most popular Ubuntu-based Linux distribution here at Softpedia? Take a look here!

Now, let's move on to the security updates and fixes for all the Ubuntu releases. First, the common security updates:

• [USN-574-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
• [USN-575-1] Apache vulnerabilities
• [USN-576-1] Firefox vulnerabilities

The updates for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS are:

• apache2 2.0.55-4ubuntu2.3
• update-manager-core 0.56~dapper3
• firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080202a-0ubuntu1

Next, the updates for Ubuntu 6.10:

• linux-source-2.6.17
• apache2 2.0.55-4ubuntu4.2
• firefox 2.0.0.12+0nobinonly+2-0ubuntu0.6.10

The updates for Ubuntu 7.04 are:

• linux-source-2.6.20
• apache2 2.2.3-3.2ubuntu2.1
• apache2-mpm-itk 2.2.3-01-1build1.2
• flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.48.0.0ubuntu1~7.04.3
• firefox 2.0.0.12+1nobinonly+2-0ubuntu0.7.4

And finally, the updates for Ubuntu 7.10 are:

• linux-source-2.6.22
• db2exc 9.5.0-1gutsy1
• apache2 2.2.4-3ubuntu0.1
• db2exc-amd64 9.5.0-1gutsy1
• apache2-mpm-itk 2.2.3-04-3build4.1
• libopensync-plugin-kdepim 0.19-1build1
• ncpfs 2.2.6-4ubuntu1.1
• flashplugin-nonfree 9.0.48.0.2+really0ubuntu12.2
• wordpress 2.2.2-1ubuntu1.3
• firefox 2.0.0.12+2nobinonly+2-0ubuntu0.7.10

A new important kernel update, Apache and Firefox were updated and the Flash plugin was once again updated (it'd better work this time), so you better keep your system up-to-date! See you again next week for another Ubuntu Weekly Report!

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