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+[[!meta title="Cinit 0.3pre18 released"]]
+
+This version of  [[cinit|software/cinit]],
+***0.3pre16***, contains the new utility
+***cinit-conf.config.shell***, which creates a minimal
+configuration that spawns a shell.
+
+Additionally the Ubuntu migration script
+(***cinit-conf.migrate.upstart.ubuntu.jaunty***)
+is almost finished!
+
+[[!tag unix]]