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Easy Peasy 1.1: New Version of the Ubuntu Derivative for Netbooks
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more »Top Secret: Open Source Study 2 in Vienna
Apr 20, 2009Along with Munich, Vienna is regarded as a forerunner in the field of open source projects in the German-speaking region of Europe. Now it seems, the Capital of Austria is having second thoughts.
more »Ubuntu 9.04 Release Candidate
Apr 17, 2009The road to the final version of Ubuntu 9.04 still has the release candidate as its penultimate goal. Not much has changed in it.
more »Ubuntu 7.10 has Reached End of Life
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more »Local Root Exploit in Udev
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