So what? Windows 7: 7 Reasons Not to Get too Excited (Update)
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more »Community Angered over Canonical's Ubuntu One
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more »Rescue is on the Way: System Rescue CD 1.2.0
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more »Dell Freshens Up Its Mini 10 Netbook with Ubuntu
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more »SCO's Bankruptcy Saga To Be Continued
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more »OpenSUSE Community Week Gears Up
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more »Slimmer Library: Debian Switches to EGLIBC
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