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more »Ubuntu 9.04: Fast Starter
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more »Debian Kernel Has No Proprietary Firmware
Apr 23, 2009Debian developer Robert Millan is offering an alternative kernel for Debian's Lenny free Linux distro. Unlike the standard Lenny kernel, it contains no proprietary firmware.
more »Candidates for Google Summer of Code 2009
Apr 23, 2009A fairly long list of projects will take part in this year's Google Summer of Code, the fifth since 2005. Students will be working in grand style to improve products from these popular open source projects.
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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
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