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more »Linux Mint Project Releases Mint 17.1
Dec 02, 2014New LTS version offers many refinements for the Cinnamon and Mate desktops and significant improvement under the hood.
more »The League of Moveable Type Open Source Fonts
Nov 18, 2014The Free Font Movement is transforming free software, one character at a time.
more »HTML5 Gets Promoted to a Standard
Nov 04, 2014It's official: The new web arrives
more »Linus Addresses Criticism for Harsh Language
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more »Snowdrift.coop The Funding Dilemma
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more »Leading Open Source Coder Rants about Rants
Oct 07, 2014Lennart Poettering wants to change the way Linux developers talk to each other.
more »Mozilla Labs Shuts Down
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KDE for People Initiative Calls for AI Ban in Plasma
A new community of KDE wants the project to adopt a strict no-AI policy for KDE Plasma.
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KDE Sets Ambitious Goals for 2026 and Beyond
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It’s Time to Test Fedora 45 Beta
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Ubuntu Stonking Stingray Gets Even Rustier
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AI Fixes Linux Bottlenecks Using “Hideous” Code
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Advanced Video Coding Still Under Patent
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2,000 Vulnerabilities per Linux Release
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Linux Exempt from California’s Age Verification Law
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