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more »New KDE Offers Better Semantic Search
Apr 21, 2014New release comes with better semantic search and improvements to Kontact.
more »Coverity: Open Source Code has Fewer Defects
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more »An Even Smaller Raspberry Pi
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more »Gluglug – The Free Software ThinkPad Purely Open Source
Apr 07, 2014A laptop with no proprietary BIOS and 100 percent open source software may sound too good to be true, but that’s exactly what Gluglug delivers. Is it a good deal? Read on to find out.
more »Fedora Announces Innovative Crytography Policy System
Mar 18, 2014New crypto policy system will offer easier configuration and more uniform security.
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