The Monthly GNU Column
BRAVE GNU WORLD
This column investigates projects and current affairs in the world of free software from the perspective of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation. In this issue, I’ll focus on Mbox-Cleaner and report on the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre.
Welcome to another issue of Brave GNU World, written in sunny São Paulo this time, shortly after my trip to the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre. Last month we discussed spam and ways of fighting it. I identified some tools that can help control the flood of unsolicited messages.
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News
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Honey I Shrunk Ubuntu
Canonical has released a new version of Ubuntu that’s 50% smaller than the standard Ubuntu Server.
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Linux Mint 19 Released
New version comes with Timeshifting capabilities.
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Red Hat Adds GPLv3 Cure Clause to its Code-Base
New provision will provide violators with a grace period to achieve license compliance.
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SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Released
It’s a modular OS.
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GitLabs Drops Pricing After Microsoft GitHub Acquisition
GitLabs is creating more incentives for users to switch from GitHub.
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KDE Plasma 5.13 Is Here
The desktop environment is designed to be more resource efficient.
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SUSE Forks Red Hat’s Spacewalk Project
SUSE relies heavily on the project for its own SUSE Manager.
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openSUSE Leap 15 Announced
The release was announced at the openSUSE Conference in Prague, Czech Republic.
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SoftMaker FreeOffice 2018 for Linux
SoftMaker Software GmbH has announced FreeOffice 2018, a free of cost office suite for Linux.
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A New CentOS
Latest version of the community Linux based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5