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more »LinuxConf Europe: Discovering Free Software in the UK Public Sector
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Sep 05, 2007Since the first day of LinuxConf Europe there has been much speculation amongst delegates as to whether or not Linus Torvalds would make an appearance. This had largely been driven by the conference programme where, for the “Advanced GIT BOF”, there was no name provided for the speaker. Come Tuesday morning and a select few delegates were claiming to have spotted to the kernel's founder. As afternoon coffee approached many had begun to wonder if Linus wasn't going to arrive until the start of the developer summit following the conference.
more »Linuxconf Europe: Kernel Programming and Energy Efficiency
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more »Sun Opens Chip Documentation and Appoints an Ombudsman
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more »Tom Hanrahan: Microsoft Takes Open Source Seriously
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