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more »FSF Settles with Cisco over Licensing
May 21, 2009In December 2008, the Free Software Foundation (FSF) filed a lawsuit against network giant Cisco, claiming that its subsidiary Linksys had multiple violations of the GPL. The two parties have now reached an agreement.
more »64-Bit Slackware Officially Released
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more »Ubuntu Karmic Koala in First Alpha
May 15, 2009The first alpha release of the successor to Ubuntu 9.04 is available for download. Ubuntu 9.10, code-named Karmic Koala, includes Kernel 2.6.30 and GNOME 2.27.1.
more »So what? Windows 7: 7 Reasons Not to Get too Excited (Update)
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more »Community Angered over Canonical's Ubuntu One
May 14, 2009With the release of its new online synchronization service Ubuntu One, Canonical seems to have made some enemies in the community.
more »Breakthrough in Sync Support: SyncML Client Under GPL
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more »Rescue is on the Way: System Rescue CD 1.2.0
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