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more »Who's Linus? 4 Fake Linus Torvalds' on Twitter
Aug 27, 2009In the run up to LinuxCon (September 21.to 23), the Linux Foundation has today unleashed four fake Linus' onto Twitter and Identi.ca.
more »Predictable Cadence: Shuttleworth Chimes in on Debian Release Cycle
Aug 06, 2009Controversy over fixed release cycles for Debian is nothing new. Now Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth has entered into the fray.
more »Cox Quits as TTY Maintainer
Jul 30, 2009A dispute between Alan Cox and Linus Torvalds on the Linux kernel mailing list has led to Cox standing down as TTY subsystem maintainer.
more »Open Source for America Announced
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more »Open Source Lawyers Offer Free Legal Advice
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