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more »Free Software Projects A look at free software and its makers
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more »Cebit 2010: Debian shows Squeeze and Debian GNU/kFreeBSD
Feb 23, 2010The project around the free Linux distro Debian will make a guest appearance at the Cebit 2010 on the Univention GmbH stand in Hall 2, booth B36.
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Feb 23, 2010The project around the free Linux distro Debian will make a guest appearance at the Cebit 2010 on the Univention GmbH stand in Hall 2, booth B36.
more »Google Gears Ends as Separate Project
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more »PC-BSD 8.0 with KDE 4.3.5
Feb 23, 2010PC-BSD, the FreeBSD-based free desktop platform, is available in version 8.0.
more »VP8 Codec: FSF Encourages Free Video Standard
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