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Archive for October 11th, 2007

[UPDATED] I need your opinions

Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 11 October 2007

After talking with my brother, Peng, I decided to make a wallpaper for Ubuntu/Linux users. I took a bunch of pictures, but now I can’t decide between the last 3. Read the rest of this entry »

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Ubuntu Gutsy is now a Release Candidate

Posted by Nanci Barthelmess on 11 October 2007

You read that right. With seven days left before the release date you can now get Ubuntu 7.10, Gutsy Gibbon, is a Release Candidate (RC). What does that mean? It means it’s almost ready to be released, but they want to run a final round of testing before they open up the cage on the ape out of its cage. Read the rest of this entry »

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Shuttleworth fires back at Ballmer

Posted by Peng on 11 October 2007

Yesterday I posted that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer accused open source programmers of not respecting intellectual property rights, mentioning Red Hat Linux by name. Today Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Ubuntu Linux developer Canonical, Inc., fired back, setting the record straight and shedding some light on the real IP problem children. Read the rest of this entry »

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