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The Scoop on LibrePlanet: Interview with Deborah Nicholson of the FSF

OStatic: "This year's LibrePlanet is going to feature a new 'Women's Caucus,' a day-long track on Sunday to boost participation by women in free software projects."
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Linux Kernel Programmers win Linux New Media Award for Outstanding Contribution

Linux Pro Magazine: "Markus Feilner, Klaus Knopper, and Jim Zemlim helped present the 2010 Linux New Media Awards at CeBIT. Winners accepted their awards on stage while the ceremony streamed live over the Internet"
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GNU/Linux Versions Of Grubby Games Products Are Being Phased Out ?

Linux Gaming News: "Earlier this week, Big Fish Games, which bought out indie developer Grubby Games last year, canceled affiliate sales for the Linux versions of all games produced by Grubby Games."
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Ubuntu Goin' Gray, Like the Mac OS Way?

Tech Source: "A source from inside the Ubuntu team has informed a blogger that there will be an important announcement coming from Canonical regarding a possible rebranding of Ubuntu."
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Mark Shuttleworth at PyCon: Cadence, Quality and Design

the Bitsource: "Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of Canonical (maker of the Ubuntu Linux Distribution) spoke with me at the PyCon 2010 Python conference in Atlanta, GA."
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Want a job? Get a Computer Science Degree

Network World: "Here's a tip for incoming and current college students: If you want to have a high-paying job on graduation day, study computer science."
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Top 10 Areas Where Open Source Leads the Way

IT Pro: "With job losses rising and belts being tightened across the country, now is the perfect time to look once again at the benefits of using open source software aside from the reported $60 billion a year savings on offer."

Best Linux Distributions of the Decade (2000-2009)

Tech Source: "We've seen plenty of "Best of the Decade" lists around, but not one is related to Linux distribution. So it's only fitting that we will give credit to the best Linux distros that dominated the last decade (2000-2009), or most part of it."
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GNOME's Evolution for Netbooks

Datamation: "Less than a year old, Anjal is a light interface for Evolution, GNOME's default mail reader, and one of free software's main answers to Microsoft Outlook."
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Code it the Google Way

Hacking Truths: "Google never seems to just be satisfied with the status quo, and when they run out of fields to compete in they create their own! Google’s new “Go” programming language is one of their newest ventures, a language which is an amalgamation of Python and C++."
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