CA investigates: Open-source software
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| The combination of Torvalds’ kernel with the software
| already available from the GNU Project, resulted in Linux;
| a complete operating system that anyone could use and
| modify. There are now all kinds of variations (called
| distributions) that have been created by companies or for
| specific purposes.
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http://www.whatpc.co.uk/computeractive/features/2233167/open-source-software-true-4210038
Quiz: Australia's contribution to Linux and open source
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| With linux.conf.au to take place in Hobart from January 19,
| we have decided to test your brains on some of the past
| events and key players in Australia's open source
| community.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/271884/quiz_australia_contribution_linux_open_source?rid=-219
Related:
Linux to help the Library of Congress save American history
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| The Library of Congress, where
| thousands of rare public domain
| documents relating to America's
| history are stored and slowly
| decaying, is about to begin an
| ambitious project to digitize
| these fragile documents using
| Linux-based systems and publish
| the results online in multiple
| formats.
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/26/1157212
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