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Linux creator admits NSA demanded backdoor 4 PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 Oct 2013 8 2482

Wish me luck. I'm going to upgrade my Viewsonic G to Jelly Bean. 2 hobbit709 Aug 2013 Oct 2013 0 1954

It's Ubuntu Release Day! 1 Recursion Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1708

GNU Make 4.0 Brings New Features, Extends With Guile 0 Recursion Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 1458

A little old, but interesting (Ubuntu) 0 PowerToThePeople Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1553

Ubuntu 13.10 beta is out 3 madokie Sep 2013 Oct 2013 1 2028

DARPA to release machine vision software tools as open source 0 phantom power Sep 2013 Sep 2013 4 2710

GNU turn thirty! 1 PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1704

UCL students build low-cost, Arduino-powered, Lego atomic force microscope 1 X_Digger Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1781

Re: [Cryptography] Opening Discussion: Speculation on "BULLRUN" 0 phantom power Sep 2013 Sep 2013 6 1753

Change.org petition, ARM SoC changes for Linux 3.12 invite Torvalds’ fury 0 Recursion Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1782

X.Org Foundation Loses Its 501(c)(3) Status 5 Recursion Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 2275

Should patents be abolished? 7 phantom power Nov 2012 Aug 2013 2 3295

Open Sourcers Pitch Secure Email in Dark Age of PRISM 4 bemildred Aug 2013 Aug 2013 3 2003

Linus shouts out Windows 3.11 with the release, 20 years later, of Linux 3.11 0 Recursion Aug 2013 Aug 2013 2 1610

My wife is hinting she wants a notebook 12 madokie Jul 2013 Aug 2013 0 3144

What is the best zip program? nm 5 rhett o rick Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2546

101 Most Fun Open Source Games and Apps 0 Ohio Joe Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2485

Estonia publishes its e-voting source code on GitHub 0 phantom power Jul 2013 Jul 2013 1 1708

Can someone please explain SELinux to these folks? 1 a2liberal Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2424

SUSE Updates Enterprise Linux Server with Secure Boot 0 Recursion Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1584

Since the NSA is in the news, anybody use SELinux in their environments? 4 Recursion Jun 2013 Jul 2013 0 2644

Debian 7 is released! Woo-hoo!!!! 16 Recursion May 2013 Jul 2013 2 5598

Hello Mate. 4 Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 Jul 2013 1 2192

Linux 3.10 officially released 0 Recursion Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 1693

Unix Guru Evi Nemeth Missing, Feared Lost At Sea 5 Recursion Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2538

Looking for a good KDE Debian Testing Distro? SolydK 64 or 32 might be the answer 1 ballreward Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 3560

Geek porn warning: Post your rig 3 Recursion Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2754

PlayStation 4 Will Be Running Modified FreeBSD 1 Recursion Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1854

Full disk encryption with OpenBSD: a howto 9 Recursion Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 7225

Open Source and Free Software Continued...

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Windows is Dying... 13 pokerfan Apr 2013 Jun 2013 5 3901

I need an easy to use free program to put text on photos. 15 shraby Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 4073

Mighty Mint 9 Adelante May 2013 Jun 2013 3 4304

The International Space Station just got a lot cooler 2 pokerfan May 2013 May 2013 4

open source build your own ROCKET SHIP!! 1! 3 Phillip McCleod May 2013 May 2013 1 3269

Chromebook to the rescue - Linus Torvalds 7 RKP5637 May 2013 May 2013 1 3810

3-D-printed gun available for download after firing first shots 5 phantom power May 2013 May 2013 2 3356

Need a newb-friendly distro for my Dad 9 uriel1972 May 2013 May 2013 0 2587

OpenBSD 5.3 released 0 Recursion May 2013 May 2013 1 1778

Ubuntu 13.04 is out 5 Recursion Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2684

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 madokie Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1315

Scientific Linux 6.4 released 1 Recursion Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 1838

Google Glasses - How will Google enforce this? 4 RKP5637 Apr 2013 Apr 2013 1 2363

Anyone know a computer forensics person to asks if someone wipes important info. off the internet 9 midnight Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2765

I just realized I live across the street from Vienna's Metalab 4 Recursion Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2522

Has anyone tried a Chromebook? I have one on order, the Samsung Chromebook. I need 18 RKP5637 Feb 2013 Apr 2013 0 6144

install arch linux on my droid razr?!? what?!@11!? 1 Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 2512

You can play a game and be a famous scientist 2 littlemissmartypants Apr 2013 Apr 2013 4 2608

hey linux users do this on your command line.. 23 Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 Mar 2013 0 5488

HURD. I'm installing it. 7 Recursion Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 2613

Can anyone recommend a good RSS program? 8 muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 4165

Educational Linux distro provides tech-bundle for kids and educators 1 phantom power Mar 2013 Mar 2013 1 2176

Can anybody explain why people like UEFI? 14 Recursion Mar 2013 Mar 2013 0 5753

xpost: The Growing Adoption of Creative Commons Textbooks 2 phantom power Jan 2013 Mar 2013 6 1946

Distro suggestions for my laptop? 21 Recursion Feb 2013 Mar 2013 0 6339

retroshare a secure file/chat/email option 5 grok Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2671

Anybody use Enlightenment? 2 Recursion Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1895

tar (xkcd) 5 Phillip McCleod Feb 2013 Feb 2013 2 2519

Do you like Mint 13 and if so which desktop are you using? n/t 17 RKP5637 Aug 2012 Feb 2013 0 6178

RHEL 6.4 is out 0 Recursion Feb 2013 Feb 2013 1 1910

Open Source and Free Software Continued...

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Only $35, 8.8 cm long x 3.5 cm wide x 1.2 cm high, it plays high def videos, and it runs Linux 7 Electric Monk Jan 2013 Feb 2013 4 3608

Yowindow 0 ErikJ Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 2049

Google images looking different 3 jambo101 Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 3368

Got a graphics tablet question 5 madokie Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 3690

Disable / bypass Gmail spam filter 2 RKP5637 Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 4215

Ubuntu 10 madokie Aug 2012 Jan 2013 1 4445

I'm playing with mint 13 with mate 2 madokie Sep 2012 Jan 2013 0 2397

octopress -- open source blogging software for hackers 1 phantom power Oct 2012 Jan 2013 0 2296

Linux Mint Mini-PC Coming Soon 11 pokerfan Jun 2012 Jan 2013 3 4714

Great free sites for desktop wallpapers 13 Shankapotomus Jul 2012 Jan 2013 0 6545

Join Us In The Fight Against Patent Trolls 3 phantom power Nov 2012 Dec 2012 1 2626

I'm rapidly running out of reasons not to abandon Windows. 13 backscatter712 Nov 2012 Dec 2012 0 5728

Top ten open source gifts for the holidays 1 phantom power Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 2184

Need some recommendations on a good firewall 6 Angry Dragon Nov 2012 Nov 2012 0 4167

I need some advice, please. XP is being phased out, and I have a reliable laptop which I use when 19 mbperrin Apr 2012 Nov 2012 0 6208

Free Russian Driver Pack Solution - Drivers for XP Vista & 7 2 Jumping John Jul 2012 Oct 2012 1 14167

Digsby platform to be open sourced 3 ChromeFoundry Jul 2012 Sep 2012 0 2835

Sky high success for Raspberry Pi computer (BBC) {Raspberry Pi in the Sky} 3 eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 Sep 2012 0 2730

FYI - TurboTax + Linux works extremely well online. I've done this a couple of 5 RKP5637 Feb 2012 Sep 2012 1 5709

How to Find the Perfect Linux Distribution for You 11 pokerfan Mar 2012 Sep 2012 1 5222

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