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Debian -- The Universal Operating System
Download Debian 6.0 (32/64-bit PC Network installer) Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU project ; hence the name GNU/Linux.
This article was posted on: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:25:14 +0000 Although the results may be biased by the fact that some environments are better supported than others and that some of them are brand new, we’re interested in getting some early feedback of their popularity within the Linux Mint community. Discontinued environments were not listed: If you are currently using Gnome 2, please select the [...] The team is proud to announce the release of LMDE 201204. This release features three of the best Linux desktops available at the moment: The traditional and functional MATE 1.2 desktop, the innovative and beautiful Cinnamon 1.4 and the lightweight and rock-solid Xfce 4.8.
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Make your IT budget go further with Ubuntu! The latest release of Ubuntu includes everything you need for your business desktop, server and cloud.
Unfortunately, the bid proposed by the external entity has been refused by a minority shareholder and we cannot go for this solution. Fortunately, the financial situation – far better than expected – allow us to search for a new way … Continue reading → The decision that should have been taken today has been postponed to Friday, January 27th. The deadline for the decision on the proposal has been extended by the proposing entity upon request of some shareholders. We would like to inform that a proposal to acquire Mandriva has been submitted by an external entity. As required in such a situation, the major shareholders have been asked to determine their position.
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openSUSE 12.1: All Green! It is November 16, 2011 and our mirrors have synced. Time to present to you: openSUSE 12.1 ! This release represents more than eight months of work by our international community and brings you the best Free Software has to offer. Awesome improvements include the latest GNOME 3.2 desktop as well as the newest from KDE, XFCE and LXDE; your ownCloud made easy with mirall; Snapper-shots of your file system; and much, much more. ( continue reading ). Keep informed about openSUSE following our new Google+ page
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Experience Freedom! The KDE® Community is an international technology team dedicated to creating a free and user-friendly computing experience, offering an advanced graphical desktop, a wide variety of applications for communication, work, education and entertainment and a platform to easily build new applications upon. We have a strong focus on finding innovative solutions to old and new problems, creating a vibrant atmosphere open for experimentation. On 7th March 2012, KDE has released updates to their workspaces, applications and development platform. 4.8.1 is the first update to the 4.8 series, which was released in January. KDE Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Platform 4.8 Improve User Experience
KDE - Experience Freedom!
www.bsd.org
This page is intended to provide a variety of resources for users of the various commercial and freely-available bsd operating systems. It is in the midst of being revamped, and will probably be in such a state for quite a while yet. Please bear with us. Have any comments on the page? Would you like to see something here? Is this now your permanent UNIX answer emporium?
FreeBSD® is an advanced operating system for modern server, desktop, and embedded computer platforms . FreeBSD's code base has undergone over thirty years of continuous development, improvement, and optimization. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals .
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Free Software Foundation
Free Software Foundation — what we do The FSF advocates for free software ideals as outlined in the Free Software Definition , works for adoption of free software and free media formats, and organizes activist campaigns against threats to user freedom like Windows 7 , Apple's iPhone and OS X , DRM on music, ebooks and movies , and software patents . We promote completely free software distributions of GNU/Linux , and advocate that users of the GNU/Linux operating system switch to a distribution which respects their freedom .