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		<title>No more FOSS evangelism for me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been an advocate for free software ever since I started using it in 1999 (or was it 1998?). Some who know me would probably say that I&#8217;m an anti-Microsoft, pro Free software zealot. Maybe that&#8217;s true.
The way I see it, there are three camps. Those who think that open source software is good and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/03/11/no-more-foss-evangelism-for-me/</link>
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		<title>Linux should work with everything, proprietary gadgets and all</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I&#8217;ve been pondering about the role of Linux and free software and whether we should be concentrating on making proprietary stuff work seamlessly with it (or just concentrating on making great free software for us).
I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that we should be making everything &#8220;just work.&#8221;
Most things are proprietary, my video card is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/03/11/linux-should-work-with-everything-proprietary-gadgets-and-all/</link>
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		<title>I-O Data pays Microsoft to use Linux</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another day, another Microsoft cross-patent licensing agreement for companies who use Linux.
Japan-based I-O Data Device Inc. has agreed to cough up an undisclosed sum to the software giant for using Linux and other open source software applications in its devices and routers.
Now I-O Data joins the ranks of Samsung, LG, Kyocera, Fuji Xerox, Brother and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/03/09/i-o-data-pays-microsoft-to-use-linux/</link>
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		<title>Why Linux still &#8217;sucks&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has an interesting article about why Linux still &#8217;sucks&#8217;.
This is something I&#8217;ve been pondering about lots recently and written a few articles about.
The question, for me at least, remains unanswered. Should we be focusing on gaining market share and making everything work for Windows users, or just sticking to making great free software [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/03/09/why-linux-still-sucks/</link>
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		<title>Amazon, Microsoft sign Linux patent deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazon and Microsoft have signed a patent deal which covers their Linux based products and Kindle.
The deal covers both Amazon&#8217;s Kindle product as well as the company&#8217;s use of Linux-based servers. Microsoft has maintained that many implementations of Linux infringe on its patents and has signed numerous licensing deals that cover Linux with both companies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/02/24/amazon-microsoft-sign-linux-patent-deal/</link>
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		<title>LTSP 5.2 released, with some impressive features</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Linux Terminal Server Project team have released version 5.2 after two years and almost one thousand commits. It has become one pretty powerful product! I like the ability to &#8220;run the whole session remotely or run select applications locally to use specific hardware or advance 3D capabilities.&#8221;
Neat.
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		<link>http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/02/22/ltsp-5-2-released-with-some-impressive-features/</link>
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		<title>NetworkManager 0.8 to arrive shortly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Phoronix, NetworkManager 0.8 has been flagged in the git repository and will be on the way shortly!
NetworkManager, the free software project that&#8217;s backed by Red Hat and used by many distributions for easily managing network connections
from the Linux desktop, is ready for its version 0.8 milestone. NetworkManager 0.7 is getting old and while [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/02/20/networkmanager-0-8-to-arrive-shortly/</link>
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		<title>Set Your Desktop Free, With Nouveau&#8217;s 3D</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The nouveau project has done it! Finally, an open source 3D driver for NVIDIA video cards has arrived and will ship with Fedora 13. Let’s take a look (including a few benchmarks).
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		<link>http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/02/18/set-your-desktop-free-with-nouveaus-3d/</link>
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		<title>Faster, better ARM Cortex-A9 on the way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right. ARM is set to take over the netbook market (yay!) and even more good news that their highly successful Cortex-A9 will get a revamp.
Shrinking the die down to 28-nanometer will provide a 40% performance increase and reduce power consumption by 30%. It should be available later this year. Now that will certainly be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/02/17/faster-better-arm-cortex-a9-on-the-way/</link>
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		<title>Five Brilliant Ubuntu-based Distros You Never Knew Existed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The major derivatives of Ubuntu are well known, but what about the others? Just because they aren&#8217;t as popular doesn&#8217;t mean they don&#8217;t have something to offer! We introduce five of the least known, yet simply outstanding distributions.
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		<link>http://blog.christophersmart.com/2010/02/12/five-brilliant-ubuntu-based-distros-you-never-knew-existed/</link>
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