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    Red Hat and Intel have settled a licensing hiccup that threatened to prevent the Linux company from contributing to Intel's open-source project--a reminder of the frictions that can arise between the commercial tech world and the open-source community.

  • Red Hat's new Linux seeks to unify

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    Want to give an old PC a new lease of life? Why not transform it into a Linux server for your home/small business network?

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