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by Free Software Foundation Contributions Published on Mar 09, 2010 04:11 PM
Writing by representatives of the Free Software Foundation.

Two new projects can help free software replace Skype

GNU Free Call and WebRTC are both building frameworks that stand to make Skype obsolete.

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Behind the scenes of the new GNU mailing list server

The GNU list server is a monster machine serving lists.gnu.org, lists.nongnu.org and a few other domains. Every day, it spools out over 1 million messages for 2700 mailing lists. Until April 11, our venerable list server was an 8-year old Fedora Core 2 (!) box equipped with 6 high-speed SCSI drives organized in two RAID packs to maximize I/O bandwidth. These drives were incessantly cranking every day, as Mailman forwarded incoming posts to thousands of subscribers over a saturated T1 uplink at the FSF headquarters.

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Announcing our license recommendations guide

We've compiled a single resource that guides you through the process of choosing a license for new software, documentation, and other functional data.

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Parabola GNU/Linux joins the FSF list of free distributions

Parabola GNU/Linux is a full featured general-purpose distribution that's committed to only including free software.

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Work on a free software GPRS/EDGE stack!

GPRS is a technology used by mobile phones to transmit data. If you have internet access on your cellphone, it's likely that you are using GPRS.

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Microsoft Skype

People who focus on minor issues are greatly exercized about the purchase of Skype by Microsoft.

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Introducing Stuffed Baby Gnu

Help celebrate the newest addition to the GNU menagerie with your very own Stuffed Baby Gnu.

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