Murphy's Law: What is Skype Up To?

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maximumpc.com - 21 days ago

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The recent announcement of Skype turning quote-unquote open source has me twirling a finger with delicious glee. It's not that I dislike Skype. And it's not that I'm about to get into one of my 1,500-word debates on the differences between the definition of "free" and ...

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Flash Voyager

Ubuntu

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phoronix.com - 21 days ago

AMD's UVD2-based XvBA Finally Does Something On Linux

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Linux

AMD

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phoronix.com - 26 days ago

[Phoronix] AMD Loses Its Linux Core Engineering Manager, Matthew Tippett

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