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Linux kernel development explodes; Essential college gear, then and now; Obsolete tech: 40 things on way out

Essential college gear, then and now; Obsolete technology: 40 things nearing extinction
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Linux kernel development explodes

Red Hat, IBM and Novell remain the top contributors to the Linux kernel, an open source project that has grown by 2.7 million lines of code over the past 16 months, according to a report put out by the Linux Foundation. Read full story

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