2012-06-19 [☆] Ubuntu ODM UEFI requirements for secure boot
A system carrying only the Ubuntu signing key will conform to these requirements and may be certified by Canonical, but will not boot any OS other than Ubuntu unless the user disables secure boot or imports their own key database.
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2008-09-18 [☆] linux kernel monkey log
Keynote at Plumbers 08
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2008-07-18 [☆] Linus Torvalds, Geek of the Week
Rejects patents, at least as they exist in the U.S.
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2008-06-04 [☆] Mark Shuttleworth on the future of Ubuntu [LWN.net]
Concise thinking on software patents and, separately, Mono.
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