A typical Linux system is largely comprised of unrestricted, open-source software. But some of the most popular software around is either closed-source or open-source, but restricted by patents.

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The Linux Mint project yesterday unveiled version 15 of the increasingly popular desktop operating system, with upgrades to the MATE and Cinnamon desktop environments as well as new applications for ...

It has no acute impact on the vast majority of Linux users, but politically it is the culmination of an open source strategy adopted in 2007: AMD is now also abandoning proprietary 3D drivers in its ...