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Libranet is collecting signatures on a petition which will be submitted to the major producers of PC devices, asking them to make available to GNU/Linux developers full specifications of their devices, so that GNU/Linux compatible device drivers can be produced for their products.

The Free Software Foundation has been awarded $10,000 as the Most Deserving Open Source Charity in the Andover.net/Slashdot Beanie awards. GNOME was awarded $30,000 as the Most Improved Open Source Project.

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Updated: 19 Feb 2000 tower