InfoWorld: African Open Source Projects Gather Steam

"South African developers have made headway on a number of open-source projects, including an upgrade to a new version of Linux.

"Developers in South Africa have installed the firewall component of the next version of a variant of Linux, called Impi 2, in a high-profile installation within the country, as the beta testing cycle for the software gets under way, according to the head of the project, Ross Addis..."

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