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I've noticed, as I get older, time seems to go exponentially faster. Unfortunately, this meant high school lasted an eternity, and I'm burning through my thirties at warp speed. Some events make me more aware of this than others -- it seems like it was only last week that Fedora 10 made its first mark upon the world.

But no, another release cycle has nearly come full circle, and today the Fedora Project announced the Preview Release of Fedora 11 (codenamed Leonidas). This preview will be followed by a release candidate (scheduled for a May 12 appearance), with the final version hitting the streets on May 26.

So what new features can we expect to see in Fedora 11?

Richard Stallman explains why software patents are wrong. Check out the video.

Highlights from Google's Summer of Code. Over 1,000 students were accepted into the fifth year of the program from 70 countries and will work on about 150 open source projects with mentor organisations.

Aaron Seigo talks about KDE's past and future. He heads the German non-profit that handles the project's financial and legal affairs.

Hackfests, fundraising and the economy. Stormy Peters, who directs the GNOME foundation, weighs in on what can be done to preserve hackfests in a poor funding environment.

Making the switch to OpenOffice. Here's how easy it is to break free of Microsoft Office and take advantage of top open source productivity apps.