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Pepper Pad Player Gives Linux Place Among Handheld Media Gadgets

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TechNewsWorld; By Jay Lyman
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Loaded with open source software that includes the Mozilla Firefox browser, MPlayer voice, Helix streaming media applications, FreeType font and Cairo graphics libraries, the latest Pepper Pad runs Linux for the operating system's stability and resistance to viruses and other malicious software, Pepper spokesperson Mark Metzger told LinuxInsider. "It was a very conscious decision not to use Windows," he said.

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