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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 13, 2023

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    More on that
  2. Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) Officially Released with Linux 6.5 and GNOME 45
    Canonical officially released today the Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) operating system, which comes with some of the latest GNU/Linux technologies, improved hardware support, and many other changes.
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  4. GNU40 USA: Meeting with old and new friends, and some first few steps on the freedom ladder
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  5. Raspberry Pi OS Is Now Based on Debian Bookworm, Supports Raspberry Pi 5
    The Raspberry Pi Foundation released today a new version of its Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS distribution for Raspberry Pi single-board computers that brings a new Bookworm base and some major changes.
  6. SparkyLinux 2023.10 Brings Linux Kernel 6.5, Latest Debian 13 “Trixie” Updates
    SparkyLinux 2023.10 Rolling edition has been released today as the October 2023 snapshot for this Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution featuring the KDE Plasma, Xfce, LXQt, and MATE desktop environments on top of the bleeding-edge Debian Testing repositories.
  7. Smaller is Fast, Fast is Beautiful
    Complexity is an enemy of software freedom because it's hard to exercise control over software that you can barely even study
  8. Android Leftovers
    The two best Android controllers are only on sale for a few more hours
  9. SFC and FSFE, Funded by Microsoft, Tell You That Eben Moglen is a Bad Man (They're Wrong)
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  10. Fedora Project and Slimbook Collaborate to Deliver New Fedora Slimbook Ultrabook
    Today, the Fedora Project and Slimbook are pleased to announce the Fedora Slimbook, a cutting-edge ultrabook
  11. MAILING LIST SHUTDOWN NOTIFICATION
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  20. Ubuntu 23.10 Official Flavors Are Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
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  25. Devices and Open Hardware/Modding: Wind River Linux, RISC-V, Raspberry Pi, and Arduino
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  35. today's leftovers
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  36. LWN: Linux ecosystem contributions from SteamOS and kernel's preemption model
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  37. Digital Restrictions (DRM) Troubles
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  38. Security Leftovers and Microsoft/Windows TCO
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  39. Red Hat Official Blog: The Latest
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  40. Overhaul of Thelio internals and new band Theliohead
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  43. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  44. Events: R Conference 2023, All Things Open, Innovation Marathon Hack Week
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  45. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
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  46. today's howtos
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  47. Games: GNU/Linux Before Apple, Lots of Steam Stuff, and More
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  50. Wayland Display Server on openSUSE Tumbleweed in 2023
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  56. Krita 5.2 released
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  57. Fedora Slimbook Linux Laptop Launched with 3K Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti
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  59. Relax, "Linux" is Safe
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  60. Android Leftovers
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  61. Microsoft FUD/Scremongering About GNU/Linux and FIPS 140-2 Validation
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  62. today's howtos
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  63. 5 Linux Lite Tips for Windows Users
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  64. Shufflecake - Hidden Linux Filesystems to Store Sensitive Data
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  65. today's howtos and programming
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  66. Security Leftovers
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  67. The PineTime
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  68. Android Leftovers
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  69. PinePhone Status
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  70. Tiny Linux On A No-MMU RISC-V Microcontroller
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  71. Software Lists Updated: Partition Managers, Cron Jobs, and PDF Page Cropping Tools For GNU/Linux
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  72. Games: Hearts of Iron IV: Arms Against Tyranny, "So Many Ducks", and More
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  73. Open 3D Engine 23.10.0 and N64 Emulators
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  74. Games: Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst Shilling Microsoft Mono, SteamOS 3.4.11 for Steam Deck is Out, and More
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  76. Web Survey: Microsoft/Windows Desktop/Laptop Market Share in China Down From 97% in 2015 to 72% This Month
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  77. Web Browsers/Web Servers Leftovers
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  78. This is the world’s first Raspberry Pi 5 tablet
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  79. XScreenSaver 6.08 out now
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  80. Free Software Users Are Having All the Fun
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