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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 15, 2023

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    Due to the hate speech found in some of the translations in the Ubuntu 23.10 desktop installer, the ISOs were withdrawn from the mirrors
  2. Microsoft gives unexpected tutorial on how to install Linux
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  6. Microsoft Tax Evasion
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  7. 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.
  8. GNOME Is Taking Steps Towards Dropping X11
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  9. Raspberry Pi OS Is Now Based on Debian Bookworm, Supports Raspberry Pi 5
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  16. This Week in GNOME and Scarlett Gately Moore's KDE Work
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  22. today's howtos
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  23. EasyOS Kirkstone-series version 5.5.5 released
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  24. The Wine development release 8.18 is now available.
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  25. Perl Programming Leftovers
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  26. EuroLinux 8.9 beta released
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  37. today's howtos
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    IBM et al
  46. Programming Leftovers
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  47. Ubuntu and Server Leftovers
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  48. MariaDB’s Bad Week: Layoffs and an End to Azure Support
    It's not a great week for MariaDB
  49. Devices: Orange Pi 5, Raspberry Pi Pico, and Arduino
    miniature world of Open Hardware
  50. F10 for accessibility in KF6!
    We now have a new KStandardShortcut
  51. Microsoft, Proprietary, and Blackboxes ("AI")
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  52. Events: ATO, Linux Plumbers Conference, and KDAB Training Day
    3 new posts/updates
  53. Security Leftovers
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  54. today's howtos
    many howtos for the evening
  55. PipeWire 1.0 RC2
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  56. David Cantrell: rpminspect-1.12.1 released
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  57. OpenZFS 2.2 Released with Linux 6.5 Support, Block Cloning, and More
    OpenZFS 2.2 advanced file system and volume manager has been released today with support for the latest Linux kernel series, as well as various new features.
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  60. Why Tux Machines is Hosted From the United Kingdom
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  61. Happier and Freer
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  62. Worse Than Racism in Latest Ubuntu: Digital Restrictions (DRM) and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Junk
    Russian controversy ought not be the biggest one
  63. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS links
  64. Android Leftovers
    Google Chrome on Android gets a big security boost! Users can delete recent browsing history swiftly
  65. Open Hardware: RISC-V, Raspberry Pi 5, and More
    Hardware for hacking
  66. New release: Tor Browser 13.0
    Tor Browser 13.0 is now available
  67. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    incidents and more
  68. Leap 15.5 issue with Radeon RX 7000 series and amdgpu driver
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  69. Linux Security Modules
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  70. today's howtos
    5 more for now
  71. Games: Counter-Strike 2, Linux GPU Performance, and Trouble in Microsoft Mono Land (Unity)
    3 stories for today
  72. Q3 Firefox Linux update
    Let’s highlight some updates of Firefox development from Linux perspective for last three months
  73. Games: Return to Monkey Island on Nintendo Switch and Valve Issues
    3 items about gaming
  74. 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
  75. Android Leftovers
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  76. Overhaul of Thelio internals and new band Theliohead
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  77. Will Wayland Finally Replace Xorg For Linux Users? Finally?
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  78. Want a secure and simple Linux experience? I can't recommend Elementary OS 7.1 highly enough
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  79. today's leftovers
    Servers and more
  80. Steam Deck and Arduino Projects
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  81. GPL Enforcement Case: Vizio's Summary Judgment Motion
    SFC lawsuit
  82. Events: Christine Hall Reminisces All Things Open and LibreOffice at the Software Freedom Law Centre in India
    Some FOSS updates
  83. Programming Leftovers
    Tools and releases
  84. Installing Debian on the BananaPi M2 Zero and Installing Flatpak and Flathub Repository on Debian 12
    Debian news
  85. Security Leftovers
    Reproducible Builds and more
  86. Leap Micro 5.5 availability and Leap Micro 5.3 EOL
    A new version of the modern lightweight host operating system Leap Micro 5.5 is now available
  87. Microsoft Lies and Liars
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  88. Should you de-Google your Fairphone?
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  89. KDE: FDBuild 0.1, KDE Gear, Porting Codevis to KDE
    KDE-related development
  90. Planet Fedora (Red Hat/IBM), Planet GNOME, and Planet Debian, Which Have a Code of Conduct, Offer a Platform to Matt 'Sexual Favours' Garrett
    desperate effort to wrest control of FSF
  91. (Updated) Forlinx officially launches RISC-V SoM based on StarFive JH7110
    Forlinx has officially launched their latest System-on-Module, featuring the powerful StarFive JH7110 RISC-V chip
  92. 10 Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu 23.10 [With Bonus Tips]
    Here's our recommended list of 10 things after installing Ubuntu 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" (GNOME edition).
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    The immutable openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 is out with SELinux enhancements, Quadlet for Podman, and an improved Cockpit management interface.
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