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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    Due to the hate speech found in some of the translations in the Ubuntu 23.10 desktop installer, the ISOs were withdrawn from the mirrors
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  47. Ubuntu and Server Leftovers
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  50. F10 for accessibility in KF6!
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    3 new posts/updates
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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
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  63. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  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
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  67. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
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    3 stories for today
  72. Q3 Firefox Linux update
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  73. Games: Return to Monkey Island on Nintendo Switch and Valve Issues
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  74. Fedora Project and Slimbook Collaborate to Deliver New Fedora Slimbook Ultrabook
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  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
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  80. Steam Deck and Arduino Projects
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  81. GPL Enforcement Case: Vizio's Summary Judgment Motion
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  82. Events: Christine Hall Reminisces All Things Open and LibreOffice at the Software Freedom Law Centre in India
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  83. Programming Leftovers
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  85. Security Leftovers
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  86. Leap Micro 5.5 availability and Leap Micro 5.3 EOL
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  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
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  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
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