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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 17, 2023

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  1. Today in Techrights
    one day's articles
  2. today's leftovers
    OpenBGPD 8.3 released and more
  3. Programming Leftovers
    a dozen links regarding Python and more
  4. today's howtos
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  5. Ubuntu on Buzzwords, Volunteer Crave (Unpaid Worker), and Hardware Partnership
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  6. Ubuntu 23.10 Official Flavors Are Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
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  7. OpenBSD 7.4 released
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  8. Resources is a New, Modern System Monitor for Linux
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  9. Why Ubuntu 23.10 ISOs Have Been Temporarily Withdrawn
    Due to the hate speech found in some of the translations in the Ubuntu 23.10 desktop installer, the ISOs were withdrawn from the mirrors
  10. MariaDB’s Bad Week: Layoffs and an End to Azure Support
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  11. OpenWrt 23.05.0 - First Stable Release
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  12. Fedora Project and Slimbook Collaborate to Deliver New Fedora Slimbook Ultrabook
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  13. today's leftovers
    4 more stories
  14. Kyle E Mitchell on the GPL
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  15. Steam Proton game compatibility report 2023
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  16. This Site Should be Blazing Fast Now
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  17. The Wine development release 8.18 is now available.
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  18. Microsoft Windows' Market Share in Tanzania Sinks to 10%
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  25. GNU/Linux Devices: Raspberry Pi 5, Purism on OJ Antitrust Lawsuit, SolidRun Hummingboard SBC
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  26. today's howtos
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  27. Audiocasts/Shows: 5 New Episodes
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  28. Security Leftovers
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  29. Games: GNU/Linux Faster, Steam Deck Gets Easy Undervolting Controls, Jim Whitehurst Promoting .NET, Nvidia Reflex could be coming to Linux
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  30. Meet Wolfi: the Linux Distro Designed to Shrink Your Supply Chain - The New Stack
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  31. Microsoft Unable to Evolve to Deal With a Changing World
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  32. Android Leftovers
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  33. Debian-based MX Linux 23.1 now available for download
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  35. Tux Machines Loves Nature
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  36. Programming Leftovers
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  37. Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux, Linux Saloon, Linux in the Ham Shack, and Free Software Security Podcast
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  38. Strategies for deploying things on NixOS
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  39. Remotely Terrorize the Neighborhood Kids on Halloween
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  40. today's howtos
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  41. Use the Real Thing, Not Microsoft's Imitation
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  42. 10 Immutable Linux Distributions: Linux Security to the Next Level
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  43. 8 Best Free and Open Source Linux Personal Information Managers
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  45. MX-23.1 “Libretto” released
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  46. Ubuntu's 'Mantic Minotaur' Release or Microsoft's Proprietary Panda?
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  47. Åland and Killer Windows
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  48. MariaDB Lays Off About a Third of Its Staff Just as We Abandon MariaDB Here in Tux Machines
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  49. Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC Running Linux: Installing Ubuntu 23.10 Desktop
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  50. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 15th, 2023
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  51. today's leftovers
    a few more stories for today
  52. Programming Leftovers
    Python 3.13.0 alpha 1 and more
  53. HashiCorp Terraform's Openwashing Trap
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  54. Software: VLC 3.0.19's Betrayal, OpenStack Bobcat, and Linux Configuration Management Software
    3 stories combined
  55. Low-cost CH32V003 USB dev board with RISC-V MCU
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  56. Slackel 7.7 "openbox"
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  59. Today in Techrights
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  60. Ubuntu Cinnamon 23.10: Best New Features
    Learn what's new in the recently released Ubuntu Cinnamon 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur", bringing the latest Cinnamon desktop and more.
  61. MX-23.1 'Libretto' released!
    We are pleased to offer MX-23.1 for your use
  62. FydeOS 17.0 and Dr.Parted 23.09
    FydeOS is an interesting project which was recently added to DistroWatch's waiting list
  63. KDE and Plasma Design: It’s Been a Minute…
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  64. Debian Unveiled: The Gold Standard of Linux Stability
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  66. GNOME 45 Introduces New Image Viewer and Camera Apps: Here’s How They Work
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  67. today's howtos
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  68. Linux 6.6-rc6 and Linux 6.1.58
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  69. today's howtos
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  71. today's leftovers
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  72. IBM/Red Hat and Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
    only 3 more stories
  73. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    5 stories
  74. Google and Microsoft Monopolies
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  75. Programming Leftovers
    Java and more
  76. Security and Windows TCO
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  77. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Retro, and More
    5 links/stories
  78. Can open source be saved from the EU's Cyber Resilience Act?
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  79. Microsoft Tax Evasion
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  80. Android Leftovers
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  81. How to Stop GNOME Software from Running in the Background
    Here's how you can stop GNOME software from running in the background, consuming system resources.
  82. today's howtos
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  83. Society Cannot Bear Social Control Media for Much Longer
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  84. Back in FOSS Force
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  85. Liars at Microsoft Tell You How to Install 'Linux' (as Long as Windows is in Control of It and Microsoft Controls the User)
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  86. Critique of "Clown Computing" Orthodoxy by Helen Plews and Andy Farnell
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  87. Speaking About and Spreading the Word (About GNU/Linux)
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