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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 17, 2023

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  2. today's leftovers
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  3. Programming Leftovers
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  4. today's howtos
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  5. Ubuntu on Buzzwords, Volunteer Crave (Unpaid Worker), and Hardware Partnership
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  9. Why Ubuntu 23.10 ISOs Have Been Temporarily Withdrawn
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  13. today's leftovers
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  14. Kyle E Mitchell on the GPL
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  15. Steam Proton game compatibility report 2023
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  17. The Wine development release 8.18 is now available.
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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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  40. today's howtos
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  45. MX-23.1 “Libretto” released
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  51. today's leftovers
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  52. Programming Leftovers
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  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
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  59. Today in Techrights
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  61. MX-23.1 'Libretto' released!
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  62. FydeOS 17.0 and Dr.Parted 23.09
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  69. today's howtos
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  72. IBM/Red Hat and Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
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  73. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  74. Google and Microsoft Monopolies
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  75. Programming Leftovers
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  76. Security and Windows TCO
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  77. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Retro, and More
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  79. Microsoft Tax Evasion
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  80. Android Leftovers
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  82. today's howtos
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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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