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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 16, 2023,
updated Dec 16, 2023

  1. Manjaro 23.1 “Vulcan” Is Available for Download with GNOME 45, Linux 6.6 LTS
    Manjaro Linux 23.1 is available for download as the first major update in the Manjaro Linux 23 series bringing a newer kernel, newer desktop environments, and updated components to the Arch Linux-based distro.
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    New

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  6. Programming Leftovers
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  10. KDE Android apps porting update
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  11. Today in Techrights
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  13. Microsoft's LinkedIn Knows Microsoft's Azure Sucks
    just like that
  14. Canonical/Ubuntu Pushing Proprietary Software and DRM
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  15. today's howtos
    afternoon howtos
  16. KDE Frameworks 5.113 Released for Plasma 5 Users With Various Improvements
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  17. Android Leftovers
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  18. Manjaro Linux 23.1.0 'Vulcan' now available to download -- choose from GNOME, Plasma, and XFCE editions
    Code-named “Vulcan,” this version of the Linux-based operating system is chock full of enhancements and security improvements
  19. Pop!_OS 22.04 Welcomes PipeWire 1.0.0, COSMIC Desktop Evolves
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  20. Updated: GNOME Shell 45.2 Coming to Ubuntu 23.10 Soon
    The first point release to GNOME Shell 45 only hit Ubuntu 23.10 at the end of last month, and now a second one is already on its way
  21. This week in KDE: un-flashy important stability work
    Everyone kept hammering on the bugs this week
  22. EDATEC’s industrial PC builds on Raspberry Pi 5
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  23. KDE: Snaps, KDEneon, Debian and my future
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  24. today's leftovers
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  25. today's leftovers
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  26. Mozilla Leftovers
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  27. Security Leftovers and Microsoft Abuse
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  28. Godot and Battleship
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  29. today's howtos
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  30. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  31. Linux Foundation Sponsored Fluff
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  32. Wine 9.0-rc2 Released
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  33. Plasma Mobile: tuned up to 6!
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  34. Playing With Cat (to Assess Percentage of GNU/Linux Users) [original]
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  35. Security Leftover and More Windows TCO Stories
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  36. Proprietary Stuff and Linux
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  37. today's howtos
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  38. The Kernel of the Beast, 6.6.6, shambled into sight… briefly
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  39. Maharlika (aka Philippines) Gradually Exiting Microsoft and Windows [original]
    it seems like the digital colonialism is reaching its last days
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