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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 04, 2024

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  7. IPFire Linux Firewall Distro Kicks Off 2024 by Blocking Email Spammers by Default
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  12. today's howtos
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  15. Emmabuntüs DE5 Starts the Year Strong with a Debian 12.4 Update
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  17. 7 of the Best Distros Based on Fedora Linux
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  19. today's howtos
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  20. Gamers Are Switching to GNU/Linux (It's Faster and More Secure, Both Practical Benefits) [original]
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  21. Windows TCO Leftovers
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  22. Return to The Gopherverse
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  23. Programming and Technical Leftovers
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  24. Consider Security First
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  25. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino and More
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  26. BSD: OpenBSD and FreeBSD News
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  28. Going Static is the Trend Now (Welcome, 2024!) [original]
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    From Wayland woes to clipboard quirks, Alacritty 0.13 tackles a slew of bugs, optimizing memory usage and refining the user experience.
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