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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 10, 2024

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Solus 4.5 Released with Calamares Installer, PipeWire, Linux 6.6, and New Xfce Edition

The developers behind the Solus distribution announced today the release and general availability of Solus 4.5 as the latest installation and live media for this independently developed distro.

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System76's New Linux Workstation Has Updated AMD Threadripper CPUs

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Security and Windows TCO Leftovers

incidents and more
today's leftovers

Debian, Ubuntu, and more
Programming Leftovers

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Fedora / Red Hat / IBM Leftovers

Red Hat helping Microsoft
7 Gaming Tips and Tools, Top 7 Applications to Install on Nextcloud Instances

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GNU micron 1.4 and KDiagram 3.0.1

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today's howtos

many howtos for today
Android Leftovers

PUBG Mobile 3.0 update APK direct download link for Android
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Plasma 6's thriving community ensures financial success, hitting goals 50 days before the desktop environment's launch
LibreOffice 24.2 RC1 is available for testing

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Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux, Linux User Space, WordPress Briefing, and Late Night Linux

4 new episodes
Red Hat's Corporate Blog

Latest from IBM's corporate GNU/Linux
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today's leftovers

KDE, Arduino, and DRM
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

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How to Transpose Tables (rotate) in LibreOffice

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today's howtos and technical posts

quite a few for this morning
Canonical wants better Snap support outside Ubuntu, based on latest hires

Returning developer says he might get to "change some of the old ideas."
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