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  1. Tails 5.22 Enhances File Access and Persistent Storage Repair
    Tails 5.22 brings new file-saving features in Tor Browser

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  2. LibreOffice 24.2 Open-Source Office Suite Officially Released, Here’s What’s New
    The Document Foundation released today LibreOffice 24.2 as the latest stable version of this popular, powerful, open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite for GNU/Linux.

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  3. Unleashing the Best Free and Open Source Social Networking Software
    All of the software is free and open source

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  4. You Can Now Upgrade from Zorin OS 16 to Zorin OS 17, Here’s How
    The Zorin OS team announced today that the upgrade path from Zorin OS 16 to Zorin OS 17 is now open for Zorin OS Core and Pro users through the Zorin OS Upgrader utility.
  5. Linux Mint 22 Codenamed “Wilma”, Will Be Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
    Linux Mint leader Clement Lefebvre revealed today the codename of the next major release of the popular, Ubuntu-based Linux Mint distribution, Linux Mint 22 “Wilma”, along with one of its attractions.
  6. Security Leftovers
    patches and breaches
  7. Programming Leftovers
    R, Python, and more
  8. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS links
  9. Web, Network Diagnostic, and Mozilla
    Some Web and Net centric links
  10. Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter and Mindless Hey Hi (AI) Hype
    Some Ubuntu links
  11. Android Leftovers
    Google introduces effortless eSIM transfer for Android smartphones
  12. Windows TCO Leftovers
    Still unsafe, still a botnet epidemic
  13. Raspberry Pi Betraying the Community With IPO?
    3 links for now
  14. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Purism, and More
    Various hardware-related news
  15. Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux, Destination Linux
    Two new episodes
  16. Red Hat / IBM: Kubernetes, CentOS, OpenShift, and More
    Fedora and more
  17. Software: GNU Binutils 2.42, qmpbackup 0.28, PostgreSQL, and More
    about half a dozen picks about applications
  18. Games: TEKKEN, Spec Ops: The Line, and More
    half a dozen articles by Liam Dawe
  19. Security Leftovers
    incidents, bugs, and GNU/Linux
  20. today's howtos and diagnostics
    mostly howtos
  21. Microsoft/Windows TCO: Microsoft Teams Keeps Going Offline for Very Long Periods of Time and Microsoft Edge Goes 'Full Malware Mode' (Likely Breaking Laws, Too)
    typical SLA
  22. Announcing the GNOME Project Handbook
    I’m a firm believer in the importance of documentation for open source projects
  23. 5 Best Free and Open Source AppImage Desktop Integration Tools
    Only free and open source software is included
  24. Farewell, Binary Factory! Add Craft Jobs for Your Apps to KDE's GitLab Now
    This is the final update on the migration of the Craft jobs from Binary Factory to KDE's GitLab
  25. LicheeRV Nano: Affordable Thumb-Sized Embedded RISC-V Computer with Upcoming Linux Support
    The company says it has plans to integrate mainline Linux support into its open-source Linux SDK for the LicheeRV Nano
  26. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

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