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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 03, 2024,
updated Feb 03, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

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    Uri Herrera announced today the release and general availability of Nitrux 3.3 as the latest ISO snapshot of this Debian-based, systemd-free, and immutable GNU/Linux distribution built around the KDE Plasma desktop environment.
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    The only way is up

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  3. KaOS Linux 2024.01 Released with a Pure KDE Plasma 6-Based Environment
    The development team behind the independently developed KaOS Linux distribution has kicked off 2024 with a new ISO release that brings you the first pure Plasma 6-based environment.
  4. Kdenlive 24.02.0 RC ready for testing
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  7. Nitrux 3.3.0 “ab” Brings Enhanced Performance and Security
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  11. Programming and Education Leftovers
    Education in the CS sense
  12. today's howtos
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  13. Veil of Shadows, Controller'd Chaos Bundle, and More
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  14. Clonezilla Live 3.1.2 Released with Linux Kernel 6.6 LTS and Memtest86+ 7.00
    Steven Shiau announced today the release and general availability of Clonezilla Live 3.1.2 as the latest stable release of this powerful Debian-based live system for disk cloning and imaging based on the Clonezilla software.
  15. OBS Studio 30.1 Beta Adds AV1 Support for VA-API, PipeWire Camera Source
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  16. Android Leftovers
    5 Android Phone Accessories You'll Want If You Like To Run
  17. PANZER-PLUS Offers BSP and Ready-to-Run Images for Linux/Android OSes
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  18. Windows TCO Leftovers
    a few stories about Windows issues
  19. 6 free, powerful creation tools for Linux
    We reveal the six most ingenious free applications under Linux
  20. LibreOffice 24.2.0 Released! New Version Numbering Scheme
    LibreOffice, the popular free open-source office suite, announced a new major release this Wednesday
  21. 7 Best Free and Open Source Dynamic Window Managers
    Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion here
  22. ReactOS, Openwashing, and Proprietary Leftovers
    various links for now
  23. Events: FOSDEM and More
    3 posts about events
  24. Hardware: Devices With Linux, Raspberry Pi, and More
    7 picks for now
  25. Security Leftovers
    Security related news
  26. Switching to GNU/Linux, Performance Profiling in Fedora Linux, and FLOSS Weekly Episode 768
    3 leftover links
  27. Programming Leftovers
    R, Rust, and more
  28. EasyOS Kirkstone 5.6.7 and Further Updates (for OpenEmbedded Also)
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  29. New Debian Developers and Paul Wise's FLOSS Activities in Debian
    Debian news
  30. today's software leftovers
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  31. util-linux 2.40 and gBouncer 1.22.0 released
    two new releases
  32. Medevel on Note-Taking Software, IPFS, and More
    Some software lists/overviews
  33. today's howtos
    only half a dozen more (for now)
  34. Today in Techrights
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