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  1. GNU/Linux Reaches 3% Market Share in South America, According to statCounter, More Than Doubling Its Share Since Pandemic Began [original]
    GNU/Linux is among the main gainers if not the sole gainer
  2. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 4th, 2024
    The 173rd installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on February 4th, 2024.

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  3. Android Leftovers
    February 2024 Android security patch here for Pixel phones and the Pixel Tablet
  4. PCLinuxOS, Writing PCLinuxOS Magazine, PCLinuxOS Screenshots, and More PCLinuxOS News
    PCLinuxOS articles
  5. Repo Review: Zotero
    Zotero is free and open source reference management software designed to help researchers collect, organize, cite and share their research sources
  6. Repo Review: Midori
    Midori in review
  7. FOSDEM 2024 and New Audio
    report and more
  8. The Universim, Reviewed on Linux
    The Universim, developed and published by Crytivo, is a colony sim that tries to do many things and succeed in some while testing your god’s patience
  9. GNU/Linux Applications: fooyin and Notejet
    a pair of FOSS programs
  10. Programming Leftovers
    4 coding related picks
  11. Papirus Icon Pack Update Adds 50+ New Icons
    first update in 2024
  12. today's howtos
    only 4 more for now
  13. Benchmarks: GNU/Linux Performance on x86
    claims of big gains
  14. Security Leftovers
    Security in Linux mostly
  15. Android Leftovers
    Google may roll out 'Circle to Search' for other Android devices after Sept
  16. Gentoo x86-64-v3 binary packages available
    it should work on any 64bit defective chip maker Intel or AMD machine
  17. libredwg-0.13 released
    Now we'll finish work on encode support for r2004+
  18. OSMC's February update is here with Kodi v20.3
    Here's what's new
  19. FreeBSD 13.3-BETA1 Now Available
    The first BETA build of the 13.3-RELEASE release cycle is now available
  20. Fedora Linux Flatpak cool apps to try for February
    This article introduces projects available in Flathub with installation instructions
  21. Ubuntu 24.04 Will Use Linux Kernel 6.8 — If All Goes to Plan!
    Ubuntu developers recently shared word on the Linux kernel version Ubuntu 24.04 LTS will use — and I’ll admit: it’s not the one I guessed
  22. today's leftovers
    5 more links for this morning
  23. today's howtos
    first batch for this week
  24. Programming Leftovers
    Including Python and shell
  25. Devices Leftovers (Linux and More)
    3 stories about hardware
  26. Web Browser Leftovers
    Web Browsing Views
  27. Audiocasts/Shows: TWIL, Free Software Security Podcast, and Going Linux
    3 new episodes
  28. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  29. Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update and Linux Weekly Roundup
    A couple of weekly outlines
  30. today's leftovers
    many assorted links, some older
  31. Security Leftovers
    mostly CISA
  32. Programming Leftovers
    a few more from the weekend
  33. Videos: This Past Week in GNU/Linux and Free Software (Invidious)
    Invidious videos only

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