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  2. Fedora Project Announces Fedora Atomic Desktops for Immutable Fedora Spins
    The Fedora Project announced today a new family of Fedora Linux spins called Fedora Atomic Desktops, which serves as an umbrella for all the current and future Fedora Linux spins that offer an immutable file system.
  3. Microsoft Sabotages Linux, Then Blames Linux
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  4. We Love Animals as Much as We Love GNU/Linux [original]
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  5. Old 'Windows PCs' Are Becoming GNU/Linux PCs [original]
    Europe shows GNU/Linux growth
  6. today's howtos
    a few for now
  7. Mozilla Corporation's Mitchell Baker Stepping Down
    finally it happens

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  8. Desktop YouTube Music App Musictube Gets ‘Major Overhaul’
    A new version of Musictube, a Qt-based desktop app that lets you stream music from YouTube, is available for download for Windows, macOS and Linux.
  9. today's leftovers
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  10. Programming Leftovers
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  11. Red Hat Leftovers
    mostly corporate fluff
  12. Software: fooyin, Redis Managers, and Mindmapping Editors
    3 software-themed articles
  13. Security Leftovers
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  14. today's howtos
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  15. VirtualBox KVM public release
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  16. GNU lightning 2.2.3 released!
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  17. Free Software: Licensing, Web, and More
    FOSS links
  18. Programming Leftovers
    Python and education, among lots more
  19. today's leftovers
    SUSE, CMS, and CRM links
  20. OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and BSD Now
    latest BSD picks
  21. PostgreSQL 16.2, 15.6, 14.11, 13.14, and 12.18 Released!
    The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has released an update
  22. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, CERBERUS 2100, and More
    3 projects and products
  23. Windows TCO Leftovers
    Attacks on Firefox and data breaches
  24. Games: BORE BLASTERS, MangoHud, and More
    5 stories from Liam Dawe
  25. KDE: 15-Minute Bug Initiative update
    Well, it’s been two years, so how did it go
  26. CERBERUS2100: A Multi-CPU Open-Source Educational Microcomputer
    Olimex recently featured the CERBERUS 2100
  27. Android Leftovers
    10 Best GPS Spoofing Apps for Android in 2024
  28. What is a swap file in Linux and how much should you use?
    Add some virtual memory to your Linux PC
  29. Debian͏ vs ͏Ub͏untu: Which i͏s the͏ best Linux di͏s͏tro in͏ ͏2024?
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  30. ODROID-M1S review – Part 2: Ubuntu 20.04 benchmarks and features testing
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  31. Gameeky released
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  32. Today in Techrights
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  33. Kernel and LWN: Linux, Joe Brockmeier, and Paying for Tests
    4 new articles
  34. Security Leftovers
    Security related stories
  35. today's howtos
    only 3 more for now
  36. I Switched to Linux Full Time. There’s seemingly been a recent uptick…
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  37. Windows, DRM, and Microsoft
    opposition news
  38. Clear Linux, Zorin OS, Damn Small Linux, and More on Distributions
    a couple of news picks and FOSS Weekly
  39. Linux-Friendly Devices and Arduino IDE 2.3
    3 stories more
  40. Audiocasts/Shows: mintCast and FLOSS Weekly
    2 new episodes
  41. World Wide Web: Curl, Firefox, Mozilla
    3 stories about Mozilla and former Moz (Daniel)
  42. Programming Leftovers
    only a few spillovers for the time being
  43. Free Software Reviews/Overviews in Medevel
    half a dozen new ones
  44. Red Hat Leftovers
    redhat.com's latest
  45. NetBSD 10.0 RC4 available!
    please help testing
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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