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  10. CentOS EOL and Red Hat Leftovers
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  11. Games: Falling Frontier, Jupiter Hell, Steam Deck Turns 2, and More
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  12. Raspberry Pi OS Is Now Powered by Linux 6.6 LTS, Improves Raspberry Pi 5 Support
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  13. OpenSSH 9.7/9.7p1 released!
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  15. GnuPG 2.4.5 released
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  16. Android Leftovers
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  18. Today in Techrights
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  19. Layoffs at IBM
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  20. Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux, Destination Linux, and More
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  21. Security Leftovers
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  22. That's It. Africa is 'All Android' Now. [original]
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  23. OBS Studio 30.1 Released with AV1 Support for VA-API, PipeWire Camera Source
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