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    How to Connect Any Video Game Controller to Your Android phone
  2. statCounter: GNU/Linux on Almost 1 in 10 Finnish Laptops/Desktops [original]
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  3. Android Leftovers
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  4. today's leftovers
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  5. Web Browsers and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
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  6. Programming and Standards Leftovers
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  7. Audiocasts/Shows: Linux in the Ham Shack, FLOSS Weekly, and More
    3 new episodes
  8. Lobbying by Linux Foundation and FSF-EEE, Cyber Resilience Act Exemptions
    Some news from Europe mostly
  9. Askiing Whether Linux is Virus-Free and New Windows TCO Tales
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  10. Open Hardware and Right to Repair News
    hacking made easier
  11. today's howtos
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  12. My new System76 Thelio is hands-down the best desktop PC I've ever tested
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  13. Maps and GNOME 46
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  14. IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 184 released
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  15. PipeWire 1.0.4 Is Here as a Massive Bugfix Release
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  18. Mozilla Introduces Unique Social Media Experiment: Didthis
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  20. today's howtos
    half a dozen howtos
  21. Red Hat Leftovers
    mostly puff pieces this time
  22. Games: Rust (Game) Server on GNU/Linux, RimWorld, and More
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  23. Mekotronics D58 embedded computer features 6 HDMI outputs for video walls or mirrored displays
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  24. Sparky 7.3
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  28. Open Hardware With Arduino
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  29. Security Leftovers
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  30. Adventures on the quest for long-term reproducible deployment
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  31. Raspberry Pi Projects and News
    3 new ones
  32. Microsoft Bricking Windows-Running PCs, Fixing Critical Holes Too Late, Putting All the Money (and Cards) on Hyped Startup That Loses Lots of Money
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    992 /n/2024/03/12/Web_Browsers_Speedometer_and_Firefox.shtml
    972 /n/2024/03/13/Security_Leftovers.shtml
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    899 /n/2024/03/13/That_s_It_Africa_is_All_Android_Now.shtml
    878 /n/2024/03/13/statCounter_Sees_More_GNU_Linux_Than_Windows_in_Albania.shtml
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