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  2. Programming Leftovers
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  4. Distributions and Operating Systems: Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE, and Quirky
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  6. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
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  7. Devices: Hacking, Projects, and Hardware Products With Linux Preference
    some hardware related news
  8. today's howtos
    first howtos batch for today
  9. Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers
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  10. Proprietary Veeam Targets Oracle Linu
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  11. Programming Leftovers
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  13. today's leftovers
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  15. today's howtos
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  24. Different Linux Distributions
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  28. Jussi Pakkanen: CapyPDF 0.10.0 is out
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