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  2. Programming Leftovers
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  3. Copyleft licenses are not “restrictive”
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  4. Distributions and Operating Systems: Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE, and Quirky
    4 distros
  5. Thunderbird on Exchange Support and Mozilla’s IRL Podcast
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  6. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
    Patches, FUD, and Microsoft
  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
    Not much for today
  10. Proprietary Veeam Targets Oracle Linu
    expansion of support
  11. Programming Leftovers
    Programming related links with some emphasis on R
  12. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Openwashing Leftovers
    FOSS and fakes
  13. today's leftovers
    4 more links for now
  14. Open Hardware: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More
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  15. today's howtos
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  16. 5 open-source alternatives to Google apps
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  17. Games: Godot Engine, Stardew Valley, Phantom Fury, and More
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  18. Biblioteca – browse and read GNOME documentation
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  19. Miracle-WM 0.2.0 Brings Floating Window Manager Support
    Miracle-WM 0.2.0, a new Wayland compositor based on Ubuntu’s MIR
  20. Linux Mint vs LMDE: Which Should You Choose?
    Linux Mint and Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) scored the highest in our Linux Distro Reviews series, but which should you choose...
  21. FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC Running Linux: Installing and Configuring EndeavourOS
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  22. An introduction to ONLYOFFICE for Linux
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  24. Different Linux Distributions
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  25. This week in KDE: sprints, enhancements, and kebabs
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  26. Xubuntu 24.04 LTS: Best New Features
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  27. Today in Techrights
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  28. Jussi Pakkanen: CapyPDF 0.10.0 is out
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