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  2. Security Leftovers, FUD, and Microsoft/Windows TCO
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  3. Audiocasts/Shows: GNU/Linux and More Software on the Internet
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  4. today's howtos
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  5. Red Hat vs Hyprland: Silencing political "undesirables"
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  9. today's howtos
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  10. Games: Gaming Industry, SteamOS 3.5.18 Preview, and More
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  11. Android Leftovers
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  17. Rockchip RK3588’s NPU open-source driver performs object detection at 30 FPS
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  21. Firefox 125 Released: Here's What's New and Improved
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  22. Today in Techrights
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  23. mintCast and KDE
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  25. today's howtos and command-line tools
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  27. Devices: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and Yaskawa Robotics
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