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Updated This Past Day

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  3. Windows 11 Start Menu ads - now coming to a PC near you
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  10. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  12. Programming Leftovers
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  13. Ubuntu 24.04 Official Flavors Are Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
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  14. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
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  15. Fedora / Red Hat / Alma / IBM Leftovers
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  16. today's howtos
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  17. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ‘Noble Numbat’ Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
    Canonical released today Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) as the latest version of its popular Linux-based operating system featuring some of the latest GNU/Linux technologies and Open Source software.
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  21. Clapper Video Player for Linux Gets First Update in 2 Years
    A new version of Clapper, a GTK4-based video player for Linux desktop has been released
  22. Nginx 1.26 Released with Experimental HTTP/3 Support
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  23. Ronetix launches NXP i.MX93 SoMs in SMARC and OSM-L form factors
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  25. IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 185 released
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