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  1. What Linux Shows About AMD
    Some scoop of sorts
  2. Arduino and Hardware
    Arduino mostly
  3. Corporate Open Source is Dead
    IBM is buying HashiCorp for $6.4 billion
  4. Firefly AIBOX-1684X compact AI Box delivers 32 TOPS for large language models, image generation, video analytics, and more
    Firefly AIBOX-1684X is a compact AI Box based on SOPHON BM1684X octa-core Arm Cortex-53 processor with a 32 TOPS AI accelerator suitable for large language models (LLM)

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  5. How Linux’s insanely customizable desktop works
    If you’re using a Linux desktop, the graphical user interface isn’t an integral part of the system, it’s additional software that’s loaded as required. The desktop and everything that goes with it is an independent add-on and consists of several components. This article lists those components and their tasks and provides tips on how to put this knowledge into practice.
  6. Bazzite 3.0: updated gaming Linux OS polishes support for Steam Deck OLED, Legion GO, Asus ROG Ally among other handhelds
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  7. Debian Leftovers
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  8. Programming Leftovers
    Programming and Mozilla bits
  9. Games: Tokyo Game Show, New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, Garry's Mod
    gaming news
  10. IBM Buzzwords and GNOME Losses
    Some Red Hat related links
  11. Software: Zellij, Nextcloud, and pgmoneta 0.11
    FOSS overviews and releases
  12. today's howtos
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  13. Security Leftovers
    Security related links
  14. GNOME 46.1 Desktop Environment Released with Explicit Sync Support
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  15. Android Leftovers
    Google Preps Fix for Bug That Exposes Gmail, Drive Accounts on Android TVs
  16. QV version 240425 pre-alpha released (and more)
    distro from the Puppy Linux man
  17. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and More
    today's leftovers, mostly FOSS
  18. Programming Leftovers
    Programming links and more
  19. Open Hardware and Mobile-Centric Picks
    Some gadgets and such
  20. FreeBSD and BSDNow
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  21. Proxmox VE 8.2 Launches with Enhanced Migration Tools
    Proxmox Virtual Environment 8.2 launches featuring QEMU 8.1.5, LXC 6.0.0, ZFS 2.2.3, Ceph updates, and more
  22. Red Hat: Insights, OpenShift, and Extended Life Cycle Support (ELS)
    Latest from redhat.com
  23. today's howtos
    another chunk of howtos for today
  24. Best Free and Open Source Softwares
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  25. Collections of Different Linux Distributions
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  26. Revive that Old Computer with antiX Linux
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  27. Jack Wallen's howtos:
    Here are the steps for every operating system, and how to avoid address conflicts
  28. today's howtos
    many howtos for this morning
  29. Games: Humble Bundle, SteamOS 3.5.19, Fallout 4 'Next Gen', Songs of Syx, and More
    half a dozen stories from gamingonlinux
  30. Windows TCO Leftovers
    Windows in 'action'
  31. Some of the latest articles [Some of the latest articles]
    Some of the latest articles
  32. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    Windows TCO but not attributed
  33. GNU and Linux Leftovers
    mostly kernel
  34. Programming Leftovers and More
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  35. Open Hardware/Modding: MCUs, Raspberry Pi, and Orange Pi
    Some devices with Linux leanings
  36. Software: syslog-ng, Bat, and Chezmoi
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  37. today's howtos
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