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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 30, 2024

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  5. Mozilla Devs Adding ‘New Tab Wallpapers’ to Firefox
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  6. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: April 28th, 2024
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  10. Distributions and Operating Systems: NixOS and FreeBSD
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  12. Games: SuperTuxKart and More
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  13. Mozilla on privacy and New Tab Wallpapers
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  14. Security and Windows TCO
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  15. EasyOS Kirkstone: Two Updates
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  16. today's howtos
    many howtos
  17. TDE R14.1.2 released!
    The Trinity Desktop Environment development team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the TDE R14.1.2 release
  18. Shotcut 24.04 Rolls Out New Audio Enhancement
    Shotcut 24.04 free cross-platform video editor released with Ambisonic Encoder audio filer, improved audio/video scopes, and more
  19. Linux 6.9-rc6
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  20. Ubuntu 24.10 Codename Revealed
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  21. Nuvoton NuMicro MA35D0 is a low-cost dual-Core Arm Cortex-A35 microprocessor for industrial edge applications
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  22. Collections of Different Linux Distributions
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  23. Best Free and Open Source: CNC Software, and Passive OS Fingerprinting Tools
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  24. Review: Fedora 40 "KDE"
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  25. Today in Techrights
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    712 /n/2024/04/23/Slimbook_Fedora_2_Laptops_Launch_with_Fedora_Linux_40_Workstati.shtml
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