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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 03, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

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  2. LWN's Latest Articles About Linux (Kernel)
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  3. Rust Programming Leftovers
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  4. Proton 9.0 Released with Support for THE FINALS, Lord of the Rings: Gollum
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  5. today's howtos
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  6. Programming Leftovers
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  7. Openwashing Leftovers
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  8. today's leftovers
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  9. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  10. Games: Descent 3 Liberated, SummerCart64, and More
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  11. Audiocasts/Shows: FLOSS Weekly, Linux Matters, Destination Linux, mintCast
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  12. PostgreSQL: PGConf.dev 2024 and Datasentinel 2024.04
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  14. Security Leftovers
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  15. Linux Devices and Open Hardware/Modding-Friendly Appliances
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  18. Android Leftovers
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  19. today's howtos
    5 howtos
  20. Latest From Red Hat's Site
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  21. Waveshare UGV Rover – A 6-wheel AI robot built around Raspberry Pi 4/5 and ESP32
    Since the source code for the platform will be open-sourced it can also be used for educational purposes, programming, robotics, AI experimentation, and many other applications
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  23. Distrobox 1.7.2 Enhances Container Management
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  25. Banana Pi BPI-M5 Pro low-profile SBC features Rockchip RK3576 octa-core Cortex-A72/A53 AIoT SoC
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  26. NXP i.MX 8M Plus powered DIN-Rail IoT gateway takes DIO, RS232, RS485, and ADC expansion modules
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  28. Free and Open Source Software
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  29. Collections of Different Linux Distributions
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  30. Kate & Icons
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  31. Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest: April 2024
    Hello Thunderbird Community, and welcome back to the monthly Thunderbird development digest
  32. LXQt 2.0.0 Unveils Exciting Features for a Better User Experience
    Learn what's new in the LXQt 2.0.0 desktop environment, which promises Wayland updates soon.
  33. Today in Techrights
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  34. Founder of NixOS 'Ousted'
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    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text.

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    1106 /n/2024/04/15/New_Updates_in_PCLinuxOS.shtml
    815 /n/2024/04/29/Review_Fedora_40_KDE.shtml
    793 /n/2024/04/30/today_s_howtos.1.shtml
    758 /n/2024/04/30/Amarok_3_0_Castaway_released.shtml
    758 /n/2024/04/26/today_s_howtos.shtml
    755 /n/2024/04/27/Security_Leftovers.shtml
    755 /n/2024/04/30/_200_Programming_201_Leftovers.shtml
    749 /n/2024/04/28/10_Things_to_Do_After_Installing_Ubuntu_24_04_LTS.shtml
    748 /n/2024/04/28/today_s_howtos.1.shtml
    747 /n/2024/04/29/6_More_Weeks_Till_We_Turn_20.shtml
    740 /n/2024/04/27/Linux_Foundation_and_Openwashing_in_Proprietary_GitHub.shtml
    739 /n/2024/04/28/today_s_howtos.shtml
    739 /n/2024/04/30/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftovers.shtml
    736 /n/2024/04/30/today_s_howtos.shtml
    735 /n/2024/04/26/What_Linux_Shows_About_AMD.shtml

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