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  1. Nano 8.0 Command-Line Text Editor Released
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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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  16. GNOME: Call for GNOME Asia 2024 Location Proposals, Nautilus+Microsoft, Workbench 46.1, and More
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  17. LibreOffice 24.2.3 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 79 Bug Fixes
    LibreOffice 24.2.3 is now available for download as the third point release to the LibreOffice 24.2 office suite series fixing more than 70 bugs for improved stability and robustness.
  18. Android Leftovers
    New Wpeeper Android malware can steal your data through backdoor – learn how to stay safe
  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
  22. Games: Team17 Humble Bundle, Steam Deck, and Lots More
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  23. Distrobox 1.7.2 Enhances Container Management
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  24. I Used macOS for Years. Here’s Why I Prefer Ubuntu
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  25. Banana Pi BPI-M5 Pro low-profile SBC features Rockchip RK3576 octa-core Cortex-A72/A53 AIoT SoC
    The Banana Pi BPi-MP5 Pro will support Android 14, Debian 11, and Buildroot through official Rockchip support
  26. NXP i.MX 8M Plus powered DIN-Rail IoT gateway takes DIO, RS232, RS485, and ADC expansion modules
    Compulab provides Yocto 4.0 and Debian 12 images with support for Docker, MS Azure IoT, Node-RED, and OTA updates with Mender, as well as Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP, and MQTT libraries
  27. April GNU Spotlight with Amin Bandali: Eleven new GNU releases!
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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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    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
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