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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 09, 2024,
updated May 09, 2024

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  1. Fedora Asahi Remix 40 Is Now Available for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6
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  3. Post-Open Licensing Could Offer Software Devs Funding Alternatives
    Some software developers and companies are considering whether the open source movement is at a crossroads and needs to change direction.

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  4. Android Leftovers
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  5. Massif Visualizer 0.8.0 released
    Massif Visualizer 0.8.0 has been just released
  6. KGraphViewer 2.5.0 released
    KGraphViewer 2.5.0 has been just released
  7. Android Leftovers
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  8. today's howtos
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  9. Microsoft and Apple Failures
    Leftovers about rivals
  10. Microsoft and Windows Seeding Chaos
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  11. ESP32 and Arduino Projects
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  12. Raspberry Pi Connect
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  13. GCC 14.1 released
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  14. Get Involved with Fedora Bootable Containers
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  15. Enterprise Linux Explained: Core Features and Benefits
    Learn what Enterprise Linux is, what sets it apart, and what makes a distro 'Enterprise' in our specially dedicated article on the subject
  16. Security Leftovers
    mostly CISA pages for now
  17. Devices/Open Hardware/Modding: Pi, Arduino, and More
    news about Linux-friendly gadgets
  18. Best Free and Open Source: Configuration Management Databases, and RAW Processing Tools
    Each software featured in this article is released under an open source license
  19. Red Hat as a Festival or PR and Circus of Ridiculous Buzzwords
    Some Red Hat PR, mostly from its site
  20. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  21. Games: Mass Layoffs at Microsoft (Again) and More
    latest dozen articles from gamingonlinux
  22. Collections of Different Linux Distributions
    A distro provides the user with a desktop environment, preloaded applications, and ways to update and maintain the system
  23. March and April in KDE PIM
    Here's our bi-monthly update from KDE's personal information management applications team
  24. Krita Monthly Update – Edition 15
    Our users on chromebooks faced a nasty bug which crashed krita on startup
  25. DietPi April 2024 News (Version 9.3) & Open Beta Version 9.4.0
    DietPi is a lightweight and optimized OS based on Linux, specifically designed for single-board computers and small-scale devices
  26. FreeBSD to Get a New Graphical Installer for Easier Installation
    Yes, you can get a nice graphical installer for FreeBSD in the upcoming release.
  27. Today in Techrights
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  28. New Highs for GNU/Linux in Taiwan (According to statCounter [original]
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  29. Red Hat Rethinks the Linux Distro for the Container Age
    Red Hat wants to bring cloud native-based build and deployment practices to the Linux operating system itself.

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