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

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  6. KGraphViewer 2.5.0 released
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  7. Android Leftovers
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  8. today's howtos
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  9. Microsoft and Apple Failures
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  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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  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
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  22. Collections of Different Linux Distributions
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  23. March and April in KDE PIM
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  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
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  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
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