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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 28, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

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  2. Africa Sent Microsoft Packing [original]
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  3. Android Leftovers
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  4. Microsoft Has Slipped Out of Control in Myanmar, GNU/Linux Rose From 0.1% to 3% [original]
    Myanmar or Burma

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  5. 7 Features Windows 12 Should Steal From Linux
    Here are 7 surprisingly advanced, quality-of-life features that Linux offers
  6. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  7. Armbian 24.5 Released with Orange Pi 5 Pro and Radxa ROCK 5 ITX Support
    The Armbian community announced today about the availability of Armbian 24.5, codenamed Havier, as the latest stable release of this Debian/Ubuntu-based distribution for ARM devices.
  8. VyOS – router and firewall platform
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  9. today's leftovers
    on Git and security
  10. hardware: Zmod SDR, ESP32, and ANAVI Handle
    Some hackable hardware news picks
  11. Software: Planify, GNOME OS Installer, XRechnung Viewer
    3 picks about FOSS on GNU/Linux
  12. today's howtos
    only 3 howtos for now
  13. Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux, Free Software Security Podcast, Lunduke Journal, LINUX Unplugged, GNU World Order
    a handful of new episodes
  14. Damn Small Linux 2024 Release Candidate 4 Now Available
    made a torrent available
  15. 4MLinux Releases: 4MLinux 46.0 BETA released.
    4MLinux 46.0 BETA is ready for testing
  16. Phosh 0.39.0
    Some release details
  17. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 26th, 2024
    The 189th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on May 26th, 2024.
  18. Open Hardware and Programming Leftovers
    coding and hacking, devices included
  19. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
    back doors and breaches
  20. YARA 4.5.1 Release and Steam
    Some software and gaming news
  21. Openwashing, AI-washing, and Red Hat
    not so free after all
  22. Android Leftovers
    Doogee T20 tablet review: A great display for just $160
  23. today's howtos
    some howtos, first batch
  24. Review: Manjaro Linux 24.0
    Manjaro Linux is an Arch-based distribution which works to be a user-friendly, desktop-oriented operating system
  25. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  26. Security Leftovers
    mostly CISA
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

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