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  13. Web Search Engines and Web Browsers
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  15. Open Hardware: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More
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  16. Programming Leftovers
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  17. GNU/Linux Everywhere
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  18. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
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  19. today's howtos
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  20. Another 1,500+ Workers Laid Off at Microsoft
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  21. Windows Total Cost of Ownership Stories
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  22. Canonical Releases Ubuntu Core 24 for IoT, Edge, and Embedded Devices
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  23. Android Leftovers
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  25. Schenker shows off a Linux laptop prototype with Snapdragon X Elite at Computex 2024
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  26. A critique of Cara.app: the 'No AI' Instagram and Artstation copycat child
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  28. FSF adds three provisional board members
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  30. Gentoo – flexible source-based Linux distribution
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  31. Consumer-oriented AI promotes stupidity
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  32. Dynebolic Linux Return Falls Short of Creative Goals
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  33. Games: SaveTF2, Everafter Falls, and More
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  35. Debian: Colin Watson, Steinar H. Gunderson, Sparky 2024.05 and 2024.05 Special Edition
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  36. Audiocasts/Shows: Free Software Security Podcast GNU World Order
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  37. Open Hardware: ESP, Arduboy, and More
    hardware related news for today
  38. Well-Crafted Fedora Spin and Fedora Project Elections
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  39. today's howtos
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