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  7. GNU Parallel 20240722 ('Assange') and GNUnet on DHT Technical Specification Milestone 5
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  8. EasyOS Development Updates
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  9. Android Leftovers
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  11. IPFire Against The Bad Guys - Denial-of-Service Protection Of Up To Hundreds Of Gigabit/s
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  12. My 30-Day Experiment With Native Linux Games
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  13. today's howtos
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  14. Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications With Linux
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  15. Microsoft's Evolving Blame-Shifting, Impact-Belittling, Narrative-Inverting, and Attention-Deflecting Strategy After Windows Catastrophes
    No shame there!
  16. Tiling Shell GNOME Extension Adds New Way to Tile Windows Quickly
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  17. howtos, Installations and Free and Open Source Software
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  19. Windows TCO: Azure Outages, Bricked Windows, Ransomware, and Worse
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  20. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 21st, 2024
    The 197th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on July 21st, 2024.
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