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    683 /n/2024/08/12/Future_Ubuntu_Releases_Will_Ship_with_the_Latest_and_Greatest_L.shtml
    677 /n/2024/08/10/This_week_in_KDE_SVG_Breeze_cursors_and_more_thumbnails.shtml
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    638 /n/2024/08/14/Kubernetes_v1_31_and_More.shtml
    632 /n/2024/08/13/Ubuntu_24_04_1_Point_Release_Postponed_to_Late_August.shtml
    630 /n/2024/08/10/A_zero_day_flaw_using_the_0_0_0_0_IP_address.shtml
    609 /n/2024/08/11/Gemini_Links_11_08_2024_Anger_Solitude_and_Good_Things.shtml
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