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    915 /n/2024/08/14/Kubernetes_v1_31_and_More.shtml
    908 /n/2024/08/14/Sparky_2024_08.shtml
    814 /n/2024/08/15/mesa_24_2_0.shtml
    762 /n/2024/08/16/Forget_Microsoft_Windows_11_the_Chinese_made_deepin_Linux_23_is.shtml
    647 /n/2024/08/13/Ubuntu_24_04_1_Point_Release_Postponed_to_Late_August.shtml
    642 /n/2024/08/17/Goodbye_Windows_11_hello_Linux_Discover_how_ExTiX_Deepin_24_8_c.shtml
    638 /n/2024/08/14/New_Release_Tails_6_6.shtml
    631 /n/2024/08/15/10_Linux_keyboard_shortcuts_I_use_every_day.shtml
    628 /n/2024/08/15/Debian_11_Bullseye_Enters_Long_Term_Support_Phase.shtml
    619 /n/2024/08/17/Microsoft_Has_Complicated_Booting_Linux.shtml
    599 /n/2024/08/16/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    589 /n/2024/08/13/today_s_howtos.shtml
    587 /n/2024/08/15/Gentoo_Linux_drops_IA_64_Itanium_support.shtml
    576 /n/2024/08/15/today_s_howtos.shtml
    568 /n/2024/08/14/today_s_howtos.shtml
    565 /n/2024/08/15/Valve_Makes_It_Official_SteamOS_Will_Support_The_ASUS_ROG_Ally.shtml
    560 /n/2024/08/15/Windows_11_is_losing_in_gaming_performance.shtml
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