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  3. QEMU 9.1 Improves ARM and RISC-V Support, Adds Compression Offload Support
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  4. today's leftovers
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  5. Openwashing Initiative (OSI) and 'Linux' Foundation
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  6. Standards/Consortia Leftovers
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  7. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Fairphone, and More
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  8. Games: Review on GNU/Linux and Another Steam Deck Competitor
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  9. KDE: Python bindings for KDE Frameworks and brightness controls for all your displays
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  10. FreeBSD Leftovers
    a pair of posts about FreeBSD
  11. Programming Leftovers
    Programming links for today
  12. Free Software Leftovers
    FOSS links for today
  13. Red Hat Drapes Itself in "AI" Hype
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  14. Security and Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt (FUD) About Linux
    some picks for the day
  15. Android Leftovers
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  16. Ubuntu 24.10 Default Wallpaper & Mascot Revealed
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  18. weston 14.0.0
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  19. LibreOffice 24.2.6 available for download, for the privacy-conscious user
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  20. Here's Everything New in GNOME 47
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  21. Barry Kauler on His Distro Development Work
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  22. Android Leftovers
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  23. MIKRIK V2 Robot Car is an entry-level, open-source robotics kit built for ROS and 3D computer vision
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  24. Arti 1.2.7 is released: onion services, RPC, and more
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  25. Latest From Red Hat's Site
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  27. LicheePi 3A – A SpacemIT K1 RISC-V development board with SoM and carrier board
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  28. linux, year one
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  29. Debian-based Q4OS 5.6 arrives with a desktop profiler and Calamares improvements
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  30. Minimalist Linux distro Peropesis 2.7 comes with archive and ISO management tools
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  32. today's howtos
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  35. Plasma Crash Course - DrKonqi
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  37. LWN on Python, Debian, and Kernel
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