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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 08, 2024

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  12. Distributions and Operating Systems
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  13. Programming Leftovers
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  14. Free Software Leftovers
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  15. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, RP2350, and More
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  16. Linux Leftovers
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  17. Security Leftovers
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  18. Games: Retro, SteamOS, and More
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  19. GNU/Linux Software Lists and Advice
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  20. today's howtos
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  21. Android Leftovers
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  22. RustDesk: I Found This Open-Source TeamViewer Alternative Impressive!
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  23. This Week in GNOME #164 Updated Translations
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  24. Wine 9.17 Debuts with Enhanced High DPI Support
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  27. #164 Updated Translations
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  30. RDK X3 Development Board: Raspberry Pi 4B Form Factor with 5TOPs BPU
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  31. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
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  32. New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 14.0a4 | The Tor Project
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  33. Games: Gimmick! 2, Year Unknown, and More
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  34. Standards/Consortia: WiFi, RSS, and More
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  35. Programming Leftovers
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  36. Free Software Leftovers
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  37. Ubuntu Pig!
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  38. Getting Debianized
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  40. Openwashing: Musk Spin and Lies From BlueSky
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  41. Mozilla: Frédéric Wang's Contributions to Gecko and Firefox Pandering to Hype, Buzzwords, Nonsense
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  42. Security Leftovers
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  43. Videos/Shows: Linus On Linux and BSD Now
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  44. Linux Magazine's Latest Issue
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  45. Today in Techrights
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  46. Linux Kernel: (Open)ZFS, Rust Problems, Yocto, and More
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  47. today's howtos
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  48. Elive 3.8.44 released
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