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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 21, 2024

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  2. today's howtos
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  3. today's leftovers
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  4. Distributions and Operating Systems: Many GNU/Linux Distros Listed
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  5. Open Hardware: Reverse Engineering, SparkFun, and Raspberry Pi
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  6. Mozilla: Firefox, Thunderbird, and Rust
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  7. Red Hat Leftovers
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  10. Releases: Pulsar 1.121, PipeWire 1.2.4, pg_stat_kcache 2.3.0, and More
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  12. GNOME 46.5 Released with Mutter and GNOME Shell Improvements
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  15. Okteta got “Best Application” 2024 Akademy Award
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  16. today's howtos
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  17. Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
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  18. Sleeper OS – specialized distro derived from Debian
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  19. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Pi, and More
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  20. Windows TCO: Ransomware, PowerShell, and Data Breaches
    Microsoft still at it
  21. today's leftovers
    only 3 more links for now
  22. LLVM 19.1.0 Released
    big new release
  23. Linux and Vulkan: Mesa VR and PanVK
    Graphics news
  24. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    only one on Windows TCO
  25. Another Example of "Microsoft Hates Linux" and Winners Of The 2024 Tiny Games Contest
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