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  20. Windows TCO: Journalism and Lives Losr
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  21. Void Linux (Finally) Bids Farewell to Python 2
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    755 /n/2024/09/29/Arch_Linux_Announces_Collaboration_With_Valve.shtml
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    599 /n/2024/09/27/VirtualBox_7_1_2_Released_with_3D_Acceleration_Support_for_VMs_.shtml
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    563 /n/2024/09/26/Our_refresh_release_Endeavour_Neo_is_available.shtml
    559 /n/2024/09/27/today_s_howtos.shtml
    542 /n/2024/09/27/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
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    541 /n/2024/09/26/today_s_howtos.shtml
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    528 /n/2024/09/26/Vanilla_OS_2_an_immutable_distribution_to_run_all_software.shtml
    528 /n/2024/09/26/RTOS_vs_Linux_The_IoT_battle_extends_from_software_to_hardware.shtml
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