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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 09, 2024

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  3. Git v2.47.0
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  28. Apache Unveils New Tomcat and Cassandra Releases at Community Over Code Event
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  31. RPM 4.20.0 Release Notes
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  32. Windows TCO: American Water and Windows Botnets
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    992 /n/2024/10/02/Manjaro_24_1_Xahea_launches_with_KDE_Plasma_6_1_5_VirtualBox_7_.shtml
    768 /n/2024/09/29/Arch_Linux_Announces_Collaboration_With_Valve.shtml
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    697 /n/2024/10/03/Say_goodbye_to_Microsoft_Windows_11_and_hello_to_Nitrux_Linux_3.shtml
    659 /n/2024/10/03/NetworkManager_1_50_Adds_Support_for_Configuring_Wi_Fi_Channel_.shtml
    633 /n/2024/10/04/Ardour_8_8_Open_Source_DAW_Released_with_Various_Bug_Fixes_and_.shtml
    572 /n/2024/09/30/FFmpeg_7_1_Peter_Released_with_Full_Native_VVC_Decoder_MV_HEVC_.shtml
    570 /n/2024/10/04/Fwupd_2_0_Open_Source_Linux_Firmware_Updater_Released_with_Majo.shtml
    570 /n/2024/10/05/today_s_howtos.shtml
    568 /n/2024/10/05/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    566 /n/2024/09/28/Arch_Linux_and_Valve_Collaboration.shtml
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