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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 10, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

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  2. GNU/Linux Has Hit All-Time Highs Again [original]
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  3. BSD, GNU/Linux, and Free Software Miscellany
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  4. Events: Budapest Audio Expo and Linux App Summit
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  6. Security Leftovers
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  7. Games and Applications: Dawnmaker, Word Cloud Images, PPSSPP Emulator
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  8. WordPress Spreads, Adopts Management From Fentanylware (TikTok)
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  9. Open Hardware/Modding: 3-D Printing, STM32F429, Zephyr, Raspberry Pi, and More
    hacker-friendly hardware, projects
  10. today's howtos
    only 3 howtos for now
  11. Plasma6 and FreeBSD 14
    I just installed a new FreeBSD desktop machine
  12. today's leftovers
    OpenSUSE and Debian
  13. Security Leftovers
    Security related news
  14. NixCon drops AI war drone maker Anduril as a sponsor
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  15. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More
    some hardware news and projects
  16. The Mozilla Blog Posting Stuff Totally Unrelated to Mozilla and the Web
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  17. today's howtos
    first batch of howtos for today
  18. Latest From Red Hat (About Buzzwords)
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  19. Games: Block Factory, Red Dead Redemption, ZOOM Platform, Proton Experimental and More
    latest 8 from GamingOnLinux
  20. 8 Features Coming in Hot With elementary OS 8
    elementary OS 8 will be arriving soon. Let's learn more about it!
  21. Tmux 3.5 Released with Extended Keys Support and New Features
    Tmux 3.5 terminal multiplexer is here with improved key handling, copy mode enhancements, extended layout options, and bug fixes
  22. Ubuntu Gamer? The Steam Snap Now Runs Better Than Ever
    If you’re using Canonical’s Steam snap to game on Ubuntu you may be pleased to hear that a number appreciable performance improvements have begun to filter out
  23. Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, October 11, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC)
    Join the FSF and friends on Friday, October 11 from 12:00 to 15:00 EDT (16:00 to 19:00 UTC) to help improve the Free Software Directory
  24. Free and Open Source Software
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  25. Ubuntu Budgie 24.10 Release Notes
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  26. Ubuntu MATE 24.10 Release Notes
    Ubuntu MATE 24.10 is more of what you like, stable MATE Desktop on top of current Ubuntu
  27. Most of our servers will be offline because they are relocating
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  28. Today in Techrights
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    1106 /n/2024/09/22/There_s_No_Lower_Spec_Linux_Machine_Than_This_One.shtml
    1021 /n/2024/09/27/CVE_2024_47076_CVE_2024_47175_CVE_2024_47176_and_CVE_2024_47177.shtml
    774 /n/2024/10/05/Wine_9_19.shtml
    723 /n/2024/10/02/Manjaro_24_1_Xahea_launches_with_KDE_Plasma_6_1_5_VirtualBox_7_.shtml
    716 /n/2024/10/07/Linux_6_12_rc2.shtml
    702 /n/2024/10/03/Say_goodbye_to_Microsoft_Windows_11_and_hello_to_Nitrux_Linux_3.shtml
    671 /n/2024/10/04/Ardour_8_8_Open_Source_DAW_Released_with_Various_Bug_Fixes_and_.shtml
    662 /n/2024/10/03/NetworkManager_1_50_Adds_Support_for_Configuring_Wi_Fi_Channel_.shtml
    579 /n/2024/10/04/Fwupd_2_0_Open_Source_Linux_Firmware_Updater_Released_with_Majo.shtml
    577 /n/2024/10/06/Automattic_staff_walk_with_severance_over_WP_Engine_feud.shtml
    574 /n/2024/10/05/today_s_howtos.shtml
    574 /n/2024/09/29/Arch_Linux_Announces_Collaboration_With_Valve.shtml
    573 /n/2024/10/05/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    557 /n/2024/10/05/Security_Leftovers.shtml
    554 /n/2024/10/08/The_GNOME_Foundation_Update_from_the_Board_2024_10_Financial_Cr.shtml
    554 /n/2024/10/03/today_s_howtos.shtml
    552 /n/2024/10/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml

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