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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 12, 2024,
updated Oct 12, 2024

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  2. KDE Frameworks 6.7.0
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  3. KDE Gear 24.08.2
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  4. Gaming on Fedora Asahi Remix
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  5. KDE neon Rebased on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
    We have just switched on the upgrade for KDE neon to rebase on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

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  6. Red Hat Leftovers
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  7. KDE Frameworks 6.7 Released with Performance Optimizations and Improvements
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  8. Why I use KDE
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  9. Debian, syslog-ng, and GNOME/Ubuntu
    more leftovers
  10. today's leftovers
    Microsoft, GNU/Linux, and more
  11. Security: CISA, DDoS, Internet Archive, and Windows TCO
    Windows TCO impacts IA
  12. today's howtos
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  13. Android Leftovers
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  14. Executive director Zoë Kooyman speaks on free software being the tech we want at The Tech We Want Online Summit on October 17 at 13:30 UTC
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  21. Perl Programming Leftovers
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  22. TrueNAS 24.10 RC 2 "SCALE"
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  24. Leftovers on Distributions and Operating Systems
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  25. Linux Foundation as Microsoft Front and More
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  26. FLOSS Weekly on "AI Alliance" and Makulu Linux on Electra Hey Hi (AI)
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  27. Programming Leftovers
    Programming related picks
  28. Red Hat / IBM Leftovers
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  29. Security Leftovers
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  30. Release of Julia 1.11.0
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  31. Firefox Nightly Report and url bug-bounty stats
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  32. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, ESP32, and More
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  33. BSD Leftovers
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  37. today's howtos
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    562 /n/2024/10/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    559 /n/2024/10/08/Git_v2_47_0.shtml
    556 /n/2024/10/05/Debian_welcomes_Freexian_as_our_newest_partner.shtml
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