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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 15, 2024

The Four Seasons

Updated This Past Day

  1. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS related picks for the afternoon
  2. Programming Leftovers
    Programming related picks
  3. today's leftovers
    IBM and more
  4. OpenBSD is Hard to Show Off
    because it's OctOpenBSD month, I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring and write about what OpenBSD means to me
  5. Security Leftovers
    Security patches in PCLinuxOS and pentesting
  6. Software: eSM, ERP, Server Monitoring, and Data Center Management
    Some software lists and mini-reviews
  7. today's howtos
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  8. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, BeagleBoard, and More
    Device related news with Linux of Free software focus
  9. PiWebCam, Portable Pi Palmtop, and more Raspberry Pi Stories
    Raspberry Pi picks and projects
  10. Debian: Easy Daedalus, Andy Simpkins, Mini-DebConf Cambridge, and Debian Support in Android
    4 Debian related stories
  11. Arch-based Bluestar Linux 6.11.3 now available with multiple updated packages
    Hailing from Germany and based on Arch Linux
  12. Linux 6.12-rc3
    Shortlog appended for people who want to quickly scroll
  13. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 13th, 2024
    The 209th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on October 13th, 2024.
  14. Steam purchases were always a lie, Steam Deck and NonSteamLaunchers cross swords
    Some Steam moves
  15. Security and Windows TCO
    Windows TCO and FUD
  16. today's howtos
    today's first long batch
  17. Android Leftovers
    Crime against technology: Samsung Galaxy A16 is the best-selling Android phone no one should buy
  18. Using Snap Command on Linux in Examples
    Learn how to manage software on Ubuntu and other Linux distros using snap commands to install, remove, and update packages
  19. Windows 11, macOS 15: What Version of Linux Are We On?
    Come to think of it, what’s the current version of Linux? Google tells me Linux is on version 6.x! But Ubuntu is on version 24.04! What does that even mean?
  20. 10 Things You Can do on Linux but not on Windows
    Windows, can you do this? Linux gives you superpowers you didn't know you had
  21. Ubuntu (Linux) has been vital for the digital age
    Many, many, many devices run some form of Ubuntu
  22. Review: FunOS 24.04.1
    This week I decided to try out the joyfully named FunOS
  23. This Week in KDE Apps
    Accessibility enhancements, new releases and performance boosts
  24. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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    1038 /n/2024/10/11/Kubuntu_24_10_Lubuntu_24_10_Xubuntu_24_10_and_More.shtml
    1019 /n/2024/10/11/Gaming_on_Fedora_Asahi_Remix.shtml
    997 /n/2024/10/08/_Rocky_Linux_from_CIQ_Launched.shtml
    979 /n/2024/10/08/OpenBSD_7_6.shtml
    963 /n/2024/10/08/Tails_6_8_Introduces_File_System_Repair_When_Unlocking_Persiste.shtml
    936 /n/2024/10/05/Aqua_Security_Blaming_on_Linux_Stuff_That_Has_Nothing_to_Do_Wit.shtml
    888 /n/2024/10/08/KDE_Plasma_6_2_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_Here_s_W.shtml
    771 /n/2024/10/08/Git_v2_47_0.shtml
    737 /n/2024/10/10/The_WordPress_mess.shtml
    737 /n/2024/10/08/today_s_howtos.shtml
    726 /n/2024/10/09/One_Year_s_Uptime.shtml
    697 /n/2024/10/11/today_s_howtos.shtml
    694 /n/2024/10/08/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    691 /n/2024/10/09/8_Features_Coming_in_Hot_With_elementary_OS_8.shtml
    689 /n/2024/10/08/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    680 /n/2024/10/08/Hardware_Leftovers.shtml
    672 /n/2024/10/08/Security_Leftovers.shtml

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