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  3. GIMP 3.0 Release Candidate Is Now Available for Public Testing
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  7. today's leftovers
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  8. Programming Leftovers
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  9. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
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  10. Education Leftovers
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  11. PCBs, Purism, Arduino, Retro and More
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  15. today's howtos
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  16. Android Leftovers
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  17. Immich Celebrates 50K Stars on GitHub with v1.120
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  18. Forty years of commitment to software freedom
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  19. What happens to Linux when Linus Torvalds dies?
    The Linux kernel is at the heart of countless operating systems, powering everything from smartphones to servers
  20. Why we're still waiting for Canonical's immutable Ubuntu Core Desktop
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  21. Forlinx launches NXP i.MX 95 SoM and development board with 10GbE, CAN Bus, RS485, and more
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  23. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  24. Little Wayland Things
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  25. HDR and color management in KWin, part 5: HDR on SDR laptops
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  28. Games: Vampire Hunters, Bye Sweet Carole, and More
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  29. today's leftovers
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  33. LWN Articles About Linux Kernel
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  34. Peropesis 2.8: OpenSSH
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  36. Parted Magic 2024.11.03
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  37. NethSecurity project milestone 8.3
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  39. BackBox Linux 9 released!
    The BackBox Team is happy to announce the updated release of BackBox Linux
  40. Br OS 24.10
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  41. 4MLinux 46.1 STABLE released.
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  42. Release of Dr.Parted 24.11
    This release is based on the Debian testing repository (2024/November/01).
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