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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 13, 2024

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    The WWW is getting worse
  2. PeaZip 10.1 File Archiver Improves Resilience to Password Guessing Attacks
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  6. Programming Leftovers
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  7. Raspberry Pi With Proprietary Spyware, Steam Deck (DRM), and Handheld Replica Sound Voltex Game
    3 leftovers stories
  8. Free Software and Web Leftovers
    mostly Web
  9. Ubuntu and BSD Leftovers
    Some GNU/Linux and BSDs
  10. Audiocasts/Shows: Linux User Space, Late Night Linux, and LINUX Unplugged
    3 new episodes
  11. Software Leftovers
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  12. It's FOSS Series on openEuler
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  13. today's leftovers
    Canonical and more
  14. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    a pair of Windows TCO tales
  15. Linux Kernel: Magic Trackpad and NVIDIA Support
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  16. Devices/Embedded and Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and More
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  17. Latest From Red Hat's Official Site
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  18. today's howtos
    many howtos for today
  19. GNOME 48 Release Schedule & Potential New Features
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  20. Android Leftovers
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  21. Reimagining the Fedora Linux installer: Anaconda’s new “Web UI”
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  22. Games: Rogue Point, ColdRidge, and More
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  23. This Linux Timer Tool Uses MPRIS in an Unexpected Way
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  24. A sit-down with Ubuntu founder Mark 'SABDFL' Shuttleworth
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  25. Engineering Thelio Astra
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  26. Free and Open Source Software
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  27. Of Color and Software
    We have been hard at work making sure our design system keeps moving forward
  28. RIP Jérémy Bobbio (Lunar)
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  29. 5 Linux commands you need to have ready - just in case
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  30. Ubuntu Unity still has one of my favorite PC interfaces of all time
    If you're looking for an efficient desktop, Unity is hard to beat, and there's an official spin ready to make your life a bit easier
  31. WordPress’s Mullenweg Puts Lipstick on His WP Engine Argument
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  32. Today in Techrights
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    748 /n/2024/11/06/The_Bitcoin_Mailing_List_and_its_history_is_erased_from_Linux.shtml
    703 /n/2024/11/06/What_s_new_for_Fedora_Atomic_Desktops_in_Fedora_41.shtml
    603 /n/2024/11/08/todaay_s_howtos.shtml
    550 /n/2024/11/09/Fedora_KDE_Plasma_Spin_Gains_Equal_Footing_With_Gnome_Edition.shtml
    542 /n/2024/11/08/After_Cyberwar.shtml
    511 /n/2024/11/10/Sparky_2024_11.shtml
    500 /n/2024/11/09/today_s_howtos.shtml
    494 /n/2024/11/08/Calibre_7_21_Adds_Read_Aloud_with_Sentence_Tracking_for_EPUBs.shtml
    481 /n/2024/11/09/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    478 /n/2024/11/07/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    469 /n/2024/11/07/Canonical_Ubuntu_Leftoverss.shtml
    468 /n/2024/11/09/Security_Leftovers.shtml
    467 /n/2024/11/09/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml
    467 /n/2024/11/07/Linuxfx_11_24_04.shtml
    465 /n/2024/11/07/today_s_howtos.shtml
    459 /n/2024/11/07/GIMP_3_0_Release_Candidate_Is_Now_Available_for_Public_Testing.shtml
    457 /n/2024/11/09/Microsoft_s_Embrace_Extend_Extinguish_EEE_and_Openwashing.shtml

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