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Updated This Past Day

  1. Microsoft Partners Help Microsoft Spread Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation About "Linux" (as Usual)
    More FUD
  2. Mozilla Announce Smaller, Faster Firefox Downloads For Linux
    Firefox fans on Linux will enjoy smaller download sizes and faster decompressing when using the official binary builds from the Mozilla website

    New

  3. Open Hardware/Modding: Olimex, Raspberry Pi, ESP and More
    hardware with hacking slant
  4. Red Hat Leftovers
    some of it promotional chaff
  5. today's howtos
    modest sized batch
  6. Microsoft Interference, Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS), and Development
    Misc. FOSS links
  7. Windows TCO and Security Leftovers
    Security picks
  8. Monopoly Abuse by Microsoft
    Microsoft under probe
  9. Games: Raw Fury Humble Bundle, Selaco, 17,000 Games for Steam Deck (Arch Linux)
    half a dozen GamingOnLinux articles
  10. Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 Released for Linux Phones with PulseAudio Security Fixes
    The UBports Foundation announced today the release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 as the seventh stable update based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) bringing important security fixes and other changes.
  11. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    Ubuntu and more
  12. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  13. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi and Arduino
    Modding and gadgetry
  14. Free/Libre Applications: Cambalache, Kdenlive, and More
    Some FOSS picks
  15. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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    722 /n/2024/11/18/AlmaLinux_OS_9_5_Is_Here_as_a_Free_Alternative_to_Red_Hat_Enter.shtml
    713 /n/2024/11/27/Elementary_OS_8_continues_the_tradition_of_a_beautiful_user_fri.shtml
    638 /n/2024/11/25/Mozilla_Firefox_133_Is_Now_Available_for_Download_Here_s_What_s.shtml
    580 /n/2024/11/23/mesa_24_3_0.shtml
    508 /n/2024/11/26/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    497 /n/2024/11/17/Linux_Kernel_6_12_Officially_Released_This_Is_What_s_New.shtml
    493 /n/2024/11/25/today_s_leftovers.shtml

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