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  15. Applications or Free Software Leftovers: Ghostty, Istio, and More (FOSS Weekly)
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  16. Volla Phone Quintus privacy-focused smartphone ditches Google and runs on Ubuntu Touch or Android
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  17. Linux Kernel: OpenZFS 2.3, EasyOS Gets Linux, Microsoft's Tattooing of Hardware (for Hype/Vendor Lock-in) Causes Problems
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