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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 17, 2025

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    Ikey Doherty, the leader of the Serpent OS project

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  2. Operating Systems and Hardware Leftovers
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  3. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS links, DB focus
  4. Firefox Add-on Reviews and February patch set for TenFourFox
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  5. Security Leftovers
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  6. Events: FOSDEM 2025 and PyCon Italia 2025, I Love FS
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  7. Fedora / Red Hat / IBM Leftovers
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  8. Applications: TLP 1.8.0, gThumb Released 3.12.7, and More
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  9. today's howtos
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  10. A Call for Unity
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  11. This Week in GNOME #187 Triple Buffered Notifications
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  12. Programming Leftovers
    releases and more
  13. FreeBSD 13.5-BETA2 Now Available
    from Distro Watch also
  14. today's howtos
    many howtos for now
  15. Open Hardware: FPGA, Raspberry, and More
    Hardware picks
  16. GNOME 48 Beta Is Now Available for Public Testing with Adwaita Fonts, More
    Today, the GNOME Project announced the general availability of the beta version of the upcoming GNOME 48 desktop environment series for public testing, bringing more new features and improvements.
  17. GNOME 47.4 Released with Performance Improvements for Nautilus, Bug Fixes
    The GNOME Project announced today the official availability of GNOME 47.4, the fourth maintenance update to the latest GNOME 47 “Denver” desktop environment series with more bug fixes and improvements.
  18. Android Leftovers
    Google confirms Android XR will give apps access to your headset's cameras
  19. These are the 13 Linux distros optimized for gaming in 2025
    Relatively speaking, gaming in Linux has matured
  20. 8 Weird and Wacky Linux Hardware Devices
    You can stick Linux in just about anything, and that's a big part of what makes it special
  21. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  22. KolibriOS – tiny Linux distribution
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  23. GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers
    today's leftovers
  24. Open Hardware: CrowPi, ESP32, 3-D Printing, and More
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  25. Programming Leftovers
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  26. Today in Techrights
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    577 /n/2025/02/11/GNOME_Project_Launches_Revamped_Website.shtml
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