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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 05, 2025

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  2. FSF defends user freedom in amicus brief submitted in Neo4j v. Suhy
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  3. Mozilla Thunderbird 136 Released with New “Appearance” Panel in Settings
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  7. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, RISC-V, GNU-like Mobile Linux, and Raspberry Pi
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  8. Ubuntu News and More
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  9. today's howtos
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  10. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
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  11. Firefox 137 Enters Public Beta Testing with HEVC Playback Support on Linux
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  14. New Release of Smoothwall Express
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  16. Programming Leftovers
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  17. Firefox in 2025 and Mozilla Controversies
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  18. Switching to Linux Doesn’t Mean Losing Your Favorite Apps
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  19. Audiocasts/Shows/Videos: New Episodes on Security, LibreOffice, and More
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  20. today's howtos
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  21. 6 upgrades SteamOS needs to dethrone Windows
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  22. Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
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  23. MayQueen Introduces a 2.13″ Four Color E-Paper Display for Embedded Applications
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  24. ADLINK and LIPS Introduce 3D Perception DevKit for Autonomous Mobile Robots
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  26. This is the best Linux email client I've found - and I've tested them all
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  27. Games: Scarlet Hollow, Secret Mode, MechLock, and More
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  28. Perl Leftovers
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  29. Today in Techrights
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  30. KeePassXC 2.7.10 Open-Source Password Manager Brings Proton Pass Support
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