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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 21, 2025

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  10. PeerTube v7.1 is out!
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  11. Dinit on antiX now possible
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  12. Ikey Doherty’s Serpent OS Changes Name to AerynOS
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  19. Mecha Comet modular Linux handheld gets pre-launch upgrade, coming to Kickstarter in Q3, 2025
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  22. LWN Articles About Kernel: Module Integrity Checking and More
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