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    Today, Ryan Finnie announced the release and general availability of Finnix 250 (codename Eau Claire) as the latest stable version for this Debian-based live Linux distro targeting casual system administrators.
  2. Security Leftovers
    Security picks for today
  3. GNU/Linux and More
    leftovers for today
  4. ReactOS 0.4.15 is Out
    Release of ReactOS 0.4.15
  5. Fedora, Hey Hi (AI) Hype, and Red Hat/IBM Layoffs
    Some IBM stuff
  6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS links
  7. Open Hardware/Modding: Pi Tin, JetKVM, and More
    Gadgets and more
  8. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks for today
  9. WINE or Emulation: Winamp, 'Retro', and ScummVM
    Going back in time...
  10. Games: Constraints, Godot, Wreckfest, and More
    gaming picks
  11. Wine 10.4 continues work on Bluetooth driver and more Vulkan video decoder support in WineD3D
    Wine 10.4 is out now as the latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer
  12. Miracle-WM 0.5 Released with Assorted Improvements
    A new version of Miracle-WM, the Mir-based tiling window manager developed by Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek is out, the first update to be released this year
  13. Blender 4.4 Released with Rendering Support for H.265/HEVC
    Blender, the popular free open-source 3D computer graphics software, announced new 4.4 release few days ago
  14. OpenSUSE, Fedora, Red Hat, Canonical, and Hardware
    today's leftovers
  15. today's howtos
    half a dozen howtos, idroot mostly
  16. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    security-centric news
  17. Programming Leftovers
    Programming picks for today
  18. How I made Arch Linux look and run better than Windows
    How I made Arch Linux better than Windows 11
  19. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
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  20. This Week in Plasma: 6.4 Improvements
    Welcome to a new issue of "This Week in Plasma"
  21. RPI Image Gen Introduces Custom Raspberry Pi Image Creation
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  23. today's leftovers
    FOSS and more
  24. Programming Leftovers
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  25. Security Leftovers
    patches and more
  26. Free Software Leftovers
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  27. today's howtos
    half a dozen or so for now
  28. Today in Techrights
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