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  4. OpenSUSE and Ubuntu Leftovers
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  10. IPFire Linux Firewall Gets Post-Quantum Cryptography Support for IPsec Tunnels
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  11. Linux Mint Debian Edition Is Getting Support for OEM Installations with LMDE 7
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  12. Fwupd 2.0.8 Adds New Plugins to Update the UEFI Signature Database and KEK
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  13. IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 193 released
    We are happy to announce the release of IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 193
  14. FOSS, Education, Sharing, and Standards
    today's leftovers
  15. Programming Leftovers
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  16. Windows TCO Leftovers
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  17. IBM and Latest in redhat.com
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  18. Open Hardware: SBCs, Arduino, OrangePi, and More
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  19. Android Leftovers
    Google fixes two Android zero-day bugs actively exploited by hackers
  20. Git Distributed Version Control System Turned 20
    Git, Linus Torvalds's brainchild that revolutionized software development, just turned 20
  21. Microchip SAMA7D65 Cortex-A7 MPU comes in SoC and SiP packages with up to 2Gbit integrated DDR3L memory
    The company mentions that the device supports various tools and software, including the Linux4SAM platform for embedded Linux development
  22. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
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  23. PBXware is a Linux telephony platform distribution
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  24. Plasma 6.3.4 Now Available
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  25. Games: Croc Legend of the Gobbos, The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki, and More
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  26. Today in Techrights
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  27. Asahi Linux hits an M4 support roadblock
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