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  2. GNU/Linux, Hardware, and More
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  3. Debian: Thorsten Alteholz's Report, Feren, and Pardus
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  4. Hardware Coverage at CNX
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    Development picks
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    Security picks
  9. Red Hat, Fedora, and OpenELA
    IBM stuff
  10. today's howtos
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  11. Here’s why I can’t switch back to Windows — Linux has some epic software
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  12. Upcoming FSF Events in Thessaloniki, Athens, and Toronto
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  13. Android Leftovers
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  14. ParticleOS: Systemd's Very Own Linux Distro in Making
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  15. The most important experimental distro you've never heard of gets new project lead
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  16. This Joke Linux Tool Will Make You Seem More Productive
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  17. GNU diff utilities: diffutils-3.12 released
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  18. GNU grep-3.12 released
    This is to announce grep-3.12, a stable release
  19. GNU Core Utilities: coreutils-9.7 released
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  20. Windows TCO and Data Breaches
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  21. Hardware: RISC-V, Framework, Raspberry Pi, Anbox, and More
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  22. Games: Apocalypse Express, Civilization VII, and More
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  23. Android Leftovers
    Google Keep for Android widget redesign rolls out
  24. Interview with Mia Bajić
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  25. padthv1 is an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer
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  26. postmarketOS in 2025-03: OP6 & MSM89x7 Camera, Generic SM7150, COSMIC, Musl Collation + I18n
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  27. Made in America: Purism’s Liberty Phone and the Vision of Security, Privacy, and Independence
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  28. today's leftovers
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  29. Applications: Scikit-learn, GStreamer 1.26, gzip-1.14
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  30. Security Leftovers
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  31. Red Hat Leftovers
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