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  3. OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Released with Linux 6.14, KDE Plasma 6.3, and Server Edition
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  5. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  6. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  7. PostgreSQL: Pigsty, Ora2Pg, and SynchDB
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  8. Servers, Containers, and Linux
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  9. Continuing with Fedora and RISC-V images for Fedora GNU/Linux 42
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  10. Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux, Late Night Linux, Linux User Space, and Open Source Initiative Scandals
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  11. today's howtos
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  12. Sloppy 'Journalism' for Openwashing and Slop
    really poor
  13. Databases: DBIx and Postgres Miscellany (oid2bytea, PgBouncer, AgensGraph)
    Databases stuff
  14. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks for today
  15. Linux and Linux Foundation Leftovers
    mostly kernel
  16. MySQL 9.3 Brings Enhanced JavaScript Support
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  17. Android Leftovers
    Why I still don’t fully trust Android’s spam call detection
  18. Open Hardware/Modding and Mobile Stories (Linux Focus)
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  19. Chimera Linux Introduces Key Bootloader Changes
    Chimera Linux's updated ISO images come with Limine bootloader adoption
  20. Banana Pi BPI-RV2 is a low-cost RISC-V router with a 2.5GbE port and five gigabit Ethernet ports
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  21. Fix Missing Monitor Brightness Controls in KDE Plasma
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  22. Free and Open Source Software
    K4DirStat is based on KDirStat, an abandoned graphical disk usage utility for KDE 3
  23. The 5 Linux AppImages I depend on daily - and how to add them to your desktop menu
    AppImages have come a long way in recent years
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