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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 02, 2025

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  17. GNU Health Hospital Information System 5.0 enters alpha
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  22. Linux Kernel and FUD
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  23. Fedora / Red Hat / IBM Leftovers
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  24. Open Hardware/Modding: RISC-V, Arduino, ROS, and More
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  30. Track Moon Phases From Your Ubuntu Desktop With Luna
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  34. More (Latest) LWN Coverage of 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit
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  35. Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
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  38. System76 Releases COSMIC Alpha 7
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  39. Plasma Sprint and more
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  42. Kubuntu 22.04 updates after April 2025
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