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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 16, 2025

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  5. Arch Linux Installer Now Supports Labwc, Niri, and River Wayland Compositors
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  10. Programming Leftovers
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  11. Open Hardware/Retro: ESP32, ODROID, and More
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  12. Events Leftovers
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  13. Linux Kernel and Graphics Leftovers
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  14. Applications: Kubernetes, Turtl, GNU Health, and More
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  15. GNOME: Ptyxis, GSoC, Qemu, and More
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  16. Red Hat and IBM Leftovers
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  17. today's howtos
    many howtos from today
  18. Microsoft Broke Linux PCs; Now Microsoft Sites Credit It With 'Fixing' What It Broke (a Year Later)
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  19. Firefox is Proprietary DRMware Hosted by Microsoft Now, People Explore Contingencies (E.g. LibreWolf)
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  20. KDE Plasma 6.4 Beta Release
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  21. Suriname Public Healthcare System embraces GNU Health
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  22. Android Leftovers
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  23. today's leftovers
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  24. Security and Fake Security
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  25. IBM Red Hat Serving Microsoft and Promoting Buzzwords, False Marketing
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  26. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  27. Games: Steam Data Breach, Mesa Changes, Moonsigil Atlas, and More
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