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    With the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) release, Canonical plans to achieve a fully functional desktop session on the RISC-V architecture.
  2. GStreamer 1.28 Promises Vulkan H.264 Encoder, AMD HIP Plugin, and More
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  7. today's leftovers
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  13. GNU and Linux Leftovers
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  15. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
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  16. This Week in GNOME and Parental Controls in GNOME
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  17. today's howtos
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  19. Operating Systems: Outline of Distros in Use, EasyOS Containers, and MINIX
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  20. The price of software freedom is eternal politics
    The new fork of the X.org X11 server is conservative… and we don't mean just technologically conservative.
  21. Release of Wine 10.12
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  22. Android Leftovers
    Leak reveals Samsung Auto DeX as an alternative to Android Auto for over 8,500 vehicle models
  23. The software we have to use at work must respect our freedom
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  26. today's leftovers
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  27. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux
    Hardware picks
  28. today's howtos
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  29. Videos About GNU/Linux and Free Software
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  31. This Week in Plasma: tablet dials and day/night cycles
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  34. Today in Techrights
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Ask IBM (Red Hat) why it's worth throwing so much away just for Wayland fanaticism
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Who stands to gain from this?
Europe's Second-Largest Institution (EPO) and Largest Patent Monopoly Office Needs More Transparency, Not Less Transparency
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Tech and Technology Are Not the Same Anymore
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This week we shall continue writing about the 3 lawsuits we filed
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Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
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Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
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we'll seek compensation
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