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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 28, 2025

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  5. KDE, GNOME, GNU/Linux, and BSD
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  6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftover
    FOSS picks
  7. Programming Leftovers
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  8. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, and More
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  25. Slackel 8.0 "Openbox"
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    825 /n/2025/07/24/_Wayback_Keeps_Old_Linux_Desktop_Environments_Alive_on_Wayland.shtml
    719 /n/2025/07/18/Linux_has_over_6_of_the_desktop_market.shtml
    685 /n/2025/07/21/today_s_howtos.shtml
    665 /n/2025/07/21/today_s_leftovers.shtml
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