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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 08, 2025

A yellow cactus bloom photographed in Western Colorado in late August.

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  1. Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS Is Now Available for Download Powered by Linux Kernel 6.14
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  4. Distributions and Operating Systems: FreeDOS 1.4, CachyOS Desktop Edition and NixOS 25.05, GNU/Linux for Businesses
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  6. today's howtos
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  7. GNU Projects: GNUnet News and gprofng-gui 2.1 Released
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  13. Linux Devices, Open Hardware, and Android
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  14. Red Hat Leftovers
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  16. today's howtos
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  17. today's leftovers
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  18. Programming Leftovers
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  20. Android Leftovers
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  24. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
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  25. Windows 10 end of life is coming, what to do?
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  27. Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build
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