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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 06, 2025

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    mostly GNU/Linux<
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  3. Today is the Day [original]
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  4. The Complaint We Filed is Advancing [original]
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  5. Disable Microsoft's "Secure Boot" [original]
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  6. 50 Years [original]
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  7. Mozilla Confirms Firefox 32-Bit Linux Support Will End in 2026
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  8. openSUSE Leap 16 Promises 24 Months of Community Support per Release
    openSUSE Leap 15.6 extends updates until April 2026
  9. Firefox on Linux Is Ending Feature Updates for Old PCs
    Mozilla has announced that Firefox 144 will be the last release to support 32-bit x86 Linux
  10. Free and Open Source Software, and Review
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  11. Linux - Recreating old problems with new tools
    The Year of the Linux (desktop). Can it happen? Will it happen
  12. Software and Games for GNU/Linux
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  13. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS and more
  14. Education, Development, and Standards
    some leftovers
  15. Open Hardware/Modding: Zigbee and EtherealOS
    a pair of stories
  16. Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now and Ask Noah Show
    2 new episodes
  17. Databases: SQL, PostgreSQL 18 RC 1, pgAdmin 4 v9.8, and E-Maj 4.7.0
    DB news
  18. Barry Kauler's Latest Work on EasyOS and Others
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  19. New Release of Miracle-WM, Version 0.7
    Miracle-WM 0.7 is out
  20. Calibre 8.10 E-Book Manager Brings Improvements to the Kindle MTP Driver
    Calibre 8.10 has been released today as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and cross-platform e-book management software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.
  21. GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux news
  22. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  23. LibreOffice Conference 2025 and "Why I Use LibreOffice"
    LibreOffice news and commentary
  24. Open Hardware/Modding: Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  25. Videos/Audiocasts/Shows About GNU/Linux
    new videos about GNU/Linux
  26. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  27. Latest Red Hat / IBM Puff Pieces (Mostly Buzzwords and Marketing Fluff)
    Not much of substance here
  28. Games: SteamOS 3.7.15 Beta, Granvir, Skyrim, and More
    11 new articles from GamingOnLinux
  29. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  30. Filtering Out Fake News and Corporate PR [original]
    Our role, we believe, is to help people dodge the bad things and find only the "signal"

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