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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 18, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

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  8. Android Leftovers
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  9. After Arch Linux, Mageia Faces Infrastructure Outage
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  11. Free and Open Source Software
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  13. GNU/Linux and Hardware Leftovers
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  14. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Programming, and Standards
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  15. Security Leftovers and Microsoft/Windows TCO
    Security focused overview
  16. Applications: Kdenlive, VLC 3.0.22, and Aurea
    software leftovers
  17. CentOS, RHEL, and Red Hat Leftovers
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  18. KDE: Work on Karton and Subtitle Composer 0.8.2 Released
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  19. today's howtos
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  20. Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.3 Is Out with GNOME 49, Improved Webcam Support
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  22. Octopi – powerful Pacman Qt frontend
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  23. Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 7 “Gigi” Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing
    The long-anticipated LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) 7 (codename Gigi) operating system is now available for public beta testing, featuring the latest Cinnamon desktop environment and a Debian Trixie base.
  24. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux
  25. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Standards
    FOSS and more
  26. Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers
    RHEL and more
  27. Web Browsers/Web: DuckDuckGo, Firefox, Tor Browser, and Thunderbird
    Net and Web leftovers
  28. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  29. Mozilla Thunderbird 143 Open-Source Email Client Arrives as a Bugfix-Only Release
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  30. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More
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  31. Programming Leftovers
    Development related picks
  32. Security Leftovers
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  33. Games: Lucky Tower Ultimate, skate, SteamOS, and More
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  34. 3.5” SBC with MediaTek Genio 700/510 for Low-Power AIoT Edge Applications
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  35. Microsoft Admits "Secure Boot" Risks (Some PCs Won't Boot) [original]
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  36. Today in Techrights
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  37. GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers
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  38. Security Leftovers
    Security related picks
  39. Hardware/Modding: Radxa, Android, and More
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  40. Rust Coreutils Are Performing Worse Than GNU Coreutils in Ubuntu
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