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  2. BSDs and GNU/Linux: Learn One, Master the Other [original]
    There are mutual benefits
  3. BSDs and GNU/Linux: Not a Licensing Conflict [original]
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  4. Waddle the Waddle [original]
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  5. Instructionals/Technical Articles and Moving Away From Proprietary Traps
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  7. Valnet Pieces About Proxmox Management for Personal Use (Mistakes, Backups, and More
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  8. Moving to Free Software and Self-Hosting of Data
    articles from Valnet
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    some FOSS leftovers
  10. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    focus on GNU/Linux
  11. Servers: Kubernetes, Docker, and Talos Linux
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  12. Security Leftovers
    Security links for today
  13. OpenSUSE Leftovers and Outlines
    a pair of OpenSUSE posts
  14. GNOME: A GNOME Foundation Update, This Week in GNOME, and Sam Thursfield's Status Update
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  15. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks for today
  16. Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Fedora Picks, Updates
    mostly Fedora
  17. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  18. Databases: PostgreSQL and duckdb
    Some DB picks
  19. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts, 4 in total
  20. Running GNU/Linux Applications in Windows and Vice Versa
    3 new stories
  21. Android Leftovers
    Android 16 QPR3 Beta 3 Pulled After Users Report Bootloop Issues
  22. Immich 2.1 Released with Better Slideshow Shuffle, New Notifications
    Immich 2.1 self-hosted photo and video management solution refines slideshow shuffling
  23. Wine 10.17 Released with Default EGL Renderer and Updated Mono Engine
    Wine 10.17 introduces EGL as the default OpenGL renderer
  24. iodéOS – Android operating system free from Google trackers
    iodéOS is an Android operating system free from Google trackers
  25. PeaZip 10.7 File Archiver Adds Image Thumbnails on Linux
    PeaZip 10.7, an open-source file archiver
  26. Best Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  27. Zorin OS 18 Downloads Skyrocket in the Last 48 Hours
    Over 100K users downloaded Zorin OS 18 in 48 hours
  28. Dracut in Ubuntu 25.10: What it is and Why it Matters (or Doesn’t)
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  29. LineageOS – Android-based operating system
    LineageOS is a free and open-source operating system for various devices, based on the Android mobile platform
  30. Aeon Desktop – Linux distribution
    Aeon is an immutable Linux distribution based on openSUSE
  31. This Week in Plasma: Plasma 6.5 is nigh and KDE is 29 years old; help us celebrate!
    This week we put the finishing touches on Plasma 6.5
  32. KDE Gardening 2025
    The KDE community created in the last decades a lot of interesting projects
  33. BSD: FreeBSD and OpenBSD Updates
    BSD leftovers
  34. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    Security related leftovers
  35. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  36. Games: Capcom Horror Bundle, Kaiju Cleaner Simulator, and More
    10 new stories from gamingonlinux.com
  37. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles

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  38. If you regret not living through the floppy disk era why not try this 3D printed Linux project that uses the cartridges to launch games
    "RFIDisk turns RFID tags into physical shortcuts that launch games, apps, or scripts when inserted on a retro-styled 'floppy drive' reader. Think of it as a cross between an RFID scanner and a USB floppy disk drive."

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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