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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 28, 2025

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  18. Arch Linux AUR Hit by Another DDoS Attack, Port 22 Access Disrupted
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  23. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  24. Balancing Work and Open Source
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  25. arcOS – Amateur Radio Community Operating System
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  26. Review: Linux Mint Debian Edition 7
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  27. Open Transport Community Conference 2025
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  28. This Week in KDE Apps
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  29. Owners of Computers Don't Always Control Those Computers, They Rarely Do [original]
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  31. Linux 6.18-rc3
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