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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 05, 2026,
updated Feb 05, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

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  2. This is Not What Fair Competition Looks Like [original]
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  3. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
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  4. Microsoft's Problem in Israel is GNU/Linux [original]
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  5. Servers and GNU/Linux Leftovers
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  6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS and open access
  7. PostgreSQL Databases: Pigsty v4.0 Release and More
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  8. Standards/Consortia: HTTP/1.1 From Scratch, RAW+JPEG, and More
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  9. Debian: lawsuit and transparency (many years after transparency was decided upon)
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  10. Distributions and Operating Systems: postmarketOS, HaikuOS, FLOPPINUX, and More
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  11. RSS/Web Browsers: Curl, RSS, and RSS Aggregators
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  12. Programming Leftovers
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  13. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Get Linux 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
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  15. Linux Devices, Open Hardware, and Linux on Mobile Systems
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  16. Red Hat Leftovers
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  17. today's howtos
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  18. 65% more people are gaming on Linux compared to a year ago, and it's not just Steam Deck users
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  19. Games: HELLDIVERS 2, Civilization VII, and More
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  20. A Year of Change in Tux Machines [original]
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  23. Android Leftovers
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  24. How I speed up my Linux system for free while RAM prices are out of control
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  25. This Debian-based Linux distro has one of the smartest security features I've tested in years
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  26. 5 Powerful Things Linux Lets You Do That Windows Still Won’t
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  28. After 30 years with Linux, I switched it for Windows 11 - and found 9 serious problems
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  32. GNU/Linux Usage Growing in Moldova This Year [original]
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  33. Equilibrium [original]
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