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  2. Dealing With Bot Traffic (Half or Majority of Web Traffic) [original]
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    New

  3. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Beta Is Out Now with Linux Kernel 7.0 and GNOME 50
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  4. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Open Data, and Coding
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  5. Firefox 149 and Firefox Developer Edition
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  6. LibreOffice Donations and Document Freedom Day
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  7. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
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  8. OpenBSD on Motorola 88000
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  9. Linux-friendly and Hackable Hardware Leftovers
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  10. today's howtos
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  11. Red Hat Promoting Slop, Rocky and Oracle Follow
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  12. Security Leftovers
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  13. IBM Red Hat Promotes Age Surveillance Inside the OS
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  14. Openwashing and Slop Promotion by 'Linux' Foundation (Proprietary is 'Open')
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  15. Android Leftovers
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  17. GNU Stow turned me into the ultimate Linux distro-hopper
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  18. CachyOS just dethroned Arch Linux on ProtonDB, and Linux gamers are finally noticing
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  19. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
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  20. Kamuriki LGX – Debian-based desktop-oriented distribution
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  21. AnduinOS 1.4.2 Offers Redesigned GNOME for Windows Refugees
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  22. Tails 7.6 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released with Automatic Tor Bridges
    Tails 7.6 has been released today as the sixth update in the Tails 7.x series of this portable Linux distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux and designed to protect you against surveillance and censorship.
  23. LibreOffice 26.2.2 Open-Source Office Suite Released with More Than 80 Bug Fixes
    The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 26.2.2 as the second maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 26.2 office suite series with various bug fixes.
  24. The Danger of Microsoft Controlling European Tech [original]
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  25. Games: Proton Experimental, Humble Bundle, SPLITGATE, and Forza Horizon 6
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  26. Programming Leftovers
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  27. Android Leftovers
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  28. 4 Linux hardware devices I’m looking forward to in 2026
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  29. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  30. I forced myself to use Linux without the terminal for a week
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  31. Linux would be nothing without these 6 open-source apps
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  32. StratOS – Linux distribution based on Arch
    StratOS Linux is a flexible Linux distribution built on top of Arch Linux
  33. KDE Linux – free Linux-based operating system built by KDE
    KDE Linux is a free, open-source
  34. Stable kernels: Linux 6.19.10, Linux 6.18.20, Linux 6.12.78, Linux 6.6.130 and Linux 6.1.167
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  35. Improving Our Static Site Generator (SSG) [original]
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  36. Maintenance Completed [original]
    we're now back to normal (no ongoing work in the datacentre)
  37. Today in Techrights
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  38. Latest Half Dozen From LWN
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