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  1. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  2. Games: Boutique Linux PC, Steam Runs On Nintendo Switch Using Valve's Proton Linux Beta, More on Valve's Proton 11 Beta
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  3. GIMP 3.2.4 Improves Text and Crop Tools, PDF Export, PSD Import, and More
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  4. New Software for Running Tux Machines [original]
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  5. France Got the Ball Rolling [original]
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  6. BSD and GNU/Linux Leftovers
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  7. Kernel: Linux 7.0, Linux 7.1, and More
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  8. Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers
    hardware leftovers
  9. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS leftovers
  10. Web Browsers Leftovers
    WWW links
  11. Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG) Leftovers
    FOSS leftovers
  12. Programming Leftovers
    Development leftovers
  13. Standards/Consortia: NIST and More
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  14. Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux and Linux Saloon
    2 episodes
  15. Games: Valve, NVIDIA, and More
    gaming leftovers
  16. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  17. Release of Wine 11.7, Valve Quietly Rebased Proton on Wine 11
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  18. Hello old new “Projects” directory!
    If you have recently installed a very up-to-date Linux distribution with a desktop environment, or upgraded your system on a rolling-release distribution
  19. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  20. openRuyi – Linux Distribution for RISC-V
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  21. Stable kernels: Linux 6.19.13, Linux 6.18.23, Linux 6.12.82, Linux 6.6.135, Linux 6.1.169, Linux 5.15.203, and Linux 5.10.253
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  23. Today in Techrights
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    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2026-04-13 to 2026-04-19
    1533 /n/2026/04/12/Linux_Kernel_7_0_Officially_Released_This_Is_What_s_New.shtml

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