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  4. Applications: Outsourcing Dotfiles to Microsoft (Proprietary GitHub), Self-hosting, and Rust Hype (Also Proprietary GitHub)
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  5. Games: Bazzite, Dumping Windows, and a Glimpse at SteamOS 3.9
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  9. HowTo Geek (Valnet) on GNOME Defaults and Extensions
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  10. Android Leftovers
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  12. Free and Open Source Software
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  13. Kader⁴² – Arch-based Linux distribution
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  14. Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Is Slated for Release on October 15th, 2026
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  15. Debian Project Leader Election 2026 Results
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  16. Firefox 150 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New
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  17. BSD, GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems
    today's leftovers
  18. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Open Data, and Standards
    FOSS leftovers and more
  19. Web Browsers/Web Servers: Small Web, Wander, and SSGs
    Web centric news
  20. Mozilla Keeps Pushing Slop and Surveillance, Right-Wingers Change the Topic of Controversy to Pronouns
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  21. Games: The Run and New Titles for Steam Deck
    gaming news
  22. Databases: PostgreSQL Events and Releases, Grafana Table Joins With SQL Expressions
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  23. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  24. BeagleConnect, Banana Pi, DongshanPI, and More
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  25. Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged and mintCast
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  26. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  27. BSD and Linux Kernel Picks
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  28. LXQt 2.4 Desktop Environment Released with More Wayland Improvements
    LXQt 2.4 desktop environment is now available with better Wayland support and many other changes across its core components. Here’s what’s new!
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  30. Free and Open Source Software
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  31. Butterbian – Debian-based Linux distribution with XFCE
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  32. Review: Lakka 6.1
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  34. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: April 19th, 2026
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