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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 30, 2026

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Mozilla: New Release of Tor Browser 15.0.11 and MozPhab 2.13.1

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Development Leftovers

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Sailfish OS 5.1 translation round

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Security Leftovers

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Still Prioritising the Birds [original]

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Android Leftovers

New Xiaomi entry-level phone only promises 2 OS updates from Android 15
Escaping the Entrapment (Microsoft GitHub)

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Hardware and Home-labbing: Proxmox, TrueNAS, and More NAS Modding

All from Valnet
GNU/Linux Myths and Sceptics of GNU/Linux on the Desktop/Laptop

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Games: DIY "Steam Machine", Bazzite, and SteamOS

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Most Linux regret is actually distro regret, and you probably gave up too soon

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This is free and open source software
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LWN: Remembering Seth Nickell and In Memoriam: Tomáš Kalibera

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