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Updated This Past Day

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  3. Ubuntu LTS is the best Proxmox LXC base, even though Debian seems like the obvious choice
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  4. Tux Machines Growing Bigger [original]
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  5. Xfce was supposed to be the last safe house for X11 holdouts, and it just started packing up
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  6. Android Leftovers
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  7. CachyOS rebuilds every package the 'wrong' way, and my Steam library runs faster for it
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  8. KDE Plasma became the best Linux desktop, but it's terrifying for new users
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  9. Zorin Connect does three things that finally made me stop opening multiple apps
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  10. Linux makes old computers feel faster, not actually faster
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  13. Reversal of Narratives by "MAGA Americans" [original]
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  14. GNU/Linux Leftovers
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  15. Security Leftovers
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  16. CubicleNate on OpenSUSE and Linux Saloon Episode
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  17. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and WWW Stories
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  18. Release of Brave 1.92
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  19. Release of GNU C Library 2.44
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  20. Programming Leftovers
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  21. Demands of Rootkits Keep Marvel Tōkon Away From GNU/Linux
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  22. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  23. Slop Contaminating Codebases
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  24. Games: Valve, GE-Proton, and More
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  25. The Bootable USB Creator Ventoy 1.1.17 added Athena OS & EulerOS Support
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  26. Free and Open Source Software
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  27. Linux 6.12.98
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  28. Mobile/Open Hardware/Modding: Jolla, PinePhone, and More
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  29. today's howtos
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