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    5. Fairphone 6 turns into a Linux phone running Fedora 44 with working cameras
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    6. After Europe ditched Windows, China follows suit with its own home-grown Linux distros
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    7. KDE Announces “Bulletproof” KDE Suite with Three Years of Support
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    8. Debian Deciding Whether to Ban Slop Plagiarism in Debian Development
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