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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 13, 2023

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  2. Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) Officially Released with Linux 6.5 and GNOME 45
    Canonical officially released today the Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) operating system, which comes with some of the latest GNU/Linux technologies, improved hardware support, and many other changes.
  3. Today in Techrights
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  4. GNU40 USA: Meeting with old and new friends, and some first few steps on the freedom ladder
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  5. Raspberry Pi OS Is Now Based on Debian Bookworm, Supports Raspberry Pi 5
    The Raspberry Pi Foundation released today a new version of its Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS distribution for Raspberry Pi single-board computers that brings a new Bookworm base and some major changes.
  6. SparkyLinux 2023.10 Brings Linux Kernel 6.5, Latest Debian 13 “Trixie” Updates
    SparkyLinux 2023.10 Rolling edition has been released today as the October 2023 snapshot for this Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution featuring the KDE Plasma, Xfce, LXQt, and MATE desktop environments on top of the bleeding-edge Debian Testing repositories.
  7. Smaller is Fast, Fast is Beautiful
    Complexity is an enemy of software freedom because it's hard to exercise control over software that you can barely even study
  8. Android Leftovers
    The two best Android controllers are only on sale for a few more hours
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  10. Fedora Project and Slimbook Collaborate to Deliver New Fedora Slimbook Ultrabook
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  20. Ubuntu 23.10 Official Flavors Are Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
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  24. Software: FOSS Weekly, KDE, GNOME, and More
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  27. Security Leftovers
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  29. today's howtos
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  30. Announcing Istio 1.19.3, 1.18.5, and 1.17.8
    3 new releases
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  35. today's leftovers
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  36. LWN: Linux ecosystem contributions from SteamOS and kernel's preemption model
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  37. Digital Restrictions (DRM) Troubles
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  38. Security Leftovers and Microsoft/Windows TCO
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  39. Red Hat Official Blog: The Latest
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  40. Overhaul of Thelio internals and new band Theliohead
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  43. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  44. Events: R Conference 2023, All Things Open, Innovation Marathon Hack Week
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  45. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    Mostly patching stuff
  46. today's howtos
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  47. Games: GNU/Linux Before Apple, Lots of Steam Stuff, and More
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  48. The Challenge of Patching Curl
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  49. Devices: Linux in Vehicles, Ubuntu, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi
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  50. Wayland Display Server on openSUSE Tumbleweed in 2023
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  51. Mozilla talks about "beauty of the open internet" while helping Google undermine it
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  56. Krita 5.2 released
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  57. Fedora Slimbook Linux Laptop Launched with 3K Display, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti
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  59. Relax, "Linux" is Safe
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  60. Android Leftovers
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  61. Microsoft FUD/Scremongering About GNU/Linux and FIPS 140-2 Validation
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  62. today's howtos
    only 3 howtos for now
  63. 5 Linux Lite Tips for Windows Users
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  64. Shufflecake - Hidden Linux Filesystems to Store Sensitive Data
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  65. today's howtos and programming
    3 howtos and more
  66. Security Leftovers
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  67. The PineTime
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  68. Android Leftovers
    Android Users Beware: Indian Government Cautions Google Pixel, Samsung, and OnePlus Owners
  69. PinePhone Status
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  70. Tiny Linux On A No-MMU RISC-V Microcontroller
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  71. Software Lists Updated: Partition Managers, Cron Jobs, and PDF Page Cropping Tools For GNU/Linux
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  72. Games: Hearts of Iron IV: Arms Against Tyranny, "So Many Ducks", and More
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  73. Open 3D Engine 23.10.0 and N64 Emulators
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  74. Games: Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst Shilling Microsoft Mono, SteamOS 3.4.11 for Steam Deck is Out, and More
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  75. Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Microsoft/Windows TCO
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  76. Web Survey: Microsoft/Windows Desktop/Laptop Market Share in China Down From 97% in 2015 to 72% This Month
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  77. Web Browsers/Web Servers Leftovers
    Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FOSS) news
  78. This is the world’s first Raspberry Pi 5 tablet
    The project began with disconnecting the fan wires from the GPIO on Raspberry Pi 5
  79. XScreenSaver 6.08 out now
    XScreenSaver 6.08 is out now
  80. Free Software Users Are Having All the Fun
    Software users need to be in control of the software; not some large vendors that collude with the state and its military.

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