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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 23, 2023

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  30. Games: Steam Deck and Proton Updates
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  31. Reviewers Anonymous take a spin of Alpine and contrast it with antiX
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  32. OpenBSD's buitl-in memory leak detection
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  33. Libreboot 20231021 released!
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  37. Red Hat's Puff Pieces of the Week
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  42. today's howtos
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  45. FreeBSD 14.0-RC2 Now Available
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  46. New YouTube Videos (Over Invidious)
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  51. Kernel Build and Mesa Graphics
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  56. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Events
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  57. Security and Windows TCO
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  58. today's howtos
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  68. Peppermint Mini: The Newest Member of the Peppermint OS Family
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  69. Finally, An Open-Source 8088 BIOS
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