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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 16, 2023,
updated Dec 16, 2023

  1. Manjaro 23.1 “Vulcan” Is Available for Download with GNOME 45, Linux 6.6 LTS
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    New

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  6. Programming Leftovers
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  7. 2024 FreeBSD Community Survey is Here
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  8. Open Hardware: Arduino, ESP32, and TinyML
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  9. Windows TCO Leftovers
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  10. KDE Android apps porting update
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  11. Today in Techrights
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  12. KDE Plasma 6 for Mobile Devices Is Shaping Up Nicely with Support for Applets
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  13. Microsoft's LinkedIn Knows Microsoft's Azure Sucks
    just like that
  14. Canonical/Ubuntu Pushing Proprietary Software and DRM
    Some DRM stuff
  15. today's howtos
    afternoon howtos
  16. KDE Frameworks 5.113 Released for Plasma 5 Users With Various Improvements
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  17. Android Leftovers
    A few weeks ago Mozilla announced that its Firefox web browser for Android would soon be gaining support for hundreds of additional extensions
  18. Manjaro Linux 23.1.0 'Vulcan' now available to download -- choose from GNOME, Plasma, and XFCE editions
    Code-named “Vulcan,” this version of the Linux-based operating system is chock full of enhancements and security improvements
  19. Pop!_OS 22.04 Welcomes PipeWire 1.0.0, COSMIC Desktop Evolves
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  20. Updated: GNOME Shell 45.2 Coming to Ubuntu 23.10 Soon
    The first point release to GNOME Shell 45 only hit Ubuntu 23.10 at the end of last month, and now a second one is already on its way
  21. This week in KDE: un-flashy important stability work
    Everyone kept hammering on the bugs this week
  22. EDATEC’s industrial PC builds on Raspberry Pi 5
    EDATEC indicates that the device supports various configurations of the Raspberry Pi OS
  23. KDE: Snaps, KDEneon, Debian and my future
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  24. today's leftovers
    lots of Ubuntu
  25. today's leftovers
    4 links for now
  26. Mozilla Leftovers
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  27. Security Leftovers and Microsoft Abuse
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  28. Godot and Battleship
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  29. today's howtos
    3 howtos for now
  30. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS stories
  31. Linux Foundation Sponsored Fluff
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  32. Wine 9.0-rc2 Released
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  33. Plasma Mobile: tuned up to 6!
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  34. Playing With Cat (to Assess Percentage of GNU/Linux Users) [original]
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  35. Security Leftover and More Windows TCO Stories
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  36. Proprietary Stuff and Linux
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  37. today's howtos
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  38. The Kernel of the Beast, 6.6.6, shambled into sight… briefly
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  39. Maharlika (aka Philippines) Gradually Exiting Microsoft and Windows [original]
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