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    just for fun
  2. Announcing Istio 1.19.7 and Istio 1.20.3
    security fixes
  3. Countries Where Android is Measured at Over 80% of the Market for Operating Systems [original]
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  4. Games: MangoHud, Proton, and Steam Deck
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  5. Discovering Linux: A Distro Exploration and Sharing Experience
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  6. Best Linux Distributions for ARM Architecture: A Comprehensive Guide
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  7. Programming Leftovers
    Programming related stories and tools
  8. today's leftovers
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  9. Openwashing by OSI and SPAM by 'Linux' Foundation at Linux.com
    a couple of new examples
  10. Open Hardware: Arduino, PiWings, and Hackaday Podcast
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  11. Fedora / Red Hat / IBM Leftovers
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  12. Security Breaches, Patches, and News
    many leftovers on this topic/theme
  13. Applications: "Best" Software, Flathub Picks, and Misc. Highlights
    many new articles about FOSS
  14. today's howtos
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  15. MythTV v34.0 Released
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  16. today's leftovers
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  17. Programming Leftovers
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  18. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  19. Distributions and Operating Systems: GNU/Linux, OpenBSD
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  20. KDE Frameworks 5.115 Improves Copy/Move of Large Number of Files
    The KDE Project announced today the release and general availability of KDE Frameworks 5.115 as the latest stable version of this collection of more than 80 add-on libraries to Qt providing commonly needed functionality for the KDE Plasma desktop environment and KDE apps.
  21. This Week in GNOME #134 High Contrast
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  22. Wine 9.2
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  23. KDE Frameworks 5.115.0
    KDE today announces the release of KDE Frameworks 5.115.0
  24. 10 Must-Know Free DevOps Tools for Professional Success
    Stay ahead in DevOps with these ten free and open-source tools
  25. Open Hardware Leftovers
    Raspberry Pi and more
  26. Security Leftovers
    Security links
  27. today's howtos
    half a doezen howtos
  28. Games: Humble Bundle, Abalon Arena, Pixel Noir, and More
    Humble Bundle, Abalon Arena, Pixel Noir
  29. Android Leftovers
    Android phone vs. handheld gaming console: It's not an easy decision
  30. Xfce 4.20 Will Keep X11 Support, Brings Wayland to the Scene
    Get the scoop on Xfce 4.20: Updates on X11 & Wayland support that promise to enhance the desktop experience
  31. I Switched to Fedora From Ubuntu: Going Back Again!
    Here's how it went with the switch to Fedora
  32. Blue Recorder – simple screen recorder written in Rust
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  33. 13 Best Free and Open Source Tiling Wayland Compositors
    All of the software is free and open source goodness
  34. Purism Differentiator Series, Part 3: Operating System
    Purism with PureOS as our Operating System is designed to give complete control to the user
  35. This week in KDE: Inching closer
    The KDE 6 mega-release is due in a little under three weeks
  36. How to fix blank windows in SketchUp Make in Linux (WINE)
    I'm migrating my productivity setup from Windows to Linux
  37. 5 Linux productivity apps I depend on every day, and how to install them from Snap
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  38. Slackel 7.7 "MATE" Edition: New Features
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  39. Release Notes: Grml 2024.02-rc1
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  40. Today in Techrights
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  41. Security Leftovers
    Security related links
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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