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  6. Collabora’s Recent Advances in Open Source Boot Chains and Vulkan Drivers
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  8. Events, LibrePlanet 2024, and FreeBSD Journal
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  9. Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux and FLOSS Weekly
    2 new episodes
  10. Kernel, Graphics, and Recent Collabora Work
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  17. today's howtos
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  18. Accessibility in Ptyxis
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  19. eSpeak NG – text-to-speech software
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  23. Today in Techrights
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  24. Sudo and its alternatives
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  25. A modest update to Qubes OS
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  26. Security Leftovers
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  27. Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Offers Solution To Elon Musk's Microsoft Woes: ’Join Us And Become A Desktop Linux Enjoyer’
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  28. today's howtos
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