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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 04, 2024

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  2. Megarelease Teething Problems
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  3. Security and FUD Leftovers
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  4. [Meme] Making False Statements to Harass Tux Machines and Sexually Harass Women [original]
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  5. today's leftovers
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  6. GNU/Linux Development and Programming Leftovers
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  7. Software: Inkscape and Content Management Systems
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  8. Security Leftovers
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  9. today's howtos
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  10. Shows and Videos From the Past Week (GNU/Linux Focus)
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  11. This Week in GNOME #137 Second Legendary Saturday Edition
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  13. Databases: PGConf.dev 2024 Schedule and One Billion Row Challenge
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  14. BSD: Copying an existing jail to try bind918 and exploring the CBSD virtual environment management framework
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  15. today's howtos
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  16. Android Leftovers
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  19. Sequent 16 Solid State Relays 2A/24V HAT Targets Raspberry Pi Boards
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  21. Top 5 Linux Distro for Data Science
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  23. KDE: Google Summer of Code 2024 and Scarlett Gately Moore's Work
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