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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 15, 2024

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  3. Free Software: VLC, GNU, and FOSS Weekly
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  4. Programming Leftovers
    Including some from Mozilla and IBM
  5. Linux 6.8.0 in EasyOS and Linux 4.14 Still Supported
    Some kernel news
  6. System76 Refreshes Its Adder WS Linux Laptop with an HX-Class 14th Gen Intel CPU
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  7. Istio 1.21.0
    New release
  8. Gameeky 0.6.0
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  9. NetBSD 10.0 RC6 available!
    please help testing
  10. Windows TCO and Security Leftovers
    8 more links, security focus
  11. Scalpel - Recover Deleted or Lost Files on Linux
    I recently found myself in this situation a few days ago
  12. today's howtos
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  13. Programming Leftovers
    Programming related stories
  14. Open Hardware: Booting Linux Over HTTP and An Important Consideration About Pi 5 Overclocking
    2 hardware stories
  15. Internet and the Web, Free Software and Standards
    FOSS with Net focuss
  16. The Blog of Open Source Initative (OSI) Run by Microsoft to Promote Microsoft
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  17. Android Leftovers
    There’s another new Android boot logo with ‘The Bot’ mascot on some devices
  18. Krita’s 2024 Roadmap Unveils AI Research and Major Overhauls
    In a recent post, the Krita team took a reflective and forward-looking approach to charting the path for this beloved open-source painting program
  19. System76 Adder Linux Laptop Gets a Hardware Refresh
    It now has a 14th Gen Intel CPU and your choice of RTX 40-series graphics cards
  20. mesa 24.0.3
    The bugfix release 24.0.3 is now available
  21. Games: New Star GP, CLeM, Trappist, and More
    8 new articles from gamingonlinux
  22. Goodbye GNOME ISO: CachyOS March Release Prioritizes Plasma 6
    CachyOS's streamlined March 2024 release introduces Plasma 6 with Wayland, new CDNs, and refined filesystems
  23. Arducam KingKong – A Raspberry Pi CM4-based Edge AI camera with global shutter sensor, Myriad X AI accelerator
    The camera runs Raspberry Pi OS and has basically the same capabilities as the Arducam
  24. Snap Backup – one-click backup utility
    The best Linux backup software will keep you covered when you accidentally delete files, or when a disk bites the dust
  25. Best Free And Open Source Softwares
    They are all open source software
  26. Purism Differentiator Series, Part 7: Freedoms
    Being in control allows you to have freedom, if you are under the control of another you are not free
  27. The story of distutils build directory in Gentoo
    Today, in the PEP517 era, two-stage builds aren’t really relevant anymore
  28. Slimbook Executive, long-term usage report 3
    A couple of weeks back, I wrote my second long-term usage report for the Slimbook Titan laptop
  29. PDP-10 Replica Powered by Raspberry Pi 5 SBC
    Powered by a Raspberry Pi 5, it not only emulates the PDP-10 but also functions as a practical Linux system
  30. today's leftovers
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  31. Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now and mintCast
    two new episodes
  32. Mozilla Moziversary, Lobbying, and Servo Outssourcing to Microsoft
    Some Mozilla news
  33. Enforcing a touchscreen mapping in GNOME and Outreachy internship with GNOME
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  34. Programming Leftovers
    Programming related news and more
  35. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi and Steam Deck Modding
    3 stories for today
  36. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
    3 stories for now
  37. Linux Kernel Space and Graphics Stack
    Some Linux news (core stuff)
  38. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  39. Security Leftovers
    Lots about Linux and more
  40. Software: Caprine, System G, ShellGPT, UPT, and Falco
    Some Free software and more
  41. today's howtos
    many more for day's end

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    1080 /n/2024/03/07/Zorin_OS_17_1_Released_with_Enhanced_Windows_App_Support_Educat.shtml
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    840 /n/2024/03/11/today_s_howtos.shtml
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