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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 09, 2024,
updated May 09, 2024

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  6. KGraphViewer 2.5.0 released
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  7. Android Leftovers
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  8. today's howtos
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  9. Microsoft and Apple Failures
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  10. Microsoft and Windows Seeding Chaos
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  18. Best Free and Open Source: Configuration Management Databases, and RAW Processing Tools
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  19. Red Hat as a Festival or PR and Circus of Ridiculous Buzzwords
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  20. Free and Open Source Software
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  21. Games: Mass Layoffs at Microsoft (Again) and More
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  22. Collections of Different Linux Distributions
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  23. March and April in KDE PIM
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  25. DietPi April 2024 News (Version 9.3) & Open Beta Version 9.4.0
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  26. FreeBSD to Get a New Graphical Installer for Easier Installation
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  28. New Highs for GNU/Linux in Taiwan (According to statCounter [original]
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