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    it was long coming
  2. GNU/Linux Market Share in Israel Now 3% [original]
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  3. Ubuntu Unity – flavor of Ubuntu featuring the Unity7 desktop environment
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  5. Mozilla: Latest From Firefox Developer Experience and Mozilla Addons Blog
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  6. today's leftovers
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  7. Programming Leftovers
    Programming related links
  8. Fedora / Red Hat / IBM Puff Pieces and Technical Articles
    many paid-for junk pieces today
  9. today's howtos
    many howtos for day's end
  10. Security Leftovers
    Security related links
  11. Fedora / Red Hat / IBM Leftovers
    including worrying paid puff pieces
  12. Programming and Kernel Development (Linux)
    coding related links
  13. today's leftovers
    half a dozen links for today
  14. WINE: CrossOver 24.0.2 and OED second edition CD-ROM under Wine
    Some WINE news and experience
  15. today's howtos
    some for the middle of the slow news day
  16. Mixxx 2.4.1 DJ App Improves Support for Denon, Pioneer, and Traktor Controllers
    Mixxx 2.4.1 open-source, free, and cross-platform DJ software for performing live mixes is now available for download with improved controller support and many bug fixes.
  17. Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) Daily Build ISOs Are Now Available for Download
    Now that Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) is officially open for development, Canonical has published the first daily build ISO images for early adopters, application developers, and general public testing.
  18. Linux Magazine Leftovers (Latest Issue)
    new articlee
  19. QEMU 9.0 released with Raspberry Pi 4 support and LoongArch KVM acceleration
    QEMU 9.0 open-source emulator just came out the other day, and it brings on board major updates and improvements to Arm, RISC-V, HPPA, LoongArch, and s390x emulation
  20. Best Free and Open Source Software
    Bazel is both open source software and it runs under Linux
  21. Why Learn Linux?
    As someone who has been in the IT industry for more than 20 years, I love to answer this question
  22. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    3 more links
  23. Programming Leftovers
    picks regarding programming
  24. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    incidents and costs
  25. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, Arduino, and More
    gadgets and devices with Linux or similar
  26. Haiku Project: [GSoC 2024] Plans for Fixing Haiku's WebKit2 Port
    The advantages WebKit2 has for WebPositive will be mostly invisible to end-users
  27. Fedora / Red Hat Puff Pieces
    even paid-for fluff!
  28. today's howtos
    4 howtos
  29. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS leftovers
  30. Programming and Modding
    development related links
  31. Red Hat / IBM Leftovers
    Some Red Hat stuff, especially redhat.com
  32. Ubuntu Leftovers
    Ubuntu news and picks, even a review
  33. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
    incidents, patches, and more
  34. today's howtos
    8 howtos for now
  35. BSD: NetBSD Stuff and FreeBSD Journal
    Some BSD picks
  36. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  37. Linux Kernel: Latest Articles in LWN and Linux Display Next Hackfest in A Coruña
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