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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 28, 2024

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  4. Microsoft Has Slipped Out of Control in Myanmar, GNU/Linux Rose From 0.1% to 3% [original]
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  6. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  7. Armbian 24.5 Released with Orange Pi 5 Pro and Radxa ROCK 5 ITX Support
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  9. today's leftovers
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  10. hardware: Zmod SDR, ESP32, and ANAVI Handle
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  11. Software: Planify, GNOME OS Installer, XRechnung Viewer
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  15. 4MLinux Releases: 4MLinux 46.0 BETA released.
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  16. Phosh 0.39.0
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  17. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 26th, 2024
    The 189th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on May 26th, 2024.
  18. Open Hardware and Programming Leftovers
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  19. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
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  20. YARA 4.5.1 Release and Steam
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  21. Openwashing, AI-washing, and Red Hat
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  22. Android Leftovers
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  23. today's howtos
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  24. Review: Manjaro Linux 24.0
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