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  24. Applications: Arti, Tor, Emacs, and Mozilla
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  25. today's howtos
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  26. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Old Netbook, Arduino, and More
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  27. Windows TCO Stories
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  28. Elive 3.8.43 released
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