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  3. Open Hardware/Modding: Orange Pi, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More
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  5. Programming Leftovers
    R, GSoC, Godot and more
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    KeePassXC, the popular free open-source KeePass and KeePassX based password manager
  7. Security Lefrovers
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  10. today's howtos
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  12. Darktable 4.8 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Released, Here’s What’s New
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  18. today's leftovers
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  21. Programming Leftovers
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  23. GStreamer 1.24.5 Promises Improved Multimedia Handling
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  24. today's howtos
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  25. Red Hat and IBM Leftovers
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  26. Calamares Installer 3.3.7 Released, Here’s What’s New
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  30. Games: Proton Experimental, VR Under GNOME on Wayland, and More
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  31. Stamus Networks Marks Decade of SELKS Open-Source Tool with New Edition
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  33. Recent GNU/Linux Videos (Invidious)
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  34. Kernel Articles From LWN
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  35. Ladybird browser spreads its wings
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