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  3. Programming Leftovers
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  5. Linux Kernel News
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  6. today's leftovers
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  7. Fedora Week of Diversity and IBM/Red Hat Discrimination
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  8. Security Leftovers
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  9. KDE PIM Sprint and Federico Mena-Quintero on GNOME
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  10. today's howtos
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  11. Here’s Why I Think KDE Is a Better Desktop Environment Than GNOME
    As a long-time Linux user, I've dabbled with various desktop environments
  12. Android Leftovers
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  13. The Linux Mint 22 Beta is almost here as ISO testing gets underway
    In the past, Canonical would push out Ubuntu in April and October and Linux Mint releases would follow just a month later usually in May and November
  14. Radxa Fogwise Airbox AI box review – Part 2: Llama3, Stable Diffusion, imgSearch, Python SDK, YOLOv8
    After checking out Radxa Fogwise Airbox hardware in the first part of the review last month
  15. A No-Nonsense Open-Source Diary App for Android
    Add your thoughts to the app like you jot down things in your diary
  16. HandBrake 1.8.1 Video Transcoder Fixes Bugs and Issues
    HandBrake 1.8.1 free video transcoder fixes video artifacts, subtitle corruption, and more
  17. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  18. Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers
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  19. today's howtos
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  20. Free Software Leftovers
    FOSS links collection
  21. UEFI Holes and Windows TCO
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  22. today's howtos
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  23. Security Leftovers
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  24. Audiocasts/Shows and Videos (Invidious)
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  25. Peropesis 2.6: several updates
    Peropesis release
  26. NuTyX 24.6.3 available with cards 2.7.4
    The new version of LXQt 2.0 based on Qt6 is now available on NuTyX
  27. SysLinuxOS 12.4 released
    SysLinuxOS 12.4 released. SysLinuxOS is updated to version 12.4
  28. Releasing SKUDONET 7.1.0 Community Edition
    We are very proud to announce the next SKUDONET Community Edition v7.1.0, we have been working hard for more than 6 months and finally, the results are awesome
  29. Security Leftovers
    and Windows issues
  30. Ubuntu and OpenSUSE Leftovers
    today's leftovers
  31. Programming Leftovers
    Programming related picks
  32. Applications: Cambalache, AMD ROCm, and Oi Grandad
    Some software on Linux
  33. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and More
    hacker-friendly devices
  34. Today in Techrights
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  35. Looking for the artwork for Trixie the next Debian release
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  36. Releases of MyGNUHealth and GNU Automake 1.16.92
    two GNU releases
  37. Blaming "Linux" for Problems of VMware (Prolific GPL Violator, Infringer of the Linux Licence)
    FUD tactics
  38. Intel Slips Battlemage Support And Power-Saving Features Into Linux 6.11
    "The year of the Linux desktop" is a long-standing meme among PC enthusiasts, but thanks to controversial decisions by Microsoft, continual development effort from Linux lovers, and the massive success of Valve's Steam Deck, Linux is seeing greater adoption than ever among consumer PC users
  39. Microsoft Driving People Away (to GNU/Linux)
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