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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 26, 2024,
updated Jun 26, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

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  8. Devices: Pico-ITX SBC and VIDIA Jetson
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  17. KDE Plasma 6.1.1 Desktop Environment Released with Various Bug Fixes
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  19. Programming Leftovers
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  22. Red Hat Leftovers
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  23. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  24. today's howtos
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  25. Proprietary Software and Microsoft
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  26. Android Leftovers
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  27. Security Leftovers
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  28. Leap Micro 6.0 is now available. Leap Micro 5.4 reaches End of Life
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  29. OpenShot 3.2 Video Editor Brings Remove Gap Feature, New Themes, and More
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  30. Windows TCO Leftovers
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  31. Pocket Z project aims to build $99 Linux PCs that fit in your pocket
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  32. Celluloid, the GTK Media Player, Gets First Update This Year
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  34. Games: Steam Deck, Free Software/Games, and Mesa Work
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    809 /n/2024/06/12/openSUSE_Leap_15_6_Officially_Released_Here_s_What_s_New.shtml
    792 /n/2024/06/23/GNU_Linux_Leftovers.shtml
    775 /n/2024/06/21/Darktable_4_8_Open_Source_RAW_Image_Editor_Released_Here_s_What.shtml
    766 /n/2024/06/22/A_breath_of_SSD_air_for_a_10_year_old_Linux_laptop.shtml
    764 /n/2024/06/22/today_s_howtoss.shtml
    763 /n/2024/06/23/today_s_howtos.shtml
    755 /n/2024/06/18/SUSE_to_continue_supporting_CentOS_7_users_after_Red_Hat_pulls_.shtml
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