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  4. Applications and Free Software
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  5. today's howtos
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  7. What’s Come of openSUSE As of Its Leap 15.6 Release?
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  8. Ubuntu 23.10 Support Ends July 11 – Upgrade Soon!
    Those still making use of Ubuntu 23.10 ‘Mantic Minotaur’ should be aware that official support for this version of Ubuntu ends on July 11, 2024
  9. Improving packaging file detection in Debian
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  12. Programming Leftovers
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  13. GNU/Linux Leftovers
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  14. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More
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  15. Gtk 4 has decided to blow up some people's world on HiDPI displays
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  16. Games: Zenless Zone Zero, DuckStation, Steam Games, and More
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  17. Latest Invidious Videos and SFP#25
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  18. today's howtos
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  19. Android Leftovers
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  20. Grafana Loki 3.1 Enhances Query Performance with Bloom Filters
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  21. 7 Things You Didn't Know Run on Linux
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  22. Modded Nintendo Switch with Ubuntu runs PC games at up to 60 FPS
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  26. Today in Techrights
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    926 /n/2024/07/04/Booting_Linux_off_of_Google_Drive.shtml
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    799 /n/2024/07/01/Linux_6_10_rc6.shtml
    755 /n/2024/07/03/X_Window_System_At_40.shtml
    749 /n/2024/07/02/Nitrux_3_5_1_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_9_and_NVIDIA_555_Grap.shtml
    746 /n/2024/07/04/today_s_howtos.shtml
    744 /n/2024/07/03/today_s_howtos.shtml

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