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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 18, 2024

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  9. GNU Taler Videos With Özgur Kesim, Isidor Walliman, Christian Blättler, and Nic Eigel
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  10. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  12. Proprietary Software and Misc. Leftovers
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  14. Windows TCO: MuddyWater, Ransomware, Windows Zero-Day
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  15. Android Leftovers
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  25. Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) reached End of Life on July 11, 2024
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  26. LabPlot 2.11 released
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