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  1. Fedora “blue screen of death” (Microsoft's Work), Red Hat Official Site
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  2. OpenELA Launches Rapid Delivery of Enterprise Linux Build Sources
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  3. today's leftovers
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  4. Programming and Technical Posts
    Free software focus
  5. Development of Kernel: Redox and Linux
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  6. Canonical/Ubuntu Targets Clown Storage, Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Has New Issue
    Some Ubuntu news
  7. GNOME 47 Finally Adding Accent Color Support
    GNOME 47, the next release of the popular GNU/Linux Desktop environment, is in alpha stage now!
  8. Release of Istio 1.22.3 and 1.21.5
    two new bugfixes
  9. GNU Taler Videos With Özgur Kesim, Isidor Walliman, Christian Blättler, and Nic Eigel
    4 new interviews
  10. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS links
  11. Programming Leftovers
    Programming related links
  12. Proprietary Software and Misc. Leftovers
    today's leftovers
  13. today's leftovers
    daily batch, long
  14. Windows TCO: MuddyWater, Ransomware, Windows Zero-Day
    Microsoft blunders
  15. Android Leftovers
    Google app beta hints at three new weather widgets for Android
  16. RK3568-based MYC-LR3568 system-on-module comes with up to 8GB RAM, 32GB storage for cost-sensitive Edge AI applications
    The MYC-LR3568 SoM works with Debian and Linux operating systems
  17. Games: Pest Apocalypse, Infest, Marathon, and More
    Half a dozen articles from GamingOnLinux
  18. So you want to compete with or replace open source
    We are living through an interesting moment in source-available software
  19. Tails 6.5 Debuts Faster Cloning and Updated Debian 12.6
    Tails 6.5 speeds up installation with a faster Tails Cloner, brings Debian 12.6, and updates Tor Browser to 13.5.1 for better privacy
  20. Ultramarine Linux: A Pretty Fedora-Based Distribution For Easy User Experience
    A Fedora-based distribution that features useful tools and tweaks by default
  21. Linux Is Free, But I Pay for Linux PCs: Here's Why
    One of the perks of Linux is that both the operating system and the vast majority of apps are free
  22. Make a pledge to share free software with a friend
    We're asking you to pledge to start a conversation with a friend about software freedom
  23. LibreOffice 24.8 RC1 is available for testing
    LibreOffice 24.8 will be released as final at the end of August, 2024
  24. howtos, Installations and Free and Open Source Software
    It’s free and open source software
  25. Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) reached End of Life on July 11, 2024
    This is a follow-up to the End of Life warning sent earlier to confirm that as of July 11, 2024
  26. LabPlot 2.11 released
    Say hello to LabPlot 2.11
  27. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  28. SUSE Requests openSUSE to Rebrand
    an unexpected conflict has arisen in the openSUSE community with its long-time supporter and namesake, the SUSE company
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