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    Linus Torvalds announced today the general availability for public testing of the first Release Candidate (RC) development milestone of the upcoming Linux 6.11 kernel series.
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    I'm announcing the release of the 6.10.2 kernel
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  5. Programming Leftovers
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  6. today's leftovers
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  7. Android Leftovers
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  8. Vanilla OS 2 Orchid is a Smashing Linux Distro Release
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  9. Vanilla OS 2 “Orchid” Released with Hybrid Debian Base, Here’s What’s New
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  10. Review of Pironman 5 mini PC case for the Raspberry Pi 5 SBC
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  12. today's howtos
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  13. Open Hardware and Programming Leftovers
    Some hacking and coding
  14. today's leftovers
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  15. today's howtos
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  16. DebConf24 Starts
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  17. You Can Now Upgrade Your Linux Mint 21.3 PC to Linux Mint 22, Here’s How
    Today, the Linux Mint team opened the upgrade path from Linux Mint 21.3 “Virginia” to the latest Linux Mint 22 “Wilma” allowing existing users to upgrade their installations.
  18. The uncertain possible futures of Unix graphical desktops
    inux is the primary target of KDE and especially Gnome, so Wayland being the future on Linux has gotten developers for Gnome to start moving toward a Wayland-only vision
  19. OPNsense 24.7 Released with Enhanced Security and Performance
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  20. Zulip 9.0 Team Collaboration Chat Rolls Out New Features
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  21. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
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  22. Konsole 24.12.0 Introduces Automatic Session Output Saving Feature
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  23. New Plasma Icons: A Visual Design Update
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  26. Linux Mint 22: A Look at the Best New Features
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  27. Editor of OSNews calls for the murder of a Conservative, Jewish Tech Journalist
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  28. Today in Techrights
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  29. pgmetrics, Red Hat, Free Software, and Openwashing
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  30. Programming: Ruby 3.2.5 Released, This Week in GNOME, and Broken Mesa
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  31. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
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  32. Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More
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  33. today's howtos
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