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    took a few photos, enjoyed the nice views
  2. today's leftovers
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  3. Steve Emms' Tutorials and Reviews
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  4. Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers
    Some news from the company/community
  5. Programming Leftovers
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  6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  7. Windows TCO Examples
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  8. Security Leftovers
    Security picks for today
  9. Kernel (Linux) Leftovers
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  10. Python Programming Leftovers
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  14. PostgreSQL News: postgres-contrib.org, PGConf NYC 2024, pg_ivm 1.9, CloudNativePG 1.23.3 and 1.22.5
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  15. Software: FOSS Weekly, GNU Health, and More
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  16. Red Hat Leftovers
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  17. today's howtos
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  18. Android Leftovers
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  21. 5 Linux terminal apps that are better than your default
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  22. New Flock to Fedora Website Launched!
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  23. GNOME bans Manjaro Core Team Member for uttering "Lunduke"
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  24. today's howtos
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  25. today's leftovers
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  26. Windows TCO: Ransom, ClownStrike, and Massive Microsoft Downtimes
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  27. Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers
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  30. What Linux distro should I pick
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  31. Fedora COSMIC Spin? Likely, Yes!
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  40. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  45. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  46. Programming Leftovers
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  47. Some Sunny Day
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  48. today's howtos
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  49. Windows TCO: Human Casualties, Random, Downtime, and More
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