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  1. Armbian 24.8 Released with Linux Kernel 6.10 Support, Expanded Desktop Options
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  2. ComputerWeekly Puff Pieces for the Linux Foundation, Including Fluff and Hype for the Great "AI" Scam
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  3. today's howtos
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  4. Security: Arch Linux, Windows TCO, CISA
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  8. What Is Budgie on Linux and Should You Use It?
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  10. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
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  11. Open Hardware: Pimoroni, ATtinyBoy, and More
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  12. Chromium and Servo Update
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  13. Windows Gamers Should Try Out This Gaming-Focused Linux OS
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  16. Audiocasts/Shows: GNU World Order and Linux Out Loud
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  17. The most popular Linux distributions suitable for beginners
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  18. Improvements and Fixes: EasyOS and More
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  19. wayland-protocols 1.37
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  21. today's howtos
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  22. Folks Getting Ready for Akademy 2024
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  23. Security and Windows TCO Exemplified
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  24. Why I've Gone All In on Fedora Silverblue
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  25. KDE Plasma 6 upgrade for stable Gentoo Linux
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  26. Back To School With Linux
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  28. today's howtos
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  29. Back To School With Linux
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  30. Immich 1.113 Unveils Folder View and Enhanced Tagging
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  33. I've tested dozens of operating systems. Fedora 40 beta is the fastest I've tried
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