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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 05, 2024

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  1. Not the Traffic We Wanted [original]
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  2. today's leftovers
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  3. Torvalds to Speak in Open Source Summit Europe 2024, Linux 6.12 Kernel Details
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  9. today's howtos
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  12. Security Leftovers
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  14. Open Hardware and Retro: Pentium, C64, 2GB Raspberry Pi 5, and More
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  16. A Clean Linux Installation For An Android TV Box
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  17. Android Leftovers
    Google: "Today we're releasing Android 15"
  18. Tellico 4.0 Released
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  22. today's howtos
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  23. Bebras Challenge 2024 and Raspberry Pi
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  24. Tor Browser 13.5.3 Hiring for Web Standard
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  25. Android Leftovers
    Android taskbar pinning makes surprise return with Pixel 9 Pro Fold
  26. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
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  27. Core, Extra, Multilib? Unraveling the Arch Linux Repositories
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  28. Games: Humble Choice, Steam Space Exploration Fest, and More
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  29. Square Enix invests in Playtron for their Linux-based PlaytronOS - first Alpha out now
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  30. GNU/Linux is Definitely Growing, Microsoft is Still Trying to Sabotage It [original]
    we ought to get ready for or expect many more people (and businesses, governments etc.) to move to GNU/Linux
  31. today's howtos
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