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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 15, 2024

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  6. Firefox Nightly and SpiderMonkey Newsletter
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  8. antiX, Ubuntu, and GNOME
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  9. Kernel Space: eBPF Summit, Linux Plumbers Conference, "Linux and open-source documentation is a mess" (According to SJVN)
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  10. today's howtos
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  11. Security and Windows TCO
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  14. Many Akademy Reports From KDE and Qt Folks
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  15. This Week in GNOME #165 Signing Documents
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  17. today's leftovers
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  18. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Supercon, and More
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  19. today's howtos
    first long batch of howtos
  20. Haiku OS R1 Beta 5 Is Keeping the BeOS Dream Alive
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  22. This week in Plasma: 6.2 beta release!
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  24. ODROID-M2 Leverages RK3588S2 SoC and Supports LPDDR5 Memory
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