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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 21, 2024

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  2. today's howtos
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  3. today's leftovers
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  6. Mozilla: Firefox, Thunderbird, and Rust
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  7. Red Hat Leftovers
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  12. GNOME 46.5 Released with Mutter and GNOME Shell Improvements
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  15. Okteta got “Best Application” 2024 Akademy Award
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  16. today's howtos
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  17. Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
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  18. Sleeper OS – specialized distro derived from Debian
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  19. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Pi, and More
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  20. Windows TCO: Ransomware, PowerShell, and Data Breaches
    Microsoft still at it
  21. today's leftovers
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  22. LLVM 19.1.0 Released
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  23. Linux and Vulkan: Mesa VR and PanVK
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  24. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    only one on Windows TCO
  25. Another Example of "Microsoft Hates Linux" and Winners Of The 2024 Tiny Games Contest
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