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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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  4. Distributions and Operating Systems: Many GNU/Linux Distros Listed
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  5. Open Hardware: Reverse Engineering, SparkFun, and Raspberry Pi
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  6. Mozilla: Firefox, Thunderbird, and Rust
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  7. Red Hat Leftovers
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  8. Security Leftovers and TCO
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  10. Releases: Pulsar 1.121, PipeWire 1.2.4, pg_stat_kcache 2.3.0, and More
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  12. GNOME 46.5 Released with Mutter and GNOME Shell Improvements
    The GNOME Project announced today the general availability of GNOME 46.5 as the fifth maintenance update to the GNOME 46 “Kathmandu” desktop environment series to address more bugs and improve performance.
  13. Android Leftovers
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  14. 5 Linux commands I use to keep my device running smoothly
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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
    Sleeper OS is a specialized Linux distribution, derived from Debian, that caters specifically to low-memory resource
  19. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Pi, and More
    mostly hardware projects
  20. Windows TCO: Ransomware, PowerShell, and Data Breaches
    Microsoft still at it
  21. today's leftovers
    only 3 more links for now
  22. LLVM 19.1.0 Released
    big new release
  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
    3 items for today

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    618 /n/2024/09/18/New_Distro_Derivative_Expands_Open_Source_Enterprise_Linux_Ecos.shtml
    604 /n/2024/09/18/GNOME_47_Denver_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_Here_s_.shtml
    594 /n/2024/09/11/Announcing_Incus_6_5.shtml
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