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  2. LibreOffice 24.8: Best New Features
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  4. Servers Leftovers
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  5. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, Raspberry Pi, and More
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  6. today's howtos
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  7. Android Leftovers
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  8. Linux for kids: teaching the next generation
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  9. THE CYBERIZER, Mk.2
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  10. Shipping Tumblr and WordPress, WP Engine is not WordPress, and WordCamp US (WCUS)
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  11. Is Linux Really Difficult For a Windows User? My Personal Journey Answers It!
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  13. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  14. today's leftovers
    3 more links
  15. Open Hardware/Modding: Steam Deck, Arduino, and More
    device related news
  16. Security Leftovers
    Security picks
  17. Audiocasts/Shows: This Week in Linux, Bootlin, GNU World Order, TLLTS, and More
    some new episodes
  18. today's howtos
    many howtos for Sunday
  19. Today in Techrights
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    858 /n/2024/09/17/Fedora_Linux_41_Enters_Public_Beta_Testing_with_Linux_Kernel_6_.shtml
    843 /n/2024/09/20/PREEMPT_RT_in_Mainline_and_Microsofters_Trying_to_Use_Rust_to_D.shtml
    826 /n/2024/09/18/New_Distro_Derivative_Expands_Open_Source_Enterprise_Linux_Ecos.shtml
    822 /n/2024/09/16/MX_Linux_23_4_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_10_Based_on_Debian_1.shtml
    796 /n/2024/09/18/GNOME_47_Denver_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_Here_s_.shtml
    719 /n/2024/09/17/Software_Valkey_PGP_and_More.shtml
    642 /n/2024/09/18/Linus_Torvalds_advises_open_source_developers_to_pursue_meaning.shtml
    606 /n/2024/09/12/Ubuntu_Prompting_Client_is_Here_to_Make_Snap_Apps_Safer.shtml
    584 /n/2024/09/11/Announcing_Incus_6_5.shtml
    559 /n/2024/09/18/Haiku_Activity_Contract_Report_August_2024.shtml
    554 /n/2024/09/19/Sparky_7_5_Drops_with_Updated_Packages.shtml
    554 /n/2024/09/19/today_s_howtos.shtml
    551 /n/2024/09/18/Nextcloud_Hub_9_Released_Here_s_What_s_New.shtml
    543 /n/2024/09/16/today_s_howtos.shtml
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    539 /n/2024/09/17/FreeBSD_13_4_RELEASE_Announcement.shtml
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