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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 07, 2024

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  27. Today in Techrights
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    870 /n/2024/09/22/There_s_No_Lower_Spec_Linux_Machine_Than_This_One.shtml
    812 /n/2024/10/02/Manjaro_24_1_Xahea_launches_with_KDE_Plasma_6_1_5_VirtualBox_7_.shtml
    800 /n/2024/09/30/FFmpeg_7_1_Peter_Released_with_Full_Native_VVC_Decoder_MV_HEVC_.shtml
    736 /n/2024/09/30/qBittorrent_5_0_BitTorrent_Client_Adds_Support_for_Systemd_Powe.shtml
    698 /n/2024/09/29/Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_6_12_Release_Candid.shtml
    693 /n/2024/09/30/today_s_howtos.1.shtml
    659 /n/2024/10/05/Aqua_Security_Blaming_on_Linux_Stuff_That_Has_Nothing_to_Do_Wit.shtml
    654 /n/2024/10/03/Say_goodbye_to_Microsoft_Windows_11_and_hello_to_Nitrux_Linux_3.shtml
    613 /n/2024/09/28/Arch_Linux_and_Valve_Collaboration.shtml
    600 /n/2024/10/03/NetworkManager_1_50_Adds_Support_for_Configuring_Wi_Fi_Channel_.shtml
    574 /n/2024/09/30/Linux_Mint_22_1_Slated_for_Release_in_December_with_Revamped_Ci.shtml
    530 /n/2024/10/03/today_s_howtos.shtml
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