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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 10, 2024

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  10. today's howtos
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  12. today's leftovers
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  13. Security Leftovers
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  17. today's howtos
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  21. Tmux 3.5 Released with Extended Keys Support and New Features
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  22. Ubuntu Gamer? The Steam Snap Now Runs Better Than Ever
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  23. Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, October 11, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC)
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  24. Free and Open Source Software
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  26. Ubuntu MATE 24.10 Release Notes
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  27. Most of our servers will be offline because they are relocating
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  28. Today in Techrights
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    1106 /n/2024/09/22/There_s_No_Lower_Spec_Linux_Machine_Than_This_One.shtml
    1021 /n/2024/09/27/CVE_2024_47076_CVE_2024_47175_CVE_2024_47176_and_CVE_2024_47177.shtml
    774 /n/2024/10/05/Wine_9_19.shtml
    723 /n/2024/10/02/Manjaro_24_1_Xahea_launches_with_KDE_Plasma_6_1_5_VirtualBox_7_.shtml
    716 /n/2024/10/07/Linux_6_12_rc2.shtml
    702 /n/2024/10/03/Say_goodbye_to_Microsoft_Windows_11_and_hello_to_Nitrux_Linux_3.shtml
    671 /n/2024/10/04/Ardour_8_8_Open_Source_DAW_Released_with_Various_Bug_Fixes_and_.shtml
    662 /n/2024/10/03/NetworkManager_1_50_Adds_Support_for_Configuring_Wi_Fi_Channel_.shtml
    579 /n/2024/10/04/Fwupd_2_0_Open_Source_Linux_Firmware_Updater_Released_with_Majo.shtml
    577 /n/2024/10/06/Automattic_staff_walk_with_severance_over_WP_Engine_feud.shtml
    574 /n/2024/10/05/today_s_howtos.shtml
    574 /n/2024/09/29/Arch_Linux_Announces_Collaboration_With_Valve.shtml
    573 /n/2024/10/05/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    557 /n/2024/10/05/Security_Leftovers.shtml
    554 /n/2024/10/08/The_GNOME_Foundation_Update_from_the_Board_2024_10_Financial_Cr.shtml
    554 /n/2024/10/03/today_s_howtos.shtml
    552 /n/2024/10/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml

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