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  1. Programming Leftovers
    Programming related picks for Friday (mostly)

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  2. Ubuntu, Tumbleweed, and Kernel
    today's leftovers
  3. Open Hardware and Retro: Arduino, Commodore 64, Steam Deck
    Hardware related topical picks
  4. Programming Leftovers
    all about coding and education
  5. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS picks for today
  6. Audiocasts/Shows: EuroBSDcon and Hackaday Podcast
    two new episodes
  7. Hosting Control Panels, Firefox Exploit, Fedora Platform Engineering
    Web centric leftovers
  8. Distributions and Operating Systems: Haiku, Plan 9, and EasyOS Reports
    Some lesser known OSes
  9. Security Leftovers
    Security links, alerts
  10. today's howtos
    many howtos for today
  11. Microsoft Traps and Issues
    opposition news
  12. This Week in GNOME: #169 Wrapped Boxes
    Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from October 04 to October 11
  13. IBM/GNOME: fwupd, debuginfod-enabled Sysprof, and Spotify Controls GNOME Extension
    some development updates
  14. Back Doors and Windows TCO
    mostly Windows TCO
  15. Open Hardware and Other Hardware
    Hardware centric news
  16. KDE neon 6.2 Is Out with KDE Plasma 6.2 Desktop, Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
    The development team behind the KDE neon rolling release distribution announced that they’ve released KDE neon 6.2, based on the latest Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series.
  17. Android Leftovers
    Android Automotive is now coming to motorcycles too
  18. Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update and Hackathon Copa 2024
    today's leftovers
  19. today's howtos
    3 howtos only for now
  20. Security Leftovers
    Security picks, 3 for now
  21. These are the best KDE-based Linux distros available right now
    KDE has changed massively in recent years, so which distro should you opt for
  22. Games: ZEPHON, Ari Buktu and the Anytime Elevator, and More
    7 new articles from GamingOnLinux
  23. Best Free and Open Source Software
    We only include free and open source software
  24. This week in Plasma: 6.2 has been released!
    And I’d say it’s a pretty good release! As with all large sets of changes, there are a couple of regressions we’re tracking
  25. Latest Videos About GNU/Linux
    via Invidious
  26. Software: HandBrake, WordPress, and LibreOffice
    Some Free software news
  27. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Arduino
    Some hacker-friendly hardware
  28. today's leftovers
    IBM, MintCast, and more
  29. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  30. Security Leftovers
    Security related picks
  31. Mozilla: Security Hole, Faking Privacy, Thunderbird Contributor Highlight
    Some Mozilla news
  32. Microsoft and Openwashing
    Openwashing mostly, by Microsoft-funded lobbies
  33. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
    Canonical/Ubuntu site news and more
  34. Games: Boiling Steam's 10 Years Anniversary and More
    3 stories for today
  35. GNOME Foundation's Economic Trouble and Review of GTK Themes
    Some GNOME Desktop/GTK news
  36. today's howtos
    half a dozen howtos for today
  37. Kernel: Intel and Real-time Work
    Some Linux updates about the kernel
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    924 /n/2024/10/08/Tails_6_8_Introduces_File_System_Repair_When_Unlocking_Persiste.shtml
    919 /n/2024/10/08/_Rocky_Linux_from_CIQ_Launched.shtml
    877 /n/2024/10/08/KDE_Plasma_6_2_Desktop_Environment_Officially_Released_Here_s_W.shtml
    867 /n/2024/10/11/Kubuntu_24_10_Lubuntu_24_10_Xubuntu_24_10_and_More.shtml
    862 /n/2024/10/08/OpenBSD_7_6.shtml
    763 /n/2024/10/08/Git_v2_47_0.shtml
    728 /n/2024/10/08/today_s_howtos.shtml
    718 /n/2024/10/10/The_WordPress_mess.shtml
    716 /n/2024/10/09/One_Year_s_Uptime.shtml
    715 /n/2024/10/11/Gaming_on_Fedora_Asahi_Remix.shtml
    711 /n/2024/10/07/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    692 /n/2024/10/07/antiX_23_2_released.shtml
    680 /n/2024/10/08/today_s_leftovers.shtml
    680 /n/2024/10/08/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    678 /n/2024/10/09/8_Features_Coming_in_Hot_With_elementary_OS_8.shtml
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