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  2. Ubuntu, Tumbleweed, and Kernel
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  3. Open Hardware and Retro: Arduino, Commodore 64, Steam Deck
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  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
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  7. Hosting Control Panels, Firefox Exploit, Fedora Platform Engineering
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  8. Distributions and Operating Systems: Haiku, Plan 9, and EasyOS Reports
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  9. Security Leftovers
    Security links, alerts
  10. today's howtos
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  11. Microsoft Traps and Issues
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  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
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  14. Back Doors and Windows TCO
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  15. Open Hardware and Other Hardware
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  16. KDE neon 6.2 Is Out with KDE Plasma 6.2 Desktop, Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
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  18. Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update and Hackathon Copa 2024
    today's leftovers
  19. today's howtos
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  20. Security Leftovers
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  21. These are the best KDE-based Linux distros available right now
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  22. Games: ZEPHON, Ari Buktu and the Anytime Elevator, and More
    7 new articles from GamingOnLinux
  23. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  24. This week in Plasma: 6.2 has been released!
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  25. Latest Videos About GNU/Linux
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  26. Software: HandBrake, WordPress, and LibreOffice
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  27. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Arduino
    Some hacker-friendly hardware
  28. today's leftovers
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  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
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  33. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
    Canonical/Ubuntu site news and more
  34. Games: Boiling Steam's 10 Years Anniversary and More
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  35. GNOME Foundation's Economic Trouble and Review of GTK Themes
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  36. today's howtos
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  37. Kernel: Intel and Real-time Work
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