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  3. GIMP 3.0 Release Candidate Is Now Available for Public Testing
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  7. today's leftovers
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  8. Programming Leftovers
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  9. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
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  10. Education Leftovers
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  11. PCBs, Purism, Arduino, Retro and More
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  14. KDE Gear 24.08.3 Released with More Fixes for Your Favorite KDE Applications
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  15. today's howtos
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  16. Android Leftovers
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  17. Immich Celebrates 50K Stars on GitHub with v1.120
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  18. Forty years of commitment to software freedom
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  19. What happens to Linux when Linus Torvalds dies?
    The Linux kernel is at the heart of countless operating systems, powering everything from smartphones to servers
  20. Why we're still waiting for Canonical's immutable Ubuntu Core Desktop
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  21. Forlinx launches NXP i.MX 95 SoM and development board with 10GbE, CAN Bus, RS485, and more
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  22. Andes QiLai quad-core AX45MP RISC-V SoC with NX27V vector processor powers micro-ATX Voyager Development Platform
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  23. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  24. Little Wayland Things
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  25. HDR and color management in KWin, part 5: HDR on SDR laptops
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  26. Kubuntu 24.04, it's been a few months now ...
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  27. Windows TCO Leftovers
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  28. Games: Vampire Hunters, Bye Sweet Carole, and More
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  29. today's leftovers
    GNU/Linux, howtos, security
  30. Programming: Ruby 3.3.6 Released, Perl, and More
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  31. Today in Techrights
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  32. Audiocasts/Shows/Videos About GNU/Linux
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  33. LWN Articles About Linux Kernel
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  34. Peropesis 2.8: OpenSSH
    Peropesis 2.8 is released
  35. Linuxfx 11.24.04
    new version of the operating system based on Kubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
  36. Parted Magic 2024.11.03
    This version of Parted Magic updates the kernel to linux-6.11 and adds/updates various program
  37. NethSecurity project milestone 8.3
    We are excited to announce the release of NethSecurity project milestone 8.3
  38. Release of Pisi GNU/Linux 2.4
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  39. BackBox Linux 9 released!
    The BackBox Team is happy to announce the updated release of BackBox Linux
  40. Br OS 24.10
    Brazilian Linux distribution based on Ubuntu

    New

  41. 4MLinux 46.1 STABLE released.
    This is a minor (point) release in the 4MLinux STABLE channel
  42. Release of Dr.Parted 24.11
    This release is based on the Debian testing repository (2024/November/01).
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    692 /n/2024/11/03/Linux_Mint_Is_Getting_a_Night_Light_Feature_in_Cinnamon_Framewo.shtml
    670 /n/2024/11/01/Immutable_Distro_Nitrux_3_7_1_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_11_N.shtml
    614 /n/2024/11/06/Mass_Layoffs_at_Mozilla_Again.shtml
    514 /n/2024/11/04/Linux_6_12_rc6.shtml
    493 /n/2024/11/05/LXQt_2_1_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_Initial_Wayland_Supp.shtml
    488 /n/2024/11/04/Kernel_No_Russians_Performance_Gains_and_VMware_Workstation_to_.shtml
    484 /n/2024/10/28/Raspberry_Pi_OS_Now_Enables_Wayland_by_Default_on_All_Raspberry.shtml
    469 /n/2024/10/29/Fedora_Linux_41_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6_11_DNF5_GNOME_47_a.shtml
    463 /n/2024/11/02/today_s_howtoos.shtml
    461 /n/2024/11/03/Another_Party_This_Week.shtml
    456 /n/2024/11/03/today_s_howtos.shtml
    454 /n/2024/11/01/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
    449 /n/2024/11/04/today_s_howtos.shtml
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