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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 13, 2024

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  2. Programming Leftovers
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  3. Security Leftovers
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  4. WWW: curl 8.11.1, WordPress, and Mozilla
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  5. Fedora / Red Hat / IBM Leftovers
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  6. GNOME: Tiling Shell Extension, CLI Command Tree, and GAFAM Interns on Shoestring Budget
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  7. AnyDesk, Kodi, uCareSystem, and More
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  8. today's howtos
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  9. RISC-V, Arduino, and More Open Hardware
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  10. Raspberry Pi Projects and Hacks
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  11. Shallow press releases and parroting from Linux Foundation (some even computer-generated slop!)
    fake news or PR in "news" clothing
  12. 'Linux' Foundation Drops Linux Spending to Historic Lows in 2024
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  13. LWN on Linux 6.13 and Kernel Space Coverage
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  14. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical articles
  15. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More
    Hardware news
  16. Release of Kubernetes 1.32
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  17. Android Leftovers
    Google Maps on Android rolls out new colors, but they're still not dynamic
  18. Proton 9.0-4: New Games Supported, Bug Fixes for AMD and NVIDIA GPUs
    Proton 9.0-4 update streamlines Linux gaming, brings new game compatibility, fixes crashes
  19. Miracle-WM 0.4 Enhances i3-IPC Support for Better Integration
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  20. Programming and Systems (Leftovers)
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  21. Advanced Weather Companion GNOME Shell Extension
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  22. KDE Gear 24.12 Officially Released, Finally Ports Dolphin to Mobile Devices
    The KDE Project released KDE Gear 24.12 today, the latest stable version of this open-source software suite for the KDE Plasma desktop environment and the Linux ecosystem.
  23. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  24. Pisi Linux – end-user focused distribution
    Pisi Linux is a user-focused distribution developed by the Pisi community
  25. Fedora KDE – powerful Fedora-based operating system
    The Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop Edition is a powerful Fedora-based operating system using the KDE Plasma Desktop as the main user interface. It’s an official spin
  26. Windows TCO Leftovers
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  27. Fedora Kinoite 41 review - My first taste of immutability
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  28. Linux 6.6.65
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  29. Now available: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Beta
    Today, we're excited to invite you to beta-test Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10, the next major version of the enterprise operating system
  30. The end of linux-kernel as free software we trust - war on FOSS revisited
    Basically the article aims to help some of you decide on your own when and which kernel is the last “safe” kernel to use
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