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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 29, 2024

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  1. Audiocasts/Shows: Self-Hosted and GNU World Order [original]
    2 new episodes
  2. Slackware-based Zenwalk Linux returns with "Santa Claus" edition
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    New

  3. EasyOS and Free Software Leftovers
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  4. Programming, VIM, and GNU (GIMP)
    coding centric update
  5. Games: Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, Steam Deck Titles, and More
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  6. today's howtos
    Instructionals and installing things
  7. Security Leftovers
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  8. Retro, Open Hardware, and Mobile
    Phosh, Raspberry Pi, and more
  9. Android Leftovers
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  10. Databases: Use of Time in Distributed Databases, IvorySQL 4.0, SynchDB 1.0, CloudNativePG 1.25.0 and 1.24.2
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  11. 5 of the Best System Monitoring Tools in Linux
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  12. Release of Ghostty 1.0
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  13. My Favorite Linux Distro for 2024 is Not Ubuntu, Not Mint, It's This
    Revealing my favorite Linux distribution before 2024 ends
  14. See Pinned Ubuntu Dock Apps in the Application Grid
    You may have noticed (or not) that if an app is pinned to the Ubuntu Dock you don’t see a shortcut for it in the applications grid
  15. Keep putting pressure on Microsoft
    Grassroots organization against a corporation as large as Microsoft is never easy
  16. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  17. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical picks
  18. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  19. Holiday Hacking 2024
    Like every year I take a couple of days off at the end of the year to wind down and spent time with the family
  20. This Week in GNOME: #180 Image Editing
    Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from December 20 to December 27
  21. Plasma power management woes and solutions
    Until recently, my Slimbook Executive laptop has worked beautifully
  22. Stable kernels: Linux 6.12.7, Linux 6.6.68, and Linux 6.1.122
    All users of the 6.12 kernel series must upgrade
  23. How managing networks differs on Windows 10 and Linux
    If you're considering leaving the soon-to-sunsetted Windows 10 for Linux
  24. Windows TCO: Windows Botnets and More
    cost of Microsoft on the Net
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