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  1. Mozilla Firefox 134 Is Out with Support for Touchpad Hold Gestures on Linux
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  3. Budgie 10.10 Desktop Will Be Wayland-Only as Work Continues on Budgie 11
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  4. How to Install Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.10
    Linux 6.12 is now the latest stable LTS (Long-Term Support) kernel and Ubuntu users can install it on their machines via the official Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA archive.
  5. today's leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux and BSD
  6. ProtonUp-Qt v2.11 and PS4 Emulation On Steam Deck
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  7. today's howtos
    last batch for Monday
  8. 2024 in retrospect & happy new year 2025!
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  9. Jonathan McDowell's Debian Report and missing copyright monopoly information in Debian
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  10. Retro and Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, Commodore, and More
    Hardware-related picks
  11. Android Leftovers
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  13. The Mecha Comet is made for hackers and makers
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  14. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    a few more leftovers links
  15. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks for today
  16. 16-bit Linux-like Goodness
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  17. today's howtos
    first batch for Monday
  18. Android Leftovers
    Nothing Phone 2a Plus gets Android 15 update with stable Nothing OS 3.0: Check what's new
  19. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  20. Review: elementary OS 8.0
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  21. This Week in KDE Apps: Mobile context menus
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  22. 2025 Won't Be the Year of the Linux Desktop Either. So What?
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  23. GNU/Linux and Programming
    today's leftovers
  24. Linux gaming on the rise
    Valve's steam survey December results
  25. 4 amazing operating systems for security-conscious users
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  26. Linux 6.13-rc6
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  27. Today in Techrights
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  28. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: January 5th, 2025
    The 221st installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on January 5th, 2025.

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    735 /n/2024/12/31/Android_Leftovers.shtml
    718 /n/2024/12/31/Security_Leftovers.shtml
    714 /n/2024/12/31/Mozilla_and_Firefox_Going_in_the_Wrong_Direction.shtml
    686 /n/2024/12/31/Bluestar_Linux_is_back_with_update_6_12_7_Firefox_133_LibreOffi.shtml
    662 /n/2024/12/31/The_latest_MX_Linux_turns_Xfce_into_a_desktop_anyone_can_use.shtml
    662 /n/2024/12/31/Linux_Magazine_s_Latest_Issue_December.shtml
    660 /n/2025/01/01/Pre_Alpha_Version_of_Pidgin_3_0_Released.shtml
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