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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 08, 2025

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4. GStreamer 1.24.11 Enhances Stability Across Platforms

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5. Firefox 135 Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing with XZ Packaging on Linux

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6. How can software that is free be high quality?

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7. Windows TCO Leftovers

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8. today's howtos

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10. Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, Arduino, and More

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14. FSF associate members to decide the logo for the FSF's fortieth anniversary

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15. Free and Open Source Software

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16. Hotfix: KPhotoAlbum 6.0.1 And Kwave Nightly Flatpak

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17. KDE Plasma 5.27.12, Bugfix Release for January

    Today KDE releases a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 5, versioned 5.27.12

18. An easier way to read Linux manual pages

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