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  1. Security Leftovers
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  2. Rust-Based COSMIC Desktop Gets 5th Alpha Release with COSMIC Media Player
    System76’s highly anticipated COSMIC desktop environment written in Rust, continues to develop with the 5th alpha release, which is accompanied by new ISO images of the upcoming Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS distro.
  3. Calibre 7.24 Open-Source Ebook Manager Released with New Features and Bug Fixes
    The weekly Calibre updates continue and developer Kovid Goyal announced today the release and general availability of Calibre 7.24 as the latest stable version of this powerful, cross-platform, free, and open-source suite of e-book software.
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  5. GNU/Linux and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    remaining links for today
  6. Programming Leftovers
    Development related links
  7. today's howtos
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  8. Linux 6.6.71
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.6.71 kernel
  9. Auto-cpufreq 2.5 Introduces Fedora 41 Support and Bug Fixes
    Auto-cpufreq 2.5 CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux introduces EPB support
  10. Latest From IBM's redhat.com
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  11. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Now Works on the HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V Development Board
    Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, announced today that they’ve partnered with SiFive and ESWIN Computing to enable Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on the HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V development board.
  12. Android Leftovers
    Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices In 6 Weeks—Forget Chrome And Android
  13. Web Apps Make Switching to Linux Much Easier
    If that's you considering Linux, then web apps are something you should look into
  14. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux
  15. Windows TCO and Security Leftovers
    Security focus
  16. EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.5.4 and Easy Scarthgap-series version 6.5.4
    new release
  17. Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers
    mostly Red Hat
  18. Programming Leftovers
    Development and education
  19. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
    FOSS and DBs
  20. Browsers: Tor Browser 14.0.4, Tor Year in Review, and Midori Browser 11.5
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  21. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  22. Linux Distributions Mostly Ubuntu or Debian Based
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  23. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi 5 and More
    Raspberry Pi 5 still dominant in news
  24. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  25. Games: Space Invaders, OrangePi Neo, and More
    11 stories, mostly from GamingOnLinux
  26. KDE: Snaps 24.12.1 Release, Kubuntu Plasma 5.27.12 Call for testers
    I have released more core24 snaps to –edge for your testing pleasure
  27. OpenSUSE Tumbleweed - Okay, but glory all be from the past
    To the best of my memory, and I'm purposefully not checking me own article history, I've never reviewed openSUSE Tumbleweed
  28. Stable kernels: Linux 6.12.9, Linux 6.6.70, Linux 6.1.124, Linux 5.15.176, Linux 5.10.233, and Linux 5.4.289
    All users of the 6.12 kernel series must upgrade
  29. 10 Linux apps I always install first - and you should too
    If you're just now jumping onto the Linux train
  30. I rescued my dying 2017 MacBook Pro with Ubuntu and it works like a charm (mostly)
    If you have an older MacOS device lying around, why not install Linux to give it a new life
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