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  1. Calibre 7.26 Open-Source Ebook Manager Is Out with New Features and Bug Fixes
    The weekly Calibre updates continue with Calibre 7.26, released today by developer Kovid Goyal as the latest stable version of this powerful, cross-platform, free, and open-source suite of e-book software.
  2. Red Hat Pivots to Mindless Buzzwords, IBM Has More Layoffs (Disguised as "RTO")
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  3. Security Leftovers
    Security links
  4. Why you should quit MacOS and Windows
    Why everyone should try Linux
  5. The Steam Deck Is Our Path To Ending Microsoft’s Death Grip On Personal Computers
    Valve won't admit it, but its work on SteamOS is a direct attack on the Microsoft monolith, and we should all be thankful.
  6. Rust and Mozilla Leftovers
    Mozilla related links
  7. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  8. Static Site Generators (SSG): Hugo and Eleventy Picks
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  9. Red Hat Leftovers
    Red Hat news and fluff
  10. Android Leftovers
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  11. This Book Taught Me 6 Must-Know Facts About Linux
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  12. Graphics, BSD, and Windows TCO
    today's leftovers
  13. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical post
  14. Raspberry Pi Projects and News
    Open Hardware-centric work
  15. KDE Frameworks 6.11 Adds Search Providers for Nix Packages, Docker Hub, and More
    The KDE Project released KDE Frameworks 6.11 today as a new update to this collection of more than 70 add-on libraries to Qt providing commonly needed functionality to KDE apps and the KDE Plasma desktop.
  16. Fwupd 2.0.6 Adds Support for HPE Gen10 and Gen10+ Devices Using Redfish
    Fwupd 2.0.6 has been released today as the sixth maintenance update to the latest fwupd 2.0 release of this open-source Linux firmware update utility for Linux-based operating systems.
  17. Games: Capcom, Anti-Cheat (Rootkit), and More
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  18. More About Asahi Issue
    New Apple hardware, Asahi Linux shakeup
  19. I love free software (and openSUSE)
    The romantics out there probably already know that tomorrow February 14 is “I Love Free Software” day
  20. Best Free and Open Source Software
    Best Free and Open Source Software
  21. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
    Security mostly
  22. HowTos and Programming Leftovers
    coding and more
  23. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32 and More
    hardware leftovers
  24. Oreon, Mesa, and More
    today's leftovers
  25. Hardware: ESP32, ODROID, Android, and More
    some gadgets and mobile
  26. GNU/Linux Applications: Flexpilot IDE, Media Players, CAD
    Software in focus
  27. Mozilla Promoting Proprietary Software (Lying About It Being "Open") and Hey Hi (AI) Buzzwords, Not Open Web
    typical Mozilla
  28. BSD: OpenBSD, ZFS, and More
    BSD centric news, some Linux too
  29. Programming Leftovers
    Development related links
  30. Audiocasts/Shows/Videos: The Cyber Show, mintCast, and More
    New episodes and more
  31. today''s howtos
    howtos for the day
  32. Security Leftovers
    Security picks
  33. Today in Techrights
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