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  11. today's leftovers
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  14. Open Hardware/Modding: ESP32, FPGA, and More
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  15. Videos: This Week in Linux and how to use the Sed command
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  16. Benchmark Anything With This Powerful Linux Tool
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  17. HP Printer Driver HPLIP 3.25.2 Added Ubuntu 24.04 & New Printers Support | UbuntuHandbook
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  18. DeaDBeef Music Player 1.10.0 Released with FFmpeg 7.0 & EAC3 Support
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  21. GNU patch 2.8 released
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  22. today's howtos
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  23. EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.6.5 released
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  24. Android Leftovers
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  28. Free and Open Source Software
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  30. Programming Leftovers
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  31. GNU/Linux Leftovers
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  32. Security and More
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  33. Linux Devices/Embedded Leftovers
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  34. Today in Techrights
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  35. Shotcut 25.03 Open-Source Video Editor Released with Various New Features
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