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  2. GNU/Linux Leftovers
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  3. Programming Leftovers
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  4. Fedora / Red Hat / IBM Leftovers
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  5. Mozilla: Spidermonkey Development and Thunderbird Video
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  6. Open Hardware/Modding: Topaz, Raspberry Pi, and More
    hardware leftovers
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  8. Events and Report: Net, KDE, and Debian
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  9. Security Leftovers
    Security stories and incidents
  10. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks, 4 for now
  11. Linux Gizmos on NanoCluster, Zephyr RTOS 4.1, RISC-V on Banana Pi
    Some hardware picks
  12. Web Browsers/Readers: RSS Readers, Vivaldi, and Firefox
    WWW picks
  13. today's howtos
    half a dozen for now
  14. Releases of GNU Projects: GCL 2.7.1 and GNUnet 0.24.1
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  15. Pinta 3.0 Open-Source Paint Program Released with GTK4 Port, New Effects
    Pinta 3.0 has been released today as a major update to this open-source, free, and cross-platform paint program written in GTK# for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms that brings numerous new features.
  16. IBM, Red Hat, and AlmaLinux
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  17. Android Leftovers
    Lenovo Legion Tab Review: Three months with Android’s iPad Mini
  18. Linux Swap Explained: Do You Need It?
    Find out if a swap partition is still necessary on modern Linux systems and how it influences system performance
  19. Ubuntu Unity vs. GNOME: Choosing the Right Ubuntu Experience for Your Workflow
    Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions
  20. 10 Things You Should Do Right After Installing Fedora Linux
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  21. Windows 10 is ending – Making the move to Linux
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  22. Best Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
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  23. DietPi – extremely lightweight Debian-based distribution
    DietPi is an extremely lightweight Debian-based OS
  24. This Week in Plasma: The beginnings of Wayland session restore
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  25. GNOME STF 2024 Project Report
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  26. This Week in GNOME: #195 Typed Weather
    Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from April 04 to April 11
  27. GhostBSD 25 review - Old-school work and frolic
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  28. Games: Marvel Rivals, Neverway, and Morwe
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