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  2. Linux and Free Software Leftovers
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  3. Red Hat and Fedora Leftovers
    good and bad
  4. 21st Anniversary: Another Good Year for the Tux (and Gnu) [original]
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  14. today's howtos
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  16. Android Leftovers
    Google: Android Auto to receive support for video & web browsers
  17. PipeWire 1.4.4 Enhances MIDI and libcamera Support
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  19. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
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  20. Proprietary Failures and Microsoft TCO/Layoffs
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  21. Games: REMATCH, ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN, and More
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  22. Best Free and Open Source Software
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  23. KNOPPIX is a bootable Live system
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  24. Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS has reached End-Of-Life (EOL)
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  25. Another update on the Fedoraproject Datacenter Move
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    The GStreamer project released GStreamer 1.26.2 today as the second maintenance update to the latest GStreamer 1.26 series of this popular open-source and cross-platform multimedia framework.

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