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  2. Clonezilla Live 3.2.2-15 Disk Cloning/Imaging Tool Released with Various Changes
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  4. Firefox 140 ESR Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New
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  6. Programming Leftovers
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  7. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
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  8. Linux Devices and Open Hardware/Modding Leftovers
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  9. Software: Casilda 0.9.0, GNU Parallel 20250622, and More
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  10. today's howtos
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  11. qBittorrent 5.1.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Improves Wayland Support
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  12. IPFire Linux Firewall Now Ships with Support for the WireGuard VPN Protocol
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  13. EasyOS and Debian: Staying with Xorg/X11, Coding Notes, and More
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  14. Linux 6.16 Release Candidate 3
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  15. 4 Obscure Linux Apps I Use All the Time
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  16. These Linux Distros Are the Best for Beginners to Start With
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  17. 5 reasons I prefer Ubuntu Linux instead of Proxmox for my home server
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  18. This Rubbish Icon Might Get a Makeover in Ubuntu 25.10
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  19. Free and Open Source Software
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  20. Review: LastOSLinux 2025-05-25
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  21. Casilda 0.9.0 Development Release!
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  22. Enterprise Linux Security and Android "Apps" on Raspberry Pi
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  23. Today in Techrights
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  24. 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: June 23rd, 2025
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    1070 /n/2025/06/14/Denmark_s_Government_Ditches_Microsoft_for_Open_Source.shtml
    1002 /n/2025/06/17/Yet_another_European_government_is_ditching_Microsoft_for_Linux.shtml
    947 /n/2025/06/19/With_Version_9_0_Release_ONLYOFFICE_Becomes_an_Even_Better_Choi.shtml
    890 /n/2025/06/19/Kernel_News_and_Security_Lapses_Patches.shtml
    800 /n/2025/06/19/Securonis_Linux_privacy_and_security_focused_distribution.shtml

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