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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 19, 2025

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  14. Slackware: New Site for Blog and GRUB Theme
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  15. Debian Leftovers
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  16. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
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  19. Programming Leftovers
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  20. Fedora Community Blog: Simplifying Package Submission, Progress
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  23. today's howtos
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  24. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Name That Ware, One Hertz Challenge
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  25. Linux 6.17-rc2
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  26. BSD and GNU/Linux Leftovers
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  27. Shotcut 25.08 Video Editor Arrives with Key Fixes
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  28. What to Expect From TrueNAS 25.10 Open-Source Storage
    TrueNAS 25.10 "Goldeye" open-source NAS is on the way
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