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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 06, 2025

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    mostly GNU/Linux<
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  4. The Complaint We Filed is Advancing [original]
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  5. Disable Microsoft's "Secure Boot" [original]
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  7. Mozilla Confirms Firefox 32-Bit Linux Support Will End in 2026
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  8. openSUSE Leap 16 Promises 24 Months of Community Support per Release
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  9. Firefox on Linux Is Ending Feature Updates for Old PCs
    Mozilla has announced that Firefox 144 will be the last release to support 32-bit x86 Linux
  10. Free and Open Source Software, and Review
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  11. Linux - Recreating old problems with new tools
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  12. Software and Games for GNU/Linux
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  13. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  14. Education, Development, and Standards
    some leftovers
  15. Open Hardware/Modding: Zigbee and EtherealOS
    a pair of stories
  16. Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now and Ask Noah Show
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  17. Databases: SQL, PostgreSQL 18 RC 1, pgAdmin 4 v9.8, and E-Maj 4.7.0
    DB news
  18. Barry Kauler's Latest Work on EasyOS and Others
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  19. New Release of Miracle-WM, Version 0.7
    Miracle-WM 0.7 is out
  20. Calibre 8.10 E-Book Manager Brings Improvements to the Kindle MTP Driver
    Calibre 8.10 has been released today as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and cross-platform e-book management software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.
  21. GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux news
  22. Programming Leftovers
    Development picks
  23. LibreOffice Conference 2025 and "Why I Use LibreOffice"
    LibreOffice news and commentary
  24. Open Hardware/Modding: Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  25. Videos/Audiocasts/Shows About GNU/Linux
    new videos about GNU/Linux
  26. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  27. Latest Red Hat / IBM Puff Pieces (Mostly Buzzwords and Marketing Fluff)
    Not much of substance here
  28. Games: SteamOS 3.7.15 Beta, Granvir, Skyrim, and More
    11 new articles from GamingOnLinux
  29. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  30. Filtering Out Fake News and Corporate PR [original]
    Our role, we believe, is to help people dodge the bad things and find only the "signal"
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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    762 /n/2025/09/01/Desktop_Environments_Latest_on_KDE_and_GNOME_or_From_Them.shtml
    734 /n/2025/09/01/New_GIMP_3_2_Development_Release_Brings_Link_Layers_and_Vector_.shtml
    720 /n/2025/08/31/Linux_Distributions_and_Operating_Systems.shtml
    708 /n/2025/08/31/today_s_howtos.shtml
    688 /n/2025/08/31/6_Open_Source_Apps_for_Linux_Gamers.shtml
    676 /n/2025/08/30/Announcement_of_LibreOffice_25_8_1.shtml
    676 /n/2025/08/31/Incus_6_16_Container_Virtual_Machine_Manager_Released.shtml
    672 /index.shtml
    670 /n/2025/09/02/Disable_SecureBoot_Now.shtml
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    662 /n/2025/08/26/Canonical_and_Microsoft_Pay_Linux_Foundation_Money_for_Marketin.shtml
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