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  2. today's leftovers
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  3. Audiocasts/Shows: Ask Noah Show and Destination Linux
    2 new episodes
  4. mrxvt on openSUSE and OpenSUSE on Git Workflow Adoption
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  11. Kernel Coverage: btrfs, OpenZFS, and Chaff in Commits
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  12. today's howtos
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  13. Security Leftovers
    Security-related picks
  14. Fwupd 2.0.15 Adds Support for NVIDIA ConnectX-6, ConnectX-7 and ConnectX-8 NICs
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  18. Android Leftovers
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  30. GNOME Kiosk Updates
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  32. Hackabone Project Offers BeagleBone-Based Embedded Linux Training with Emulated Framework
    The stack of software used for exercises includes U-Boot, the Linux kernel from the BeagleBone repository
  33. Reminduck Is an Adorable Reminder App for Linux
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  34. Ubuntu 25.10 Is Now Powered by Linux Kernel 6.17 Ahead of the Beta Release
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