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    the number of GNU/Linux users grows

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  3. FSF confirms Ian Kelling as its new president
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  4. Latest Steam Client Update Improves Support for DualSense Controllers on Linux
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  5. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
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  6. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  7. Web Browsers and RSS Readers
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  8. OSI Pretending to Still Function, a Co-Founder Explains Why CoCs Seed Ruin
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  9. Security Leftovers
    Security picks, inc. Red Hat
  10. Programming Leftovers
    Development related picks
  11. Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers
    Red Hat and mostly from its own site
  12. Open Hardware/Modding/Retro: Orange Pi, PCBs, and More
    hardware picks
  13. Applications: FOSS Weekly, Marvelous Designer, and More
    Applications for GNU/Linux
  14. today's howtos
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  15. Android Leftovers
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  16. Korai – manga reader
    This is free and open source software
  17. Open-Source Model Near Breaking Point Despite Trillions in Value
    Software industry experts within major open-source foundations say the current system is unsustainable
  18. Games: Godot 4.5.1 RC 1, Dwarf Fortress, MARVEL Cosmic Invasion, and More
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  19. Immich Reaches First-Ever Stable Release with Version 2.0
    After nearly four years of development with 271 updates
  20. Why the (Old) GNOME Screenshot App Doesn’t Work in GNOME 49
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  21. Free and Open Source Software
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  22. ElementaryOS 8.0.2: Not a Grand Slam, but a Solid Base Hit
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  23. The solution to deadlines is usually “cut scope”
    Deadlines come for all of us, even in open source projects
  24. GNU/Linux and BSD, FOSS Leftovers
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  25. Recent GNU/Linux Videos
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  26. NeptuneOS 9.0 “Maja” Released
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  27. Today in Techrights
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