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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 08, 2025

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  13. Retro, Open Hardware, and Mobile Systems
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  16. Audiocasts: LINUX Unplugged, Late Night Linux, Destination Linux, Linux User Space, and More
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  18. today's howtos
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  19. Android Leftovers
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  20. Gnoppix KDE 25.10 Launches with Debian Trixie Base
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  25. Arti 1.6.0 released: Circuit padding, side-channel attack mitigations, OpenTelemetry, and more.
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  28. Here’s How I Batch Install All My Old Apps When Switching Linux Distros
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  29. Today in Techrights
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