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  1. Proprietary Software in the Loo [original]
    This year our uptime was spectacular
  2. Halloweendows Next Friday [original]
    "Halloweendows" is a term I came up with around 2005 and used as a joke in Digg.com because Vista was threatening Microsoft's dominance
  3. Buying Food for Winter [original]
    more sacks of seeds for the birds, which increasingly depend on our feeding
  4. News Cycles Perish, But GNU/Linux is Getting More (Relative) Limelight [original]
    We expect that as more people adopt GNU/Linux more will blog about it
  5. Implementing Search for Tux Machines Would Help Find Old Articles [original]
    It's working (internal beta for now), but we have reservations due to LLM bots and other Web junk

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  6. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    GNU/Linux mostly
  7. Security Leftovers
    Security breaches and more
  8. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and More
    Hardware stories
  9. Release of GNUnet 0.25.2 and Free Software Directory meeting on IRC this week
    Some GNU news
  10. Programming Leftovers
    Development related picks
  11. Latest Updates on EasyOS Development
    By BK on Monday
  12. Clonezilla Live 3.3.0-33 Adds Support for Cloning MTD Block and eMMC Boot Devices
    Clonezilla Live developer Steven Shiau released Clonezilla Live 3.3.0-33 as a new version of this Debian-based, free, and open-source bootable live system for cloning disk drives and partitions.
  13. VirtualBox 7.2.4 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.18
    Oracle released today VirtualBox 7.2.4 as the second maintenance update to the latest VirtualBox 7.2 series for this open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization solution from Oracle.
  14. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux links
  15. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Web Browsers
    some FOSS leftovers
  16. Programming Leftovers
    Development related picks
  17. Databases: PostgreSQL-Related Releases and News
    psql leftovers for today
  18. Audiocasts/Shows: Late Night Linux and Linux User Space
    2 episodes
  19. Security Leftovers
    Security picks
  20. today's howtos
    only 7 for the time being
  21. Security Leftovers and Windows TCO
    4 more picks
  22. Kubernetes: Autoscaling, Minikube on Debian 13, and Common Kubernetes Pitfalls
    some Kube-related picks
  23. KDE Plasma 6.5 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New
    The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.5 as the latest stable version to this popular desktop environment for Linux-based operating system that brings new features, improvements, and bug fixes.
  24. Games: EdenSpark, Coal LLC, and More
    GamingOnLinux's latest
  25. Android Leftovers
    One of the best Android Auto dongles now plays nice with Apple CarPlay
  26. Uptime Kuma 2.0 Arrives with MariaDB Support, Modern UI Refresh
    Major Uptime Kuma 2.0 update adds MariaDB
  27. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  28. Astra SL2600 processors from Synaptics combine Arm cores and RISC-V Coral NPU
    According to the official Astra documentation, the kit includes a 15 V @ 1.8 A USB-PD power adapter, USB-C cable, and a pre-installed Yocto Linux image on eMMC storage
  29. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  30. Vista 10 Died One Week Ago and GNU/Linux is Gaining [original]
    7 days ago Vista 10 died
  31. The Real Xubuntu Story is a Story of Neglect by Microsoft Canonical [original]
    What has Microsoft Canonical become?
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Tuesday contains all the text.

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