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3 Days Ago Over at Tux Machines...

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 01, 2025,
updated Nov 01, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

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  2. Fedora Linux 43 is here!
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  3. Security and Windows TCO
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  4. GNU/Linux Leftovers
    KDE and more
  5. Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers
    mostly Ubuntu
  6. Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Matters and Destination Linux
    2 new episodes

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  7. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  8. Firefox Security & Privacy Newsletter, Mozilla Thunderbird Mobile Progress Report
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  9. Programming Leftovers
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  10. WordPress 6.9 Beta 2 and More CMS news
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  11. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and More
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  12. Red Hat Leftovers
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  13. Which Tool is Best to Find Text in Files and a Look at Helix
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  14. today's howtos
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  15. Ubuntu 25.04 Users Can Now Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.10, Here’s How
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  16. Games: GOG Preservation Program, Civilization VII, and More
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  17. Tor Browser 15.0 Anonymous Web Browser Is Out Based on Firefox 140 ESR Series
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  18. Google’s Brotli 1.2 Released After Two Years with Faster Compression
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  19. Android Leftovers
    Google revives floating windows on Android tablets, this time done right
  20. Distrobox 1.8.2 Brings Polished Experience, New Maintainer
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  21. Kali Linux is my favorite Linux distro to play around with
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  22. My Kid's First PC Won't Run Windows—I'll Use One of These 5 Linux Distros Instead
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  23. This is Doom, running headless, on Ubuntu Arm… on a satellite
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  24. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  25. Why choosing open source tools; yet another argument
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  26. Another Computer on 700+ Days Uptime [original]
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    Some of the latest articles
  28. today's leftovers
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