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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 30, 2025

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  14. Mozilla: Firefox Containers and the Deranged, User-Hostile Hey Hi (AI) Agenda at Mozilla
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  15. Devices, Open Hardware, and Linux on Phones
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  16. Christian Hergert on Libdex Futures from asyncio and Allan Day's (IBM) GNOME Foundation Report
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    Today, 4MLinux developer Zbigniew Konojacki announced the release and general availability of 4MLinux 50.0 as the latest stable version of this minimalist and independent Linux distro featuring the lightweight JWM window manager.
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  25. EndeavourOS Ganymede Rolls Out with KDE Plasma 6.5 and Linux Kernel 6.17
    The EndeavourOS team announced today the release and general availability of EndeavourOS Ganymede as the latest stable snapshot of this Arch Linux-based distro featuring the KDE Plasma desktop environment.
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  27. Whonix 18.0 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released
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