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  16. Android Leftovers
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  17. Free and Open Source Software
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  19. MetaComputing Launches 45-TOPS Arm Linux-Ready PC Powered by CIX CP8180
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  22. Linux Weekly News (LWN) on Kernel and Homebrew
    LWN without the paywall today
  23. Fedora / RHEL / IBM: Red Hat's Hummingbird, Oracle Rebrands Products as "AI Database" for Linux, and Fedora Flatpaks Discussed
    Some IBM centric stuff
  24. Debian debates amending architecture support stratagem and current state of Linux architecture support
    A pair of articles from LWN
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    898 /n/2025/11/29/GNU_Linux_Now_Exceeds_11_of_Desktops_Laptops_Market_Says_ZDNet_.shtml
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