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  7. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
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  8. Open Hardware and Raspberry Pi Projects
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  9. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  10. This Week in Rust and Microsoft GitHub Users "Announcing Rust 1.93.0"
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  11. Mozilla, Firefox, and Misconceptions
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  12. Free, Libre Software Events: GNU Guix and LibreOffice at FOSDEM, Microsoft Lobbying Group 'Open Source' Initiative (OSI) Says Where It'll Go
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  13. Security Leftovers
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  14. GNU Guix 1.5 Released with KDE Plasma 6.5, GNU Linux-Libre 6.17 Kernel
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  15. Microsoft TCO and Windows Causing Chaos
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  16. GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers
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  17. today's howtos
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  18. KDE: Skrooge 26.1.20 and Tellico 4.1.5 Released
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  19. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  20. Red Hat Leftovers (and less about slop than usual)
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  21. Programming Leftovers
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  22. Feeding 'Problem' Solved [original]
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  23. Free/Libre Software And Our Freedom, Richard Stallman's Talk About 7 Hours From Now (Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, Room 100, Atlanta, GA) [original]
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  24. This new Debian edition doesn't use Linux
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  25. Linux 7.0 finally retires a standard it supported for over 20 years
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  26. Last Week of January [original]
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  27. This glorious-looking Linux distro left me awestruck - see what it's all about
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  28. Free and Open Source Software
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  29. This Could be the Best Graphics Editor for Linux Users (Yes, it is Open Source)
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  30. GNU/Linux Seen as Rising Sharply in Mayotte This Year [original]
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