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  2. Openwashing and Linux Foundation (LF) SPAM About Slop (Mislabeled as "AI"), Sponsored by Microsoft
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  3. Security Leftovers
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  4. Recent Shows and Videos About GNU/Linux
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  5. Why I'm Not Suing Anthropic
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  6. Desktop Environments (DE): Windows Copycats and GNOME
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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
    FOSS news
  10. This Week in Rust and Microsoft GitHub Users "Announcing Rust 1.93.0"
    Updates on Rust
  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
    Security patches and more
  14. GNU Guix 1.5 Released with KDE Plasma 6.5, GNU Linux-Libre 6.17 Kernel
    Noé Lopez released GNU Guix 1.5 today as the latest stable version of this advanced distribution of this GNU system that respects user freedom and transactional package manager for other GNU/Linux distributions.
  15. Microsoft TCO and Windows Causing Chaos
    mostly security incidents
  16. GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers
    mostly GNU/Linux
  17. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  18. KDE: Skrooge 26.1.20 and Tellico 4.1.5 Released
    two new releases
  19. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and More
    Hardware leftovers
  20. Red Hat Leftovers (and less about slop than usual)
    only a little
  21. Programming Leftovers
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  22. Feeding 'Problem' Solved [original]
    Earlier this week a neighbour attempted to stop our neighbours and us from feeding birds
  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]
    over 500 people can probably attend if some people are willing to stand rather than sit down
  24. This new Debian edition doesn't use Linux
    The Debian project has just released a new snapshot of its alternative operating system
  25. Linux 7.0 finally retires a standard it supported for over 20 years
    The newest version, Linux 7.0, will remove support for HIPPI
  26. Last Week of January [original]
    The year moves along so fast!
  27. This glorious-looking Linux distro left me awestruck - see what it's all about
    Arch-based StratOS with Hyprland is about as cool as they come
  28. Free and Open Source Software
    This is free and open source software
  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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