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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 31, 2026

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  12. It seems like every new Linux user goes through a phase of "distro-hopping," or constantly switching Linux distros
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  14. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
    This is free and open source software
  15. OpenBosniana OS – Debian-based Linux distribution
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  16. End of First Quarter [original]
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  17. Coreboot 26.03 Open-Source Firmware Adds Full Support for Intel PantherLake SoCs
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  18. 4MLinux 51.0 Released with Improved Support for ZX Spectrum and Atari Music
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  19. Leftovers Regarding GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems
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  20. GNOME Desktop/GTK: "Cambalache’s First Major Milestone!" (1.0) and Thibault Martin on Blogs
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  21. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, Wikipedia, and Standards
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  22. Programming Leftovers
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  23. Games: New Steam Games and Williams Sinistar Arcade Documentary
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  25. Valnet on Command Line Piping and tmux
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  26. Android Leftovers
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  27. Get the best of LibreOffice Calc with the Calc Guide 26.2
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  29. Ubuntu was my first distro—here's why we went our separate ways
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  30. Free and Open Source Software
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  31. Debian Pixel – remix of the Raspberry Pi Foundation PIXEL
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  32. Review: NetBSD jails
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  33. New Releases of Parted Magic and ExLight
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  34. today's howtos
    Instructionals/Technical posts
  35. GNOME 51 “A Coruña” Desktop Environment Scheduled for September 16th, 2026
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  37. Today in Techrights
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  38. How Third-Party Funding and 'Former' Microsoft Staff Spent About a Million Dollars Lawyering Up Against Us [original]
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