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  8. Next Linux Kernel Plans and Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC)
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  10. IBM Red Hat Hyping Up Slop, "Extended Life Cycle"
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  11. today's howtos
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  13. OpenSSL 3.6.2 Is Now Available for Download with Important Security Fixes
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  14. "Linux Still Adding Support for Sega Dreamcast’s GD-ROM from the '90s" But Removing i486 Support
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  15. KDE Plasma 6.6.4 Is Out to Reduce CPU and GPU Load for Full-Screen Windows
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  16. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS vs. macOS 26 Tahoe: The Free OS That Rivals a Premium Experience
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  17. IBM's Reckless Promotion of Slop, Flatpak "Won"
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  18. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, GNU/Linux Phones
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  19. Valnet's Coverage of Proxmox Hacking
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  20. Tackling Bloat in Ubuntu and Why Next Ubuntu LTS Has Weaknesses
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  21. Games: Steam Deck, SteamOS, and Dumping Windows for GNU/Linux
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  22. Distributions and Operating Systems: A "next generation of Linux distros" and CachyOS Considered
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  23. Applications: Top Free/Libre Programs, System Profiling, and DaVinci Resolve
    software leftovers
  24. today's howtos
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  25. Programming Leftovers
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  29. Ventoy celebrates its 6th birthday by fixing a nasty immutable Linux bug
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