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  12. Free and Open Source Software
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  13. Kader⁴² – Arch-based Linux distribution
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  14. Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Is Slated for Release on October 15th, 2026
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  15. Debian Project Leader Election 2026 Results
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  16. Firefox 150 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New
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  17. BSD, GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems
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  19. Web Browsers/Web Servers: Small Web, Wander, and SSGs
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  20. Mozilla Keeps Pushing Slop and Surveillance, Right-Wingers Change the Topic of Controversy to Pronouns
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  24. BeagleConnect, Banana Pi, DongshanPI, and More
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  25. Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged and mintCast
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  26. today's howtos
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  27. BSD and Linux Kernel Picks
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  28. LXQt 2.4 Desktop Environment Released with More Wayland Improvements
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  32. Review: Lakka 6.1
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GNU/Linux Rises to 6% in Mexico
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GNU/Linux Leaps to 8% in Asia
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SLAPP Censorship - Part 137 Out of 200: Discovering That Spending a Million British Pounds (1,348,250.01 United States Dollars) on Lawyers Cannot Take Down One's Critics
just outright bullying and criminality
Steam Survey, analytics.usa.gov, and statCounter All Point to GNU/Linux Gains (Again)
This must be very annoying to Microsoft
GNU/Linux Exceeds 6% in Spain
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Brazil: GNU/Linux Record High, 5%
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The mass layoffs will carry on, maybe labelled LITE
IBM is Circling Down the Drain, the 'Growth' Comes From Beancounting Tricks and Salary Cuts
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