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with focus on GNU/Linux
GNU and FSF / Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty

Free software leftovers
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Qt/KDE stuff
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Development news
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Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications: GrapheneOS, GNU/Linux Terminal in Android, and Apple Gimmicks

3 stories for now
Fedora 44 New Release Date, Red Hat Pushing Slop, and Back Doors, and Microsoft (IBM Works for Microsoft)

really bad trajectory
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Instructionals/Technical picks
Games: GNU/Linux on the Odin 2 Mini, MangoHud 0.8.3, and More

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If CachyOS is not your thing, there is no shortage of great alternatives
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Linux Mint is a great place to start—but at some point, it stops being enough
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Duff Linux – opinionated distro based on Void

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This Week in Plasma: fanciness in Discover and more power efficiency

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