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  5. Sharing, Standards, and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software
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  6. Perl Programming Leftovers
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  7. Education and Events: Frankfurt Area FreeBSD Hackathon, Python Projects for Raspberry Pi, Postgres Hacking Workshop, and Ubuntu Summit
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  8. EU Seeking More Software Freedom / Digital Sovereignty
    EU reckoning
  9. Devices and Modder-Friendly Hardware: Pimoroni, Arduino, and More
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  10. Red Hat on OpenShift, Bugs, Slop, and More
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  11. Vulnerabilities in X.Org X server and Xwayland, EasyOS Adopts Xlibre
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  12. today's howtos
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  18. IBM/Microsoft Pushing systemd Even Harder, Microsoft Front Group (So-calleda new European consortium for a digital Europe"
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  19. Programming Leftovers
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  20. Giada 1.4.2 Open-Source Loop Machine Makes Working with Scenes Smoother
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  21. T2 Linux 26.6 Brings Linux 7.0, Refined KDE Plasma Desktop with Flatpak Support
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  23. Why Ubuntu won when every other "easy" Linux distro failed
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  25. Windows Down to New Lows in Australia [original]
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