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    Updates:

    1. Epic Games Store Will Support Linux "Soon"
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      as expected

    New:

    1. Today in Techrights
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    2. Mozilla Firefox 155 Enters Public Beta Testing, Here’s What to Expect
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    4. VirtualBox 7.2.16 Improves Shared Clipboard in Wayland, Adds FRED Support
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    6. Thunderbird 154 Open-Source Email Client Introduces an Optional System Tray Mode
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    7. GNU/Linux Leftovers
      BSD also
    8. Open Hardware/Modding: Radxa, Raspberry Pi, and More
      Hardware news
    9. Debian Deciding Whether to Ban Slop Plagiarism in Debian Development
      some takes from Debian Developers
    10. IBM Looks for Unpaid Testers, Sells Slop Plagiarism in redhat.com
      latest from Red Hat (IBM)
    11. VRAM Management in Linux 7.3 and 'DRM' in Linux 7.2
      kernel picks
    12. Looking Beyond Tmux and Screen, Best Software for GNU/Linux (Based on One Person's Experience)
      a pair of articles
    13. today's howtos
      Instructionals/Technical picks
    14. Free Software and Openwashing Leftovers
      mostly FOSS picks
    15. Web and Net Leftovers
      FTP and more
    16. GNU Project: GNU poke 5.0 released
      original and LWN
    17. Programming Leftovers
      Development related picks
    18. Security Leftovers
      Security incidents, patches, more
    19. These Are The 5 Most Popular Linux Distros In 2026
      when it comes to a Linux distro, everyone chooses one (especially their first one) for a variety of reasons
    20. Ubuntu’s App Center Issues, Canonical Helps Microsoft's User Retention in Windows
      a losing game
    21. Proprietary Software is About Marketing and Perception, They Don't Really Value Quality or Try to Truly (Genuinely) Serve Users [original]
      short new message
    22. Games: Orc Incremental, Quake Shareware, Sally Face 2, and More
      mostly from GamingOnLinux
    23. What Clownflare Says About Yemen's Adoption of GNU/Linux on Laptops/Desktops [original]
      Last month the media began paying attention to this global trend
    24. Android Leftovers
      Google rolling out Android 17 QPR1 Beta 9 for Pixel
    25. Wordbook is a modern offline dictionary for GNOME
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    26. Nebula Linux – Arch-based rolling release Linux distribution
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    27. "Linux" Isn't Turning 35 Next Week [original]
      What many people call "Linux" started in the 1980s
    28. Free and Open Source Software, howtos and Installations
      This is free and open source software
    29. Today in Techrights
      Some of the latest articles

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