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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2026

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9 11 Memorial in New York City

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    5. Wine 11.17
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    1. Today in Techrights
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    3. You Don't Need GAFAM, Use OpenStreetMap [original]
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    4. United States: GNU/Linux Still Surging as the Surveillance State Grows [original]
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    5. Programming Leftovers
      Development, licensing, and more
    6. GNU/Linux Hardware Leftovers
      GNU/Linux centric
    7. Distributions and Operating Systems: Trusting-Trust Attack, FreeBSD, Zenwalk, and Fedora
      OS picks
    8. Kodi 22 "Piers" Beta 2
      A lot of polish has come together for the features added in Beta 1
    9. PostgreSQL: PGConf India 2027, 12-Year-Old PostgreSQL Vulnerability Enables Database, Server Takeover
      a couple of picks
    10. Open Hardware/Modding: Flipper One Devices, Raspberry Pi, and More
      hardware news
    11. today's howtos
      Instructionals/Technical picks
    12. Games: Security 51, New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Builds, Gamescom, WARDOGS, and More
      gaming picks
    13. Programming Leftovers
      Development picks
    14. FSF on Social Control Media
      some coverage
    15. Freedom Fighters (Part IV): We're Doing Cybersecurity All Wrong
      "We also allowed a lethal monoculture to fester"
    16. Android Leftovers
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    17. I tried KDE's Office suite and found out why even KDE users skip it
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    18. You don’t need to code or spend money to improve KDE—here are 7 ways to help
      Open-source software is wonderful: it's free, diverse, and surprisingly accessible
    19. I discovered KDE’s hidden superpowers after installing these 3 open-source utilities
      If you've been in the Linux space for a while
    20. 7 Best Free and Open Source Climate, Weather and Earth-Science Data Analysis Tools
      Only free and open source software is eligible for inclusion
    21. GNOME Sushi gets a GTK4 revamp, new features
      Sushi, the spacebar preview utility for Nautilus file manager, has been ported to GTK4 for GNOME 51
    22. LyargoOS – opinionated Void Linux-based distribution
      The distribution is intended for users who want Void Linux’s simplicity and runit-based system without building a desktop environment from scratch
    23. openSUSE MicroOS – immutable rolling-release Linux distribution
      openSUSE MicroOS is an immutable rolling-release Linux distribution developed by the openSUSE community
    24. Planet KDE: State of the Map 2026
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    25. New Releases: Liya Linux, Abora OS, and ReactOS
      GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems
    26. In the United Kingdom, GNU/Linux Measured Around 15% Overnight [original]
      This shows many people use GNU/Linux at home, more so than "the office"
    27. Today in Techrights
      Some of the latest articles

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