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  1. Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt: Windows Malware Getting Blamed on "Linux"
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  2. Tails 6.1 Is Out to Mitigate the RFDS Intel CPU Vulnerabilities, Fix More Bugs
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  3. today's leftovers
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  4. Programming Leftovers
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  5. Canonical/Ubuntu Leftovers
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  6. Security Leftovers
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  7. Open Hardware: RISC-V, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi
    devices and open-ended stuff
  8. Software: Ambient Noise in Ubuntu 24.0, HNClient, UrBackup
    Some FOSS leftovers
  9. today's howtos
    today's last batch of howtos
  10. Android Leftovers
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  11. Dash to Panel Updates with GNOME 46 Support
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  12. Qubes OS 4.2.1 has been released!
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  13. The Journey of Linux’s ext2 Filesystem Comes to an End
    The 30-year-old ext2 filesystem is marked as deprecated in the upcoming Linux kernel 6.9 for lacking dates support beyond 2038
  14. Stable kernels: Linux 6.8.2, Linux 6.7.11, Linux 6.6.23, Linux 6.1.83, Linux 5.15.153, Linux 5.10.214, Linux 5.4.273, and Linux 4.19.311
    I'm announcing the release of the 6.8.2 kernel
  15. Thoughts on employing PGO and BOLT on the GNOME stack
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  16. Lingmo OS: A Lightweight and Modern Linux Distro to Challenge Deepin
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  17. Fedora 41 with Proposal to Adopt DNF5
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  18. Windows Misery (Revenue Associated With Windows is Collapsing)
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  19. Security and Windows TCO Leftovers
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  20. Ubuntu Is Still My Favorite: Top Linux Distros in 2024, Ranked
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  21. Programming Leftovers
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  22. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
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  23. New Oryx Pro Laptop gets HX-class CPU Upgrade, Available via Preorder
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  25. 10 Best Free and Open Source GUI Batch Renamers
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  26. today's howtos
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  27. Games: Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy, Veloren, and More
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  28. Achronix and Bluespec Launch Linux-Ready RISC-V Processors for Speedster7t FPGAs
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  29. Announcing Incus 0.7
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  30. Regatta OS 24 is the distribution to beat for gaming on Linux
    If you're a gamer and a Linux fan, Regatta OS is a Brazilian Linux distro that could be right up your alley
  31. Raspberry Pi Stories and Projects
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  32. Today in Techrights
    Some of the latest articles
  33. ext2 filesystem driver now marked as deprecated
    31 years after the start of its career in 1993
  34. Microsoft 'Reorg' (Problems Euphemised) and Trying to Hijacking "Linux"
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  35. Software: Atuin and More (5 Lists)
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  36. today's howtos
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  37. Security Leftovers
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    739 /n/2024/03/24/today_s_howtos.shtml
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    718 /n/2024/03/24/Security_Leftovers.shtml
    717 /n/2024/03/21/Programming_Leftovers.shtml
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