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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 28th, 2025

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This Week in GNOME #67 File Descriptors and Scopes

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 28, 2022

Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from October 21 to October 28.

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