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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 28, 2024

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  1. 'LaunchLibre' and Introducing People to Software Freedom While They're Still Young
    announcement from "carmenmaris"
  2. Small Codebase is Typically Safer (More Aftermarket Snakeoil Means More Holes)
    Rust is just more code
  3. Spending Christmas Pasting Microsoft's Chatbot Garbage - Anti-Linux and Anti-BSD FUD - Into LinuxSecurity.com (Under the Guise of 'Article')
    In 2025 we need to tackle this problem

    New

  4. Happy Birthday to Linus Torvalds (55)
    he's not the "git" which bashers and haters say he is
  5. With 5 Days Left (Sans Time Extension, Which is Expected) FSF Has Already Raised 60% of the Money It Sought
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  6. Links 27/12/2024: Ongoing Demise of Real Healthcare, Gemlog Cleanup, Fingers Point to Russia After Passenger Plane Crash
    Links for the day
  7. Links 27/12/2024: Perfect Desk, Banning Cellphones, Many Cables Cut Near Finland
    Links for the day
  8. Gemini Links 27/12/2024: Slop and Self-hosting
    Links for the day
  9. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  10. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, December 26, 2024
    IRC logs for Thursday, December 26, 2024
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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