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Thelio Astra Native ARM64 Platform with 128 Core Ampere Altra CPU 512GB ECC RAM and 40TB Storage

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Memory quota tracking in Arti, for Onion Service DoS resistance

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App Center - Intro to Ubuntu Software Manager

App Center (formerly Ubuntu Software and Software Center) is the program for Ubuntu users to install applications and manage them on Ubuntu computer and laptop. It is an official application of Ubuntu that makes it different to other GNU/Linux systems. We write this article as an explanation to the first item listed in our published compilation List of Ubuntu Default Applications and Their Purposes. We hope this helps everyone including you Ubuntu beginners. Now let's start sharing Free Software together once again!

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EasyOS Scarthgap and Daedalus 6.4.4 releases

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 21, 2024

Bringing both of these to the same version number. Scarthgap is the "main guy", the one I recommend if you are new to EasyOS.

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Only small changes since 6.4.3, see release notes: [...]

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