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Baobab - Intro to Ubuntu Disk Usage Analyzer Program

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Debian 12.10 “Bookworm” Released with 66 Bug Fixes and 43 Security Updates

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    It's not even clear how Microsoft makes money anymore

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  2. Crossbow murders: prevention, missed opportunities
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  3. This yt-dlp Bug Report Shows Us That the Future of YouTube is DRM and It's Time to Leave (yt-dlp Should Also Leave Microsoft GitHub, Which Censors YouTube Downloaders)
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  4. Ukraine Didn't Take Twitter/X Down, Microsoft or Windows Likely Did
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  5. The Fall of the Open Source Initiative (OSI): Worse Than What the Media Has Focused on, Losing Sight of Who Owns and Runs the OSI
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  6. Apple Seems to Have Run Out of Things to Boast About After Apple Vision Pro Failed Spectacularly
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  7. Slopwatch: Reckless FUD and Machine-Generated Spam from LinuxSecurity.com, cybersecuritynews.com, and gbhackers.com (Google Boosts LLM Slop About "Linux")
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  10. Links 11/03/2025: NASA Besieged and "DOGE Has Become What It Claimed To Destroy"
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  11. Illuminating Injustice is Critical When Reckless Microsofters and Law Firms Try to Silence Reporters of Violence Against Women
    I want to clarify that I'm well within my right (and not running afoul of any rules) by explaining what goes on here
  12. EPO Central Staff Committee: "The Strategy of the Office Lacks Transparency and Cannot be Understood"
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