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Steam Client Now Supports HDR Streaming on Steam Deck OLED

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Maybe the Last Chance to Sunbathe

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When Your Own Government Tells You to Stockpile

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Moulting Sucks, It Makes Animals Look Unhealthy

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Slop and Scrapers Broke Stats

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Erotica Is Not Music

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No animal can eat datacentres

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Why governments worldwide are abandoning Windows for homegrown Linux alternatives

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 01, 2026

Quoting: Why governments worldwide are abandoning Windows for homegrown Linux alternatives —

How-To Geek logo Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents:

Windows is still the most popular desktop wos.While Linux may be obscure on the desktop, there are some prominent users already adopting it. Governments around the world are doing it to be independent or sometimes cut off from Western software. Here are some of the governments building their digital infrastructure around Linux.

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