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1. Recovering Our Lost Free Will Online: Tools and Techniques That Are Available Now

   A guide for how people can empower themselves with free software.

2. Modifying Process Priorities With Nice and Renice

   Learn how to modify process priorities on your GNU/Linux system.

3. Ditching Excel for Python – Lessons Learned From a Legacy Industry (2020)

   A reinsurance analyst documents their transition from Excel to Python.

4. Move Over, ARM: BeagleV Is a $150 RISC-V Computer Designed to Run Linux

   Seeed Studios and BeagleBoard produce an affordable RISC-V system designed to run GNU/Linux.

5. GNU/Linux Tools for Manipulating Text

   Learn about the many GNU/Linux tools for filtering and changing text.

6. Five Ways to Make AI a Greater Force for Good in 2021

   An outline of how to make AI research have a more positive impact on society in the new year.

7. Doxxing: Tips to Protect Yourself Online & How to Minimize Harm

   The EFF provides advice on how to minimize harm from doxxing.

8. GNU/Linux System Information and Configuration

   Learn how to gather information about a GNU/Linux system and configure its components.

9. Adding Encrypted Group Calls to Signal

   Signal rolls out group calls to their secure, privacy-focused messaging app.

10. Design, Activism, and Fixing the World: Three Authors Talk With iFixit

    The authors of three new books chat with iFixit on the importance of repair.