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1. End of 10: A Windows 10 to Linux Upcycling Campaign

   The community manager of the KDE Eco project outlines the harms associated with software-driven hardware obsolescence, and shows how GNU/Linux is the solution.

2. STEAM Is Better Than STEM – Making Tech Education More Accessible Through Art (2023)

   A good example of how art, science, and technology can converge to create something wonderful.

3. Playing Doom on a John Deere (And Why It Matters)

   Security researcher Sick Codes reaches a milestone in helping to liberate a critical piece of agriculture infrastructure.

4. EU Ecodesign: 38 Organizations Demand the Right to Access and Reuse Hardware

   A strong push in Europe for hardware and software freedom.

5. Right to Repair

   An update on why the right to repair is crucial, the legislative efforts to defend and expand this right, and the latest news from the right to repair movement.

6. Building the Linux Vendor Firmware Service: Forcing Hardware Vendors to Care About Linux Users

   The creator of the Linux Vendor Firmware Service describes the obstacles that he surmounted while building this crucial ecosystem.

7. Cadmium Is a Linux Distribution to Liberate ARM Chromebooks

   Select ARM Chromebooks may now have a new option for a true GNU/Linux experience.

8. The State of Open Source Hardware in 2021

   A new report summarizes the exciting developments in open source hardware.

9. René Rebe Patches the Linux Kernel for "World's First" Look at a Radeon RX 6700XT on a RISC-V PC

   Another substantive step towards a truly open general purpose computing platform.

10. PinePhone Review: An Imperfect Device With a Must-Watch Ecosystem

    A balanced review of the PinePhone and its effect on the mobile GNU/Linux ecosystem.