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My wife has been in the same Scottish Country Dancing group for many years, and back in 2005 she began keeping a record of the dances done at each meeting. She lists a fair bit of information in her "dances done" spreadsheet (screenshot below). She recently asked me "Would it be…

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Fwupd 2.0.10 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for Lenovo Legion Touchpad

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Rocky Linux 10 Adds Official RISC-V Support

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