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• Events/Dojo/FOSDEM2021 - CentOS Wiki)
• CentOS Dojo 2021: Board of Directors - YouTube)
• Ubuntu Backports a Major App Update to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS) — Ubuntu 20.04 LTS shipped with Thunderbird 68.x but this version is no longer supported upstream. This leaves Ubuntu developers will a problem: backport individual security fixes to Thunderbird 68, or port the newer (and still-supported) Thunderbird 78 to LTS users?
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• Our first release of 2021 has arrived – EndeavourOS)
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