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DietPi 10.6 Released with Support for Orange Pi 4 Pro and Orange Pi Zero 3W

Coming almost two months after DietPi 10.5, the DietPi 10.6 release introduces support for Orange Pi 4 Pro and Orange Pi Zero 3W single-board computers with Allwinner A733 SoCs, as well as support for ODROID-M1, ODROID-M1S, and ODROID-M2 single-board computers with Rockchip RK3568/RK3566/RK3588 SoCs.

New Debian 13 Kernel Security Update Fixes “Zapscape” and “SCTPhantom”

The new Debian 13 “Trixie” kernel update addresses a total of 28 flaws, a smaller number compared to the 68 vulnerabilities patched in last week’s kernel security update. These new Linux kernel vulnerabilities may lead to privilege escalation, denial of service, or information leaks.

Calibre 9.13 E-Book Manager Improves PDF Output, Content Server, and More

Coming a week after Calibre 9.12, the Calibre 9.13 release only fixes bugs, including a regression in the PDF output from the Calibre 9 series that caused links in PDF files to scroll to a target location minus the top margin, which ended up being a few lines above the target.

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How One Alum Helped Build a Community of Internet Leaders

When Amged B. Shwehdy attended his first global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in 2019, he expected to learn from the discussions shaping the future of the Internet. Instead, the experience revealed how little Libya was represented in those conversations.

LINMOB.net - Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (46/2022): A Ubuntu Touch Q-A and progress with mainlining MediaTek phones

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 21, 2022

Also: Proper Matrix support landing in Chatty, Neochat getting E2EE and a lot more.

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