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(Updated) LILYGO T-Embed CC1101: Enabling Sub-GHz and NFC/RFID Communication

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XpressReal T3 Compact SBC with Realtek RTD1619B Runs Chromium OS Variant

The XpressReal T3 is the first single board computer in the XpressReal product family, developed in collaboration with Fyde Innovations, Radxa, and Realtek. This compact, open-source, and hackable SBC is built around the Realtek RTD1619B SoC and supports operating systems such as openFyde, custom Linux distributions, and Android.

VisionFive 2 Lite with 2GB RAM Starts at $19.9

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Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” Is Available for Public Beta Testing, Download Now

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Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.17 Release Candidate

Two weeks have passed since the release of Linux kernel 6.16, which means that Linux 6.17’s merge window is now closed, and the time has come to test drive the Release Candidate (RC) development versions, which will be published every Sunday until the final release in about two months from today.

wayland-protocols 1.30

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 22, 2022

wayland-protocols 1.30 is now available.

This release introduces a new staging protocol extension aiming for letting clients communicate to compositors that they allow their content to "tear" (screen showing part old, part new content). See the protocol extension specification for details.

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