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Advancing Open-Source Support for MediaTek’s Genio IoT Platforms with Collabora

MediaTek is advancing its IoT Edge AI capabilities by expanding upstream support for its Genio platforms. Building on the success of the MediaTek Kompanio Chromebook project, this new initiative brings the focus to MediaTek’s Genio Evaluation Kits, which are being integrated into Collabora’s Linux development ecosystem.

Clipper HAT Mini Brings 4G LTE Connectivity to Raspberry Pi, Includes Free 100MB SIM Card

Pimoroni’s new Clipper HAT Mini brings 4G LTE connectivity to the Raspberry Pi, enabling projects to operate where Wi-Fi is limited or unavailable. Designed for remote applications, it supports reliable data transmission for outdoor sensors, mobile setups, and monitoring systems.

System76 Meerkat MiniPC with 13th Gen Intel Processors and M.2 2280 Slot

The Meerkat mini-desktop is a compact, versatile solution for professional and personal use, supporting multitasking on up to four displays with seamless media, email, and web browsing on Pop!_OS or Ubuntu.

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How To Change File Associations on Kubuntu

This article will help you configure file association on Kubuntu. File association, also known as "Open With", is the configuration that determines what application opens what file type, such as PDF should be opened with PDF reader, MP3 should be opened by MP3 player and so on. Every system has its own file associations. When you have many applications and choices, you might need to change such association so your favorite file type can be opened by default with your favorite application. We will show you it is easy to do on Kubuntu 22.04 "Jammy Jellyfish". Now let's start it out!

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LibreOffice 24.8.3 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 88 Bug Fixes

LibreOffice 24.8.3 is here one and a half months after the LibreOffice 24.8.2 release to address more of those pesky bugs, crashes, and other annoyances reported by users, thus improving its overall stability and reliability of the open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 Released with Sudo System Role and Podman 5.0

Highlights of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5 include several new system roles, including a new role for sudo to automate the configuration of sudo at scale, Red Hat Satellite 6.16 with support for installing the Satellite Server and capsules on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 systems, and new file management capabilities in Web Console for performing routine file management tasks without using the command line.

Fedora 42 to Port the Anaconda Installer to Wayland, Default to Anaconda WebUI

The Anaconda WebUI installer was initially planned for the Fedora Linux 39 release, but it was delayed as it needed more work. Now, the Fedora Project aims to ship it with next year’s Fedora Linux 42 release as the default installer for the flagship Fedora Workstation edition featuring the GNOME desktop environment.

Valve Releases Steam Client Update to Further Improve Native Linux Gaming

The last Steam Client update brought a bunch of changes to improve Linux gaming for native titles by implementing support for executing native Linux game titles in the Steam for Linux runtime 1.0 (scout) by default rather than of the legacy runtime environment. The new Steam Client update fixes an issue where native Linux titles could occasionally run in the wrong runtime.

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New Release: Tor Browser 14.0.2

This version fixes a tor crash bug on macOS when attempting to visit onion sites with PoW protections enabled (tor-browser#43245)

Internet Society

No Power = No 1s and 0s. Internet Resilience Requires Electrical Resilience

Last week, Cuba lost all Internet connectivity when Hurricane Rafael struck the nation and caused a failure in its power infrastructure. This was only a few weeks after the shutdown of a major power generation plant caused a nationwide power outage and a loss of all Internet connectivity. In late October, the Caribbean island of Guadalupe dropped off the Internet as striking workers took over and shut down the island’s main power plant.

Ubuntu 22.10 Review: The Kinetic Computing

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 09, 2022

This is our review of the new Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu released last October this year. Canonical Ubuntu is a world-class enterprise-ready computer operating system and 22.10 is the latest version coming with regular nine-month support from Canonical. It extends and improves the previous versions with a new level of stability per technology. We confirm that we really enjoy computing Kinetically, with this Kudu system. We hope you will enjoy this review and enjoy Kinetic too!

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