Tux Machines
Do you waddle the waddle?
Do you waddle the waddle?
The August 2025 release of DietPi v9.16 introduces full support for Debian 13 “Trixie,” initial support for Debian 14 “Forky,” and a wide set of software and system enhancements. Released on August 23rd, this update also includes optimizations to DietPi tools, additional RISC-V support, and numerous bug fixes.
The main FPGA used on the board is the GW1N-UV1P5QN48XF from GOWIN’s LittleBee series. It features 1584 logic units, 96 kilobits of block SRAM, and 256 kilobits of on-chip flash memory. The device includes two PLLs and six I/O banks, offering a total of 125 general-purpose I/O pins.
The Karbon 521 supports Intel Core Ultra 5 and Ultra 7 processors (Meteor Lake, Series 1) with TDP ratings of 28 W. Graphics output is handled by Intel Arc, supporting up to four simultaneous displays via DisplayPort 2.1 and Thunderbolt 4.
AAEON has released the MIX-MTLD1, a Mini-ITX motherboard featuring Intel Core Ultra processors, Intel Arc graphics, and an on-chip AI Boost NPU. Built on Intel’s multi-pillar die architecture, the design combines CPU, GPU, and NPU resources to accelerate inference workloads and expand deployment potential across AI-driven and edge applications.
DongshanPi has shared early details about an upcoming SBC designed for AI and computer vision education. Based on the Rockchip RK3576, the DshanPi-A1 supports OpenCV and multimedia workloads through a software stack built around ArmbianOS (community-supported) and Rockchip’s media and inference libraries.
Arti 1.5.0 continues development on important client features, including Counter Galois Onion encryption, Conflux, flow control and congestion control, and onion service proof of work. It also includes significant backend work for Arti relay support.
DXVK 2.7.1 is here almost two months after the major DXVK 2.7 release as a maintenance update that improves support for several video games, including Dead Space 2, DCS (Digital Combat Simulator) World, AquaNox 2: Revelation, Alone in the Dark, Comanche 4, Crysis 3, and Dungeon Siege 2.
LibreOffice 25.8.1 is here only 9 days after the release of LibreOffice 25.8 and it contains fixes for various bugs, crashes, and other issues reported by users. In particular, it fixes a crash related to the NotebookBar UI option and several bugs related to opening documents in the MS Office proprietary format.
Armbian 25.8 is here about three months after Armbian 25.5 and introduces support for the latest and greatest Linux 6.16 kernel series, as well as support for new ARM boards, including the Mekotronics R58 HD, NanoPi R3S LTS, Radxa Cubie A5E, Orange Pi 5 Pro, Banana Pi R4, CAINIAO CNIoT-CORE, and KickPi K2B.
Coming about five weeks after fwupd 2.0.13, the fwupd 2.0.14 release adds support for updating the firmware on more hardware, including the SteelSeries Arctis Nova 3P gaming headset, ILITEK touch controllers, Framework QMK devices, and Egis MoC devices.
Coming one and a half months after Wireshark 4.4.8, this release updates the support for several network protocols, including BACapp, LIN (Local Interconnect Network), MySQL, RDM (Remote Device Management), SABP (Service Area Broadcast Protocol), SCCP (Signalling Connection Control Part), sFlow (Sampled Flow), and SSH (Secure Shell).
OBS Studio 32.0 promises several new features, including Voice Activity Detection (VAD) for NVIDIA RTX Audio Effects, which improves noise suppression for speech, Hybrid MOV support, a basic plugin manager, and chair removal option for NVIDIA RTX Background Removal, allowing the removal of chairs.
Meet KDE Initial System Setup (or KISS for short), an initial system setup wizard mainly designed for OEM installation when you buy a laptop that ships with the KDE Plasma desktop environment. KISS will appear only after a new OEM system installation or when starting up a brand-new computer.