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Global Encryption Day Summit 2026: Five Key Conversations on the Future of Digital Trust

From mapping tools and VPNs to encrypted messaging and the challenges posed by quantum computing, the Global Encryption Day Summit 2026 brought together experts and advocates from around the world to discuss why protecting encryption is essential to protecting people.

What Global Data Tells Us About the Economics of IXPs

Every day, more than 80,000 independent networks exchange traffic to keep the Internet running. They largely do this in one of two ways: by paying for IP transit to reach the rest of the Internet, or by peering directly with one another, often through an Internet exchange point (IXP).

LinuxGizmos.com

Panther Lake Linux-ready SBC delivers 180 TOPS AI and 64GB RAM

LattePanda has announced the Sigma 2, an x86 single-board computer based on Intel’s Core Ultra X7 358H Panther Lake processor. The compact system combines up to 180 TOPS of AI performance with 64GB of LPDDR5X memory, dual 10GbE networking, and multiple expansion interfaces for local AI inference, robotics, and embedded computing applications.

Linux-based industrial Pi controller supports stackable I/O modules

Synergy Logic has launched the SLM-RP4, a UL-listed industrial edge controller based on the Raspberry Pi 4 platform. The DIN rail-mounted system integrates OpenPLC support and accommodates up to eight stackable I/O modules, providing a maximum of 128 I/O points for industrial automation, data acquisition, and IIoT applications.

schestowitz.com

Lying to King’s Bench Division (KBD) of the High Court is a Costly Mistake of Brett Wilson LLP and Its Clients

Lies become harder to sustain over time (more contradictions become evident)

Three Years of Uptime on Laptop

Nothing lasts forever

Manchester City Played Well, But Winning Streak (in PL) Ends

Performance was good. That matters too.

Manchester City Council Customer Service Issues – Part IV – Cautious Hope for a Better Future

I will try again next month

The Web is Dead (Bot Net), So Royal Mail Cannot Do Parcel Tracking

Attempted on 3 computers, 3 browsers, same outcome:

Malaysian Trumpet Snails (MTS) in Winter

“The males are rare, making up for 10 to 33% of population.”

Manchester City Council Customer Service Issues – Part III – Understaffed Line, Not Even Queue (They Keep Saying Phone Back Later)

I tried several times

Manchester City Council Customer Service Issues – Part II – No More Complaints by Paper, Only Digital and Without Tracking of Reports

Deterioration of service

Getting Back the Missing Hour

After we ‘lost’ it in March

Signal-to-Noise Ratio Improved

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9to5Linux

Transmission 4.1.4 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with Various Fixes

Coming almost four months after Transmission 4.1.3, which was a small update fixing a CORS bug that leaked the anti-CSRF nonce, a use-after-free bug in peer code, and a build error when compiling with fmt 12.2.0, the Transmission 4.1.4 release hardens the torrent-add RPC method against malformed requests.

OBS Studio 33 Officially Released with Many New Features and Improvements

Highlights of OBS Studio 33 include support for the newest NVIDIA Broadcast SDKs for NVIDIA Audio Effects and Video Effects, a check for encoders being missing when loading a profile, hotkeys for controlling audio monitoring of a source, and NVENC (NVIDIA Encoder) support on AArch64 (ARM64).

Fwupd 2.1.9 Linux Firmware Updater Released with New Features

Coming a month after fwupd 2.1.8, the fwupd 2.1.9 release introduces support for Pixart PID 38CA devices, an instance ID for each Redfish HPE device class and target pair, and the ability to include whether the machine is a container or hypervisor in the report data.

OpenSSL 4.1 Released with Support for DTLS 1.3, IKEV2 KDF, and GREASE

Highlights of OpenSSL 4.1 include support for the DTLS (Datagram Transport Layer Security) 1.3 protocol, support for the GREASE (Generate Random Extensions And Sustain Extensibility) mechanism to prevent extensibility failures in the TLS ecosystem, support for the IKEV2 KDF cryptographic mechanism, and initial support for the Elbrus2000 (e2k) architecture.

Calibre 9.17 E-Book Manager Adds JPEG XL Support and Performance Improvements

Coming two weeks after Calibre 9.16, the Calibre 9.17 release improves e-book cover conversion with support for reading images in the JPEG XL format and support for CSS Level 4 selectors, and improves compression of the MOBI/AZW3/PDB Output to make conversion to these formats faster.

Shelly 3.1.9 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AUR Support

Shelly is a modern alternative to Arch Linux’s default package manager, supporting third-party app stores like AUR (Arch User Repository) and Flathub, as well as Flatpak, AppImage, and native Arch Linux packages. Shelly comes with both graphical and command-line interfaces.

openSUSE Releases Agama 25 Installer with Web-Based Terminal, Exit Option

While openSUSE continues to work on adopting Agama as the default installer for Tumbleweed, they updated the web-based installer with a web-based terminal so you can access the shell without leaving the browser, as well as an option to exit the installation at any time before the installation starts if you change your mind.

PipeWire 1.6.10 Is Out to Improve JACK, Bluetooth, Pulse Server, and ALSA Plugin

Coming a little over a month after PipeWire 1.6.9, the PipeWire 1.6.10 release fixes a potential crash in the X11 module because error handlers can be called twice, fixes a regression in the PSD rear delay upmixing code, and adds support for more output formats by letting sndfile choose the byte order.

DietPi 10.8 Released with New Tool to Manage WireGuard Servers and Clients

DietPi is an ultra-lightweight, highly optimized Linux distribution based on Debian. It is designed specifically to extract maximum performance out of single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Orange Pi, as well as older PCs and virtual machines.

Latest Steam Client Update Improves Support for Vulkan Games on Linux

The new Steam Client update fixes an issue on Linux where Vulkan games would hang after using Alt+Tab, address a case where the Steam updater UI would fail to show for some Linux users, fix a memory leak on Remote Play when using the NVENC encoder to stream H.264 using unlimited bandwidth from Windows PCs.

Tor Project blog

New Release: Tails 7.15.1

Follow our installation instructions.

COSMIC DE: First Spring Update! (UPDATED)

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 08, 2023,
updated Apr 08, 2023

Ahh, spring. Sun is shining, birds are chirping, and COSMIC is blossoming into a beautiful desktop environment prototype. Carl (System76 CEO) is thoroughly enjoying daily driving it at work: “There’s nothing quite the same as feeling the design by using it daily.” It’s not quite ready yet for you or me, but Carl feels it’s close to being ready for the design team to use daily. For now, completed software pieces are being used alongside temporary engineering workarounds. Once those workarounds have been replaced by designed, implemented, and user-tested software, we’ll have an alpha release to play around in.

That part is further away…but it’s exciting! Each month, more and more pieces are coming together for Pop!_OS’s new desktop environment. Read on to see what was added in March.

Read on

UPDATE

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