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MYIR Introduces Low-Cost SoM Powered by Allwinner T536 Processor

MYIR has introduced the MYC-LT536 SoM, powered by the Allwinner T536 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor, and designed for industrial and IoT applications. It is also supported by a compatible development board featuring dual GbE ports, NVMe PCIe support, and wireless connectivity.

DietPi August 2024 News (Version 9.7)

The December 23, 2024 release of DietPi v9.9 introduces several enhancements, new images for additional devices, and a range of bug fixes. This update improves support for single-board computers from Orange Pi and FriendlyELEC, enhances software tools, and addresses critical issues reported by the community.

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Mixxx 2.5 Open-Source DJ App Released with Qt 6 Port, Improved Controller Support

Coming just a month after Mixxx 2.4.2, which was the last update in the 2.4 series, Mixxx 2.5 is here to port the application to the latest Qt 6 open-source application framework to provide users with a more modern and stylish graphical user interface, improved performance, and enhanced compatibility on modern systems.

4MLinux 47.0 Released with Installation Support for Virtual (KVM) Block Devices

4MLinux 47.0 is here almost four months after 4MLinux 46.0 with support for installing the distro on virtual KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) block devices (e.g. /dev/vda1, /dev/vda2, etc.), as well as support for hundreds of old image formats via RECOIL (Retro Computer Image Library) with its GIMP plugin.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 16, 2023

Modern Slavery & Debian Open Source

This is analogous to what we see in Debian and other large free software organizations, where the threat of public humiliations, in place of dismissal, has become a common way to exercise some form of coercive control over individual volunteers.
[...] If we consent to work in exchange for recognition and if that recognition is deliberately and maliciously stolen from us then it is a worse outcome than if we were simply forced to work while being tied up in chains.
Khochu Zhit

Our project currently supports Trisquel GNU/Linux 10 (nabia) & 11 (aramo), PureOS 10 (byzantium), Gnuinos chimaera, Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) & 22.04 (jammy), Debian 10 (buster) & 11 (bullseye), and Devuan GNU+Linux 4.0 (chimaera). Others can be supported to, please open an issue about it, although my focus is on FSDG-compliant distributions and their upstreams.
ESP Terminal is equipped with 3.5” Capacitive Touch display and 2MP camera

The ESP Terminal from Elecrow is a handheld device based on the ESP32-S3-WROOM Wi-Fi + Bluetooth LE microcontroller. The compact device includes multiple terminal connectors for sensors and LiPo battery support.
Linux Around The World: USA – Hawaii

We cover user groups that are running in the US state of Hawaii. This article forms part of our Linux Around The World series.

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Serpent OS Enters Alpha with GNOME and COSMIC Spins, Powered by Linux 6.12 LTS: Ikey Doherty released today the long-anticipated alpha version of his new independent Linux distro, Serpent OS, which features some of the latest and greatest technologies and applications.
Ruby 3.4.0 Released: "We are pleased to announce the release of Ruby 3.4.0"
Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux and Linux Matters: Two new episodes
OpenShot 3.3 Open-Source Video Editor Is Now Available, Here’s What’s New: OpenShot creator Jonathan Thomas announced today the release and general availability of OpenShot 3.3 as a major update to this open-source, cross-platform, and free video editing software.
4MLinux 47.0 Released with Installation Support for Virtual (KVM) Block Devices: 4MLinux developer Zbigniew Konojacki announced today the release and general availability of 4MLinux 47.0 as the latest stable version of this mini Linux distribution featuring the lightweight JWM window manager.
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MYIR Introduces Low-Cost SoM Powered by Allwinner T536 Processor: On the software side, MYIR indicates that the MYC-LT536 SoM supports Linux and includes source code for its bootloader
DietPi August 2024 News (Version 9.7): The December 23, 2024 release of DietPi v9.9 introduces several enhancements
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Open Hardware Leftovers: Open Hardware and some gadgets
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Regolith Linux Is a Great Introduction To Tiling Window Managers: Modern GNU/Linux distribution
Mixxx 2.5.0 Released! It Now Runs in iOS & Web Browser: Mixxx, the free and open-source DJ software, released new major 2.5.0 version today
Mixxx 2.5 Open-Source DJ App Released with Qt 6 Port, Improved Controller Support: Mixxx 2.5 has been released as a nice Christmas gift for those who want to use one of the best open-source, free, and cross-platform virtual DJ software for performing live mixes.
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Security Leftovers: mostly CISA
Perl, Kubuntu, and Mobile GNU/Linux: today's leftovers
T2 SDE release version 24.12: The release contains a total of 2158 changesets, including approximately 3280 package updates, 200 fixed issues, 206 packages or features added and 37 removed and around 20 improvements
Welcome /e/OS 2.6.3: We’re thrilled to introduce /e/OS 2.6.3, the latest version of our privacy-first operating system!
NethSecurity project milestone 8.4 (NethSecurity 8.4 is Out: We are excited to announce the release of NethSecurity project milestone 8.4 with image version 8-23.05.5-ns.1.4.1
Fedora Chooses Forgejo!: The Fedora Council is pleased to announce that we have chosen Forgejo as the replacement for our git forge
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siduction Linux 2024.1.0 Released with Xfce 4.20, KDE Plasma 6.2, and LXQt 2.1: siduction 2024.1.0 has been released today as a major update to this Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution featuring some of the latest and greatest technologies and desktop environments.
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CachyOS Now Uses AutoFDO Kernel as Default Across All Supported Architectures: Today, the development team behind the Arch Linux-based CachyOS distribution released a new ISO snapshot for December 2024 with various improvements, updated components, a new default kernel, and other changes.
Parabolic – tool to download web video and audio: It’s free and open source software
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Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.8 Is One of the First Distros to Ship with Xfce 4.20: Slackware-based PorteuX 1.8 is out today as what appears to be the very first GNU/Linux distribution to ship with the recently released Xfce 4.20 desktop environment.
today's leftovers: FOSS and standards
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today's leftovers: mostly security related
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