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The onion layers have peeled back, and we are thrilled to announce that the Tor community has reached its 2024 year-end fundraising campaign goal. This achievement is a direct result of the community's collective efforts and the incredible support from Power Up Privacy.
Highlights of Mesa 25.0 include Vulkan 1.4 support for the RADV (AMD), ANV (Intel), NVK (NVIDIA), Turnip (Qualcomm), Asahi (Apple), and Lavapipe (software) drivers, support for Vulkan 1.1, shaderInt16, shaderInt64, imageCubeArray, depthClamp, depthBiasClamp, drawIndirectFirstInstance, sampleRateShading, and occlusionQueryPrecise for the PanVK (Mali) driver, and initial GFX12 (RDNA4) support for the RADV driver.
KDE Plasma 6.3.1 is here to make the updates list in the Plasma Discover package manager case-insensitively sorted, restore search results for the BBC Weather provider in the weather widget, add support for the Welcome Center to remember its window size on Wayland and its position on X11 across launches.
Linux kernel 6.13 was released on January 19th, 2025, with new features like lazy preemption support, user-space shadow stack support for AArch64 (ARM64) via Guarded Control Stack (GCS), support for running Linux in protected virtual machines (a.k.a. realm) under the Arm CCA (Confidential Compute Architecture), support for 6-node sub-NUMA clustering on Intel, split-lock detection support for AMD CPUs, and much more.
Seeed Studio has expanded its XIAO MG24 and XIAO MG24 Sense development board lineup with new variants, including pre-soldered versions and 3PCS packs. These additions provide more flexibility for developers working on IoT and Matter-based projects, streamlining prototyping and small-scale production.
ADLINK Technology Inc. has introduced the OSM-MTK510, a compact and rugged computer-on-module based on the MediaTek Genio 510 platform. Designed for efficiency, the OSM-MTK510 supports AI workloads while maintaining power efficiency and long-term availability for industrial and embedded applications.
The Veda SL917, developed by Ezurio and based on the Silicon Labs SiWx917 chipset, is a low-power wireless module designed for industrial IoT applications. It provides connectivity options, including Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4, and support for Matter and IP networking, providing secure cloud connectivity and efficient power management.
There are countless Linux distributions available, a vast majority are free to download and use. Some are more appropriate for performing particular tasks than others.
For example, Ubuntu, Mint, and Elementary OS are more recommended in desktop and laptop PCs than Arch Linux or Alpine.