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Preserving evidence: How OpenArchive fosters accountability and media sovereignty

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but only if it survives. Behind every image or video is someone making a choice in real time: to document what they are seeing, preserve what others may try to deny, and take on the risks and responsibilities that come with creating archival records.

LinuxGizmos.com

LILYGO adds ESP32-S3 Standard Series to T-SIM lineup

LILYGO has introduced the T-SIM / T-A Standard Series, a refreshed family of ESP32-S3 cellular development boards combining SIMCom and A76xx modem options with new hardware features including Qwiic support, seamless power switching, camera interfaces, optional GNSS functionality, and lower deep-sleep power consumption.

Forlinx rolls out FET3572-C SoM and OK3572-C board with Rockchip RK3572

Following the Rockchip RK3572 announcement, Forlinx Embedded has introduced the FET3572-C SoM and accompanying OK3572-C development board. The platform combines an octa-core CPU configuration, 4 TOPS NPU, LPDDR5/LPDDR5X support, and multimedia capabilities extending to 8K decoding.

Rockchip unveils RK3572 processor with 4 TOPS NPU and LPDDR5X support

The newly announced RK3572 by Rockchip is an octa-core processor targeting AIoT, edge computing, and embedded applications. Built on an 8nm process, it combines dual Cortex-A73 cores, six Cortex-A53 cores, a 4 TOPS NPU, Mali-G310 GPU, LPDDR5/LPDDR5X support, and 8K video decoding.

9to5Linux

Firefox 151 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New

Highlights of Firefox 151 include support for local profile backups on Linux and macOS systems with the ability to restore them across platforms, support for merging multiple PDF files directly in Firefox’s built-in PDF viewer, address autofill support for users in the Netherlands, and the general availability of local network access restrictions.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 17th, 2026

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 29, 2023,
updated Sep 29, 2023

Objections to binutils CoC
LXO response to proposed Code of Conduct
Richard Stallman's Public Talk in GNU's 40th Anniversary Ceremony
Out now
Conde Nast (Reddit), Which Endlessly Defamed Richard Stallman and Had Paid Salaries to Microsoft-Connected Pedophiles, Says You Must Be Over 18 to See 'Stallman Was Right'
Does this get in the way of their Bill Gates-sponsored "Bill Gates says" programme/schedule?
Microsoft GitHub Exposé — In the Alex Graveley Case, His Lawyer, Rick Cofer, Appears to Have Bribed the DA to Keep Graveley (and Others) Out of Prison
Is this how one gets out of prison? Hire the person who bribes the DA?
 
A 'Code of Conduct' Typically Promoted by Criminal Corporations to Protect Crimes From Scrutiny
We saw this in action last week
Techrights Extends Wishes of Good Health to Richard M. Stallman
Richard Stallman has cancer
endsoftwarepatents.org Still Going, Some Good News From Canada
a blow to software patents in Canada
The Debian Project Leader said the main thing Debian lacked was more contributors
The Debian Project Leader said the main thing Debian lacked was more contributors
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 28, 2023
IRC logs for Thursday, September 28, 2023
Links 28/09/2023: Openwashing and Patent Spam as 'News'
Links for the day
Links 28/09/2023: Preparing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.9 and 9.3 Beta
Links for the day
We Need to Liberate the Client Side and Userspace Too
Lots of work remains to be done
Recent IRC Logs (Since Site Upgrade)
better late than never
Techrights Videos Will be Back Soon
We want do publish video without any of the underlying complexity and this means changing some code
Microsoft is Faking Its Financial Performance, Buying Companies Helps Perpetuate the Big Lies (or Pass the Debt Around)
Our guess is that Microsoft will keep pretending to be huge, even as the market share of Windows (and other things) continues to decrease
Techrights Will Tell the Story (Until Next Year!) of How Since 2022 It Has Been Under a Coordinated Attack by a Horde of Vandals and Nutcases
People like these belong in handcuffs and behind bars (sometimes they are) and our readers still deserve to know the full story. It's a cautionary tale for other groups and sites
Why It Became Essential to Split GNU/Linux Stories from the Rest
These sites aren't babies anymore. In terms of age, they're already adults.
Losses and Gains in an Age of Oligarchy - A Techrights Perspective
If you don't even try to fix something, there's not even a chance it'll get fixed
Google (and the Likes Of It) Will Cause Catastrophic Information Loss Rather Than Organise the World's Information
Informational and cultural losses due to technological plunder
Links 28/09/2023: GNOME 45 Release Party, 'Smart' Homes Orphaned
Links for the day
Security Leftovers
Xen, breaches, and more
GNOME Console Won’t Support Color Palettes or Profiles; Will Support Esperanto
Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
Let's Hope GNU Makes it to 100
Can GNU still be in active use in 2083? Maybe.
GNU is 40, Linux is Just 32
Today it's exactly 40 years since Richard Stallman sent a message regarding GNU
GNU/Linux and Free Software News Mostly in Tux Machines Now
We've split the coverage
Links 27/09/2023: GNOME Raves and Firefox 118
Links for the day
Links 27/09/2023: 3G Phase-Out, Monopolies, and Exit of Rupert Murdoch
Links for the day
IBM Took a Man’s Voice, Pitting Him Against His Own Work, While Companies Profit from Low-Effort Garbage Generated by Bots and “Self-Service”
Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer

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Discord: Some Odd Form of GNU/Linux Advocacy
a pair of pieces
Kernel Space: Anbernic RG DS Gets a New Linux Firmware and Leveraging zram to Save Money
a pair of news picks
Sasha Levin (GAFAM) Wants 'Killswitch' for Linux (the Kernel)
some articles on 'killswitch'
Linus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’
He then pointed kernelistas to the project’s documentation
Uptime Perils and Malicious Packets [original]
We don't use "cloud computing", we do our best to avoid outsourcing
Peter Neumann has died
Unfortunately, I email with the heartbreaking news that Peter Neumann
 
KDE Plasma is the Linux desktop I recommend to Windows users, but only after these tweaks
KDE Plasma is already pretty much the perfect desktop environment for those switching from Windows 10 or 11
Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software
"Windy at the Top" for GNU/Linux and Tux Machines [original]
First iteration
Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles
Turning an $80 Android tablet into a Debian Linux PC
So developer tech4bot decided to set a cheap Android tablet free by turning porting Linux to run on it
stocksTUI – check stock prices, crypto, news, and historical charts
This is free and open source software
LibrePlan 1.6.0 Released With Better Collaboration Tools and 15 New Languages
The open source web-based project management platform adds email workflows
today's leftovers
GNU/Linux focused leftovers
Distributions and Operating Systems: OSNews, BSD, and More
some more links
Education and Sharing Leftovers
FOSS and more
Richard Stallman's Next Talk and SFC, Which Tries to Cancel Him, on Copyleft
Licensing / Legal
KDE: 55,041,902 Lines of Code and Joining KDE's Amharic Translation Effort
KDE picks
Audiocasts/Shows: Linux Saloon, mintCast, and More
new video and audio clips/shows
Linux Source Code Shows Intel Panther Lake Plans
as usual
Programming Leftovers
Development related picks
New Release of EasyOS and Further Work
Latest on EasyOS
today's howtos
Instructionals/Technical posts
LLM Slop / Plagiarism Versus Free Software
3 stories
Open Hardware/Modding: Bambu Lab Versus AGPL, ESP32, and More
hardware centric news
Canonical/Ubuntu Family: Rescuezilla 2.6.2 and Ubuntu 26.04
Ubuntu leftovers
Android Leftovers
BOOX Go Gen 2 Lumi review: E-Ink Android tablet with stunning hardware and rich software
This open-source chip design could do for hardware what Linux did for software
As I write this, there are basically two types of CPU that matter: x86 and ARM
This ultra-lightweight Linux OS just saved my Windows 10 laptop from the scrapheap
Built on a rock-solid Debian base, Q4OS uses a forgotten desktop environment to breathe new life into bloated, older hardware
Free and Open Source Software, and Review
There are a few packages to install in CachyOS before I’m ready to test software designed to use the NPU
Firefox 151 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New
Firefox 151 open-source web browser is now available for download with support for local profile backups on Linux, the general availability of local network access restrictions, and many other changes.
Proton-CachyOS 11 pushes Linux gaming further with OptiScaler integration
The Linux community has made significant progress in terms of gaming
Linux gets Nvidia Reflex and AMD Anti-Lag on any GPU
Big news for Linux gamers, especially eSports players
I ditched laggy Linux remote desktop for this browser-based setup
I decided to give the open-source remote access gateway Apache Guacamole a try
Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software
GNU/Linux HowTos, K Desktop Environment vs GNOME, and More
a handful of recent Valnet articles
Finding Software Replacements in GNU/Linux
3 new examples
GNU/Linux Distributions and Operating Systems: PuterOS, Lubuntu, and More
Recent Valnet articles, inc. Lubuntu rave
Review: Sylve on FreeBSD
Sylve is in its fairly early stages and has just recently been added to the FreeBSD "latest" repository
Recent Proxmox and TrueNAS Articles
Managing one's clusters
Extrox Linux: Audiophile-Friendly MX Spin with an Arch Twin
From the MX Linux community comes Extrox, a duo of Xfce-based spins—one MX
Using Raspberry Pi as One's Main Desktop, Turning Raspberry Pis Into a Powerful Docker Swarm Cluster
2 recent Valnet articles
Stable kernels: Linux 7.0.9, Linux 6.18.32, Linux 6.12.90, and Linux 6.6.140
I'm announcing the release of the 7.0.9 kernel
Fish Shell [original]
Yesterday we spent about 5 hours on the shells and fish
Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 17th, 2026
The 292nd installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending May 17th, 2026.
Ubuntu Touch OTA 1.3 Improves Handling of Desktop Apps on Lomiri and Fixes Bugs
Ubuntu Touch OTA 1.3 update is now rolling out with improvements to handling of desktop apps on Lomiri, improved handling of docks with input devices, improved playback of AMR voice message sent via MMS, and other changes.
Parrot 7.2 Is Now Officially Available for Download with “Copy Fail” Patch
Parrot 7.2 penetration testing distribution is now available for download with updated tools, security patches, and Linux kernel 6.19.13. Here’s what else is new!
ZenLake OS 26.04
ZenLake OS 26.04 is now available based on Ubuntu 26.04 (Resolute Raccoon)
OmniOS Community Edition r151058
Note that LTS r151046 is now end-of-life
Security, Proprietary Linux, and More
5 more stories
GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
today's leftovers
Audiocasts/Shows: BSD Now and This Week in Linux
2 new episodes
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers
FOSS leftovers
Databases: SQLAlchemy, SQL, and More
DB leftovers
today's howtos
Instructionals/Technical picks
Linux Kernel Leftovers
3 stories
Fragnesia Is Yet Another Local Privilege Escalation Flaw in Linux Kernel
Fragnesia is a new local privilege escalation flaw in the Linux kernel that may lead to local privilege escalation. Patch now!
Development and Coding Leftovers
Programming related picks
Android Leftovers
These Android Auto and CarPlay features are built in, but most drivers never find them
Free and Open Source Software
This is free and open source software
I Gave Desktop Email Clients Another Shot and This New App Delivered
Btw, it is lightweight, open source, and not built on Electron
Start with Fedora KDE or Kubuntu
I regularly read questions from new users on Reddit and KDE’s discussion forum asking what Linux-based operating system they should start out with
Using the Slackware Community Forge
I wanted to share some news with you. After weeks of hard work and being forced to learn new tech from scratch
Mozilla Firefox Can be Ignored by American Federal Sites [original]
The Web became so awful
Shout-out to Aura Salla for Pursuing Software Freedom in Finland [original]
The topic is self-determination through technical means is a growing trend in politics
City Have Made It [original]
A domestic treble is attainable
Today in Techrights
Some of the latest articles
OpenSUSE Planet News Roundup, OpenSUSE Build Service (OBS), and Tumbleweed's Review of the Week
OpenSUSE news