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DietPi 10.6 Released with Support for Orange Pi 4 Pro and Orange Pi Zero 3W

Coming almost two months after DietPi 10.5, the DietPi 10.6 release introduces support for Orange Pi 4 Pro and Orange Pi Zero 3W single-board computers with Allwinner A733 SoCs, as well as support for ODROID-M1, ODROID-M1S, and ODROID-M2 single-board computers with Rockchip RK3568/RK3566/RK3588 SoCs.

New Debian 13 Kernel Security Update Fixes “Zapscape” and “SCTPhantom”

The new Debian 13 “Trixie” kernel update addresses a total of 28 flaws, a smaller number compared to the 68 vulnerabilities patched in last week’s kernel security update. These new Linux kernel vulnerabilities may lead to privilege escalation, denial of service, or information leaks.

Calibre 9.13 E-Book Manager Improves PDF Output, Content Server, and More

Coming a week after Calibre 9.12, the Calibre 9.13 release only fixes bugs, including a regression in the PDF output from the Calibre 9 series that caused links in PDF files to scroll to a target location minus the top margin, which ended up being a few lines above the target.

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How One Alum Helped Build a Community of Internet Leaders

When Amged B. Shwehdy attended his first global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in 2019, he expected to learn from the discussions shaping the future of the Internet. Instead, the experience revealed how little Libya was represented in those conversations.

In India, Windows Market Share Fell to 14% This Month, the Lowest Share Ever

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 17, 2023

THE sister site has just focused on Greece. Well, over in India GNU/Linux is growing rapidly (more than any other nation), caveats considered too, and one might add that Windows is collapsing (see image below; original at statCounter).

This is the world's largest population, so Microsoft should be concerned. The layoffs announced at Microsoft this week are an indicator (also salary freezes and hiring freeze); Microsoft does not see a future of company growth, except fake growth. █

Operating System Market Share India Jan 2009 - Oct 2023

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