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Fostering Digital Literacy in Nicaragua

The small community of Reparto La Virgen Nueva lies at kilometer 111 on the León-Chinandega highway in Nicaragua. Its inhabitants, mostly agricultural and domestic workers, face limited mobile Internet access, characterized by restrictive data plans and poor coverage. There’s no fiber Internet option and it’s a 20-kilometer commute to León by bus to access the nearest computer and Internet facilities. 

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GParted Live 1.7 Launches with Experimental Bcachefs Support, Linux 6.12 LTS

Coming almost a year after GParted 1.6, the GParted 1.7 release is here to introduce experimental support for the Bcachefs file system (for single device file systems only), support for recognizing NBDs (Network Block Devices), and a new mechanism that prevents GParted probe from starting LVM volume groups.

NVIDIA 570 Linux Graphics Driver Promises VRR Support on Multi-Monitor Setups

Some of the highlights of the NVIDIA 570 graphics driver series include VRR (variable refresh rate) support on multi-monitor setups, support for querying Dynamic Boost status, 32-bit compatibility support for the NVIDIA GBM backend, and a new conceal_vrr_caps kernel module parameter to the nvidia-modeset kernel module.

GCompris 25.0 Open-Source Educational Suite Released with Five New Activities

GCompris 25.0 introduces five new activities including “Sketch”, an activity for drawing freely with multiple tools to let children explore their creativity, and “Calculate with ten’s complement”, the continuation of the existing ten’s complement activities to help the children to swap the numbers to easily compute a sum.

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Adafruit CLUE: A Sensor-Packed nRF52840 Development Board in a micro:bit Form Factor

The Adafruit CLUE is a development board with a built-in display, multiple sensors, and Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity. It follows the form factor of the BBC micro:bit while incorporating additional processing power and expanded functionality. The board is designed for applications involving data visualization, sensor-based measurements, and wireless communication.

Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 01, 2023

Updated This Past Day

  1. Links 01/11/2023: Hardware Sanctions and Censorship Abundant (Universal Trend)
    Links for the day
  2. Oi! Yleisradio Oy (Yle) Gets Its Facts Wrong on Home Network Security
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    New

  3. Also Over at Tux Machines...
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  4. Links 1/11/2023: Copyright CG Case, Nokia Aggressive Again With Software Patents (Even in Kangaroo Courts)
    Links for the day
  5. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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  6. With ACPI, and Now With UEFI 'Secure' Boot, Linux Users Are Made Less Confident Their System Can Boot or Wake Up (Just Like Bill Gates Demanded)
    Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
  7. Time to Get the Bulletins Redone for the New Site
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  8. Wintertime is Here
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  9. Links 31/10/2023: Twitter Imploding, Guppy Protocol Specification 0.4
    Links for the day
  10. [Meme] Su Putin
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  11. Dr. Andy Farnell (Cyber|Show) Explores the Reality and Myths of So-called 'Dating Apps' That Seek to Monetise People's Loneliness and Personal Data
    This is less than an hour long, but many of the key topics are covered in the first 10-20 minutes
  12. It's Not Impossible That a Desperate West Will Try to Ban Chinese Developers From Kernel Development (or Curtail Linux Freedom With Some Superficial Limitations and/or Back Doors)
    They already did this to Russians
  13. Happy Halloween to Techrights Readers
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  14. Links 31/10/2023: Bungie Layoffs, Apple Trouble in China
    Links for the day
  15. UEFI Firmware Code Bricks Linux. Another Reason 'Security Threatre' Placebo of Microsoft and Intel Must be Avoided.
    Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
  16. Misandristic Hate Speech by People Who Commit Crimes Against Yours Truly (Since Last Year)
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  17. Focus on the Concepts, Not the Brands
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  18. Apple is Not What it Seems (It Never Was)
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  19. IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 30, 2023
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  20. Alexandre Oliva Fights for Your Freedom of Speech, Not Just Your Software Freedom
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