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Debian Trixie-Based Grml 2025.08 Is Out to Celebrate Debian’s 32nd Birthday

Based on the recently released Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series and powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series, Grml 2025.08 provides users with fresh software packages, up-to-date hardware support, and fixes for known bugs from previous Grml releases.

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Cubie A7A with Allwinner A733 & LPDDR5 RAM Launches, Starting at $28.70

First seen last month, Radxa has officially launched the Cubie A7A, a credit card–sized SBC built on the Allwinner A733 SoC. Designed for high-performance computing, AI inference, and multimedia, it combines an octa-core CPU, Imagination GPU, and NPU with flexible storage and connectivity for edge and embedded applications.

ESP32-P4-EYE Vision Development Board with Camera, LCD, and Wireless Connectivity

Espressif Systems ESP32-P4-EYE is a compact development kit in a mini digital camera form factor designed for real-time image processing and edge AI applications. Built on the ESP32-P4 SoC, the board targets smart cameras, IoT vision systems, and embedded HMI projects.

ELM11 Microcontroller Board Runs Lua with Hardware Acceleration and Multi-Core Support

The ELM11 is a scriptable microcontroller board from BrisbaneSilicon that runs Lua applications with hardware acceleration. It provides a REPL on each CPU core and combines rapid development in a high-level language with low-level control of timers, interrupts, and digital I/O.

(Updated) NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit to Launch in Mid-August with 2070 TFLOPS AI Performance, Priced at $3499

The Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit is an upcoming high-performance platform built for next-generation humanoid robotics, real-time sensor fusion, and generative AI at the edge. It delivers up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPS of AI performance, includes 128 GB of LPDDR5X memory, and supports high-throughput, low-latency connectivity for deploying large transformer and vision-language models in real-time robotic systems.

ESP32-P4-ETH Multimedia Development Board with PoE Kit Options

The ESP32-P4 is built around a dual-core 400 MHz RISC-V processor with support for up to 32 MB PSRAM and 32 MB of onboard NOR Flash. It offers MIPI-CSI for cameras, MIPI-DSI for high-resolution displays, USB 2.0 OTG, a microSD slot using the SDIO 3.0 protocol, and audio interfaces that include a microphone and speaker header with an integrated codec and amplifier.

ESP32-S3 Based Genesis IoT Discovery Lab with Plug & Play Modules

The system is built around an ESP32-S3 board that provides six Genesis ports, though the connector can also be implemented on other platforms such as Raspberry Pi Pico or STM32. Modules are cross-compatible across any board that supports the AX22 pinout, ensuring flexibility and portability between platforms. Each module follows a 22 × 22 mm format with a 10-pin interface supporting I²C, SPI, UART, analog, and GPIO connections.

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A Complete Guide to Xubuntu Default Apps and Their Purposes

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 06, 2024

This is a full list of all Xubuntu default applications (or list of Xubuntu components) with their explanations for first time users. Xubuntu is the official variant of Ubuntu with Xfce as the technology of the desktop environment and default apps. We use Xubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" as a basis to write it so you can learn and adapt it easily. Now let's explore!

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