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Coming just a month after Mixxx 2.4.2, which was the last update in the 2.4 series, Mixxx 2.5 is here to port the application to the latest Qt 6 open-source application framework to provide users with a more modern and stylish graphical user interface, improved performance, and enhanced compatibility on modern systems.

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MYIR has introduced the MYC-LT536 SoM, powered by the Allwinner T536 quad-core Cortex-A55 processor, and designed for industrial and IoT applications. It is also supported by a compatible development board featuring dual GbE ports, NVMe PCIe support, and wireless connectivity.

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The December 23, 2024 release of DietPi v9.9 introduces several enhancements, new images for additional devices, and a range of bug fixes. This update improves support for single-board computers from Orange Pi and FriendlyELEC, enhances software tools, and addresses critical issues reported by the community.

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 15, 2024

A fairy witch house in spooky forest at night

Updated This Past Day

  1. Achieving Objectives
    The 'suits' and their vocabulary can be overcome when their deceit is widely deciphered:
  2. Mozilla Has Turned Firefox Into OSPS Consistent With "Attestation" Objectives
    Open Source Proprietary Software
  3. 100 years of Hitler & psychological experiments on volunteers
    Reprinted with permission from the Free Software Fellowship
  4. Taliban, the Free and Open Source Software Community Team of Afghanistan
    Reprinted with permission from the Free Software Fellowship
  5. Links 14/04/2024: Software Needed for Work and Issues in Brazil
    Links for the day
  6. Gemini Links 14/04/2024: OFFLFIRSOCH and Gemtext Specification 0.24.0
    Links for the day
  7. Links 14/04/2024: Tesla and OpenAI (Microsoft) Layoffs Floated in the Media
    Links for the day
  8. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  9. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 13, 2024
    IRC logs for Saturday, April 13, 2024
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Sunday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-04-08 to 2024-04-14
    1193 /n/2024/04/10/Abuse_Sex_Crimes_at_FOSDEM_and_Open_Source_tech_events.shtml
    1104 /n/2024/04/09/Justin_Flory_UNICEF_Red_Hat_s_MIT_Epstein_moment.shtml
    1094 /n/2024/04/07/McKinsey_Allegedly_Hired_by_Red_Hat_to_Claim_Layoffs_Are_Necess.shtml
    997 /n/2023/12/19/Brodie_Robertson_is_Wrong_Because_Flatpaks_Snaps_Do_In_Fact_Pro.shtml
    993 /n/2024/04/07/Outreachy_Tindernships_Debian_photo_sites.shtml
    927 /n/2024/04/09/Links_09_04_2024_Netflix_Layoffs_and_Cox_Will_Try_to_Bring_Cooy.shtml
    926 /n/2024/04/09/Ubuntu_underage_girl_child_sex_or_child_prostitution.shtml
    873 /n/2024/04/09/Mastodon_mastodon_social_Gives_the_Boot_to_the_Militants_Who_At.shtml
    844 /n/2024/04/10/Daniele_Scasciafratte_Mozilla_OSCAL_Albania_dating.shtml
    823 /n/2024/04/10/Wikileaks_Dickileaks_Ubuntu_Underage_girl.shtml
    822 /n/2024/04/08/In_Their_Own_Words_Militants_Admit_Phoning_My_Employer_and_My_W.shtml
    805 /n/2024/04/10/This_is_What_Techrights_Would_Look_Like_If_We_Participated_in_C.shtml
    795 /n/2024/04/09/Who_Is_That_The_Russian_Mistress_of_Bill_Gates_According_to_the.shtml
    790 /n/2024/04/11/First_They_Came_for_Iranian_Developers.shtml
    775 /n/2024/04/08/OSCAL_Open_Labs_Mozilla_grooming_women_for_Outreachy.shtml
    749 /n/2024/04/10/Microsoft_Hiring_People_Who_Attempt_to_Murder_Colleagues.shtml
    747 /n/2024/04/07/Jonathan_Saul_Cohen_Debian_West_London_mansion_exposed.shtml
    740 /n/2024/04/11/Video_Trainline_Finally_Issues_a_Refund_But_It_Took_9_Days_and_.shtml
    723 /n/2024/04/10/On_Julian_Assange_Now_5_Years_in_Belmarsh_Prison_The_Good_News_.shtml
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