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Archinstall 3.0 Arch Linux Menu-Based Installer Is Here with a Revamped Interface

The biggest new feature in Archinstall 3.0 is a revamped text-mode user interface (TUI) that now uses the Curses terminal control library, which allows for more complex layouts and a new but familiar look and feel of the menu-based interface.

digiKam 8.5 Released with Face Management Improvements, Color Label Usability

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Download Fedora 41 Full Editions (Workstation, Server, IoT Included)

The forty first release of Fedora GNU/Linux is here. It's released on Tuesday, 29 October 2024 or two weeks after Ubuntu Oracular Oriole release date. It is available in a lot of editions, mainly: Workstation, Server, IoT, Cloud and many more. We make a summary of the downloads for you below to mention only editions we believe most readers will be interested to try (and links to find the rest). Finally, congratulations to all computer users and thank you to Fedora developers. Happy downloading!

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T-Bao Compact Device Featuring ESP32 and K210 Microcontrollers with 2MP Camera and 1.54″ Touch LCD

The LILYGO T-Bao K210 is a compact device that integrates the ESP32 and K210 microcontrollers, providing advanced capabilities such as face recognition. It features a 1.54″ capacitive touch screen with a resolution of 240×240 and a 2-megapixel camera.

OrangePi 4A with Octa-Core ARM Cortex-A55, RISC-V Coprocessor, and M.2 2280 PCIe 2.0 NVMe SSD Support

Following the launch of the OrangePi RV in September, OrangePi has introduced another single-board computer, the OrangePi 4A. With a form factor similar to the Raspberry Pi, this board features an M.2 2280 slot for storage, dual camera interfaces, and multiple display peripherals.

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8 Years Ago

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 01, 2024,
updated Jun 01, 2024

EIGHT days from now this site turns 20, so we look back 8 years and recall news like this from Softpedia. Because Softpedia got destroyed by Microsofters (and Marius Nestor started an alternative). Back in the days there was a lot of highly relevant and topical coverage about GNU/Linux.

A lot has changed since then.

They've since killed the news sections.

"Yeah," the former editor noted, "after I left only Bogdan “Microsoft” Popa remained to write news and it didn’t last long because one man can’t cover everything… and there are far better news outlets out there that people read, so they killed the news section entirely…" █

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