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GNU Linux-Libre 6.16 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers

Based on the recently released Linux 6.16 kernel series, the GNU Linux-libre 6.16 kernel promises to clean up blob loading and even an inline blob in newly introduced drivers for Intel QAT 6xxx crypto, ST vd55g1 sensor, ath12k AHB Wi-Fi, Aeonsemi AS21xxx, and MediaTek 25Gb Ethernet PHY, as well as to clean up blob names in new Qualcomm and MediaTek ARM64 devicetree files.

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DietPi July 2025 Update Adds Orange Pi 3 Support and Prepares for Debian Trixie

The July 2025 release of DietPi v9.15 introduces support for the Orange Pi 3 non-LTS, provides its own updated Unbound packages, and includes a script to upgrade Bookworm systems to Debian Trixie, the upcoming Debian release scheduled for August 9th. Alongside these highlights, the update delivers refinements to DietPi tools, networking improvements, and several bug fixes.

Banana Pi BPI-F4 with Sunplus SP7350 SoC Launched for Edge Smart Applications

Banana Pi has introduced the BPI-F4, an industrial control board built around the Sunplus SP7350 System-on-Chip. The platform consists of a core board and a compatible carrier board that provides access to peripherals including a 1 GbE port, seven PCB terminal blocks, and a MIPI camera FFC connector.

CM5 MINIMA Carrier Board for Raspberry Pi CM5 Features M.2 M-Key Slot

The CM5 MINIMA is a compact carrier board built for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, developed in collaboration with Seeed Studio and Pierluigi Colangeli. It integrates essential I/O and expansion features into a 61 by 61 millimeter layout designed for embedded projects, low-power computing, and space-constrained applications.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 01, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. The War on Free Software Reporters - Part I - Why Techrights Cannot be Censored (and Won't be Censored)
    Microsoft remains by far the biggest culprit

    New

  2. The War on Free Software Reporters - Part II - Antisocial Mobs
    how various GNU/Linux bloggers got "canceled" over the years
  3. Microsoft's Share of Physical Web Servers Fell From 9.14% to 9.04% in One Month
    What's interesting to us is how Microsoft continues moving down in everything measured
  4. Links 31/05/2024: Escalations in Ukraine and Russia, National Reporter's Shield Law in US
    Links for the day
  5. Links 31/05/2024: Generating and Using Identifiers, Why Unicode
    Links for the day
  6. [Meme] Never "Missing Out" in FOSS Conferences
    The sexists who objectify women and bully women are going to FOSS events in pursuit of sex, according to themselves
  7. Racism, Ageism, and Ableism at IBM/Red Hat and Kyndryl
    IBM's Kyndryl is now accused of "racial, age, disability discrimination"
  8. In Spite of Boot-locking (Trying to Make It Hard If Not Impossible to Install BSDs and GNU/Linux on New PCs) Microsoft's Grip is Rapidly Slipping
    Escaping the Microsoft prison
  9. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  10. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 30, 2024
    IRC logs for Thursday, May 30, 2024
  11. Microsoft's Problem in Puerto Rico
    Notice how much Windows has fallen
  12. Gemini Links 31/05/2024: MNT Pocket Reform and Benben v0.5.0
    Links for the day
  13. "I once preached peaceful coexistence with Windows. You may laugh at my expense

    New

    I deserve it." -Be's CEO Jean-Louis Gassée
    Execution of Red Hat: But I helped promote Azure and .NET
  14. In Many Countries Vista 11's Market Share Goes Down, Not Up (Even Microsoft-Funded Mainstream Media Admits This)
    More people are moving to GNU/Linux

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Friday contains all the text.

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

    Span from 2024-05-25 to 2024-05-31
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    1976 /n/2024/05/27/What_is_Secure_Boot.shtml
    1784 /n/2024/05/26/In_the_Pacific_Mostly_Islands_Around_Oceania_GNU_Linux_Grew_a_L.shtml
    1552 /n/2024/05/30/The_Campaign_to_End_Richard_Stallman_Part_III_The_Reddit_Mob_So.shtml
    985 /n/2024/05/26/Links_26_05_2024_Google_Search_Morphing_Into_Disinformation_Fac.shtml
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