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ADLINK Unveils NXP i.MX 93 and i.MX 8M Plus Based Open Standard Modules

ADLINK introduced two new modules this week, the NXP i.MX 93 and NXP i.MX 8M Plus, designed for industrial and IoT applications requiring high efficiency and performance. These modules are integrated into an ultra-compact form factor to meet diverse application needs.

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The SkyByte is an upcoming Mini DIY Wi-Fi Drone powered by the ESP32 microcontroller, set to debut on Kickstarter soon. This compact, open-source drone is engineered to attract both tech enthusiasts and beginners, featuring control via a smartphone app.

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KDE Plasma 6.1.2 Is Out to Improve the Overview Effect and Fix More Issues

KDE Plasma 6.1.2 is here only a week after KDE Plasma 6.1.1 to improve the Overview effect by making the labels showing window titles more legible and adding bell sounds to the Ocean and Oxygen sound themes.

Nitrux 3.5.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.9 and NVIDIA 555 Graphics Driver

Powered by a “Liquorix” flavored Linux 6.9.7 kernel and still using the KDE Plasma 5.27.11 LTS desktop environment, Nitrux 3.5.1 ships with the latest NVIDIA 555 graphics driver series with explicit GPU synchronization for Wayland and the Mesa 24.1 graphics stack series.

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Scientific Linux 7 reaches end of life

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jul 02, 2024

Quoting: Scientific Linux 7 reaches end of life —

While the end of support for CentOS 7, which happened on June 30, is significant, it is also worth taking a moment to reflect on the end of Scientific Linux 7, which has also just occurred. Scientific Linux was once a popular RHEL rebuild supported by Fermilab, CERN, DESY, and ETH Zurich. Development of Scientific Linux stopped with SL7, with the labs switching to CentOS thereafter, but the SL7 release was supported through to the bitter end. Thanks are due to all who built and supported Scientific Linux; you provided a useful and stable platform for many years.

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