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Solus 4.7 Released with Linux 6.12 LTS, GNOME 47, KDE Plasma 6.2, and Xfce 4.20

Coming more than three months after Solus 4.6 and powered by the Linux 6.12 LTS kernel and Mesa 24.3 graphics stacks, the Solus 4.7 release is dubbed “Endurance” and ships with the latest Budgie 10.9.2, GNOME 47.3, KDE Plasma 6.2.5, and Xfce 4.20 desktop environments.

Shotcut 25.01 Video Editor Adds Native Wayland Support on Flatpak for Linux

Coming more than two months after Shotcut 24.11, the Shotcut 25.01 release introduces native Wayland support (yes, without Xwayland) in the Flatpak bundle for Linux. So if you’re using a GNU/Linux distribution with a Wayland session, it is recommended that you install Shotcut as a Flatpak app from Flathub.

GNOME 48 Alpha Is Now Available for Public Testing, Here’s What’s New

The alpha version of GNOME 48 is here with OSD notifications for headphone connections, support for screen time and health breaks, support for screen time limits, systemd-sysext support to toolbox tooling, convenience logging API for extensions, support for configuring monitors as for-lease, support for the system bell protocol, built-in renderdoc support, xdg-toplevel-drag-v1 protocol support, wp_viewport support for cursor surfaces, and support for the commit-timing-v1 and fifo-v1 protocols.

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How To Install Clementine Music Player on Ubuntu 24.04

This tutorial will help you install Clementine Audio Player on your Ubuntu computer. Clementine is a modified version of the legendary player KDE Amarok, written in Qt technology and loaded with modern features. We use Ubuntu 24.04 as an example here and you can practice this with any other Ubuntu version. Now let's begin installing and playing some audio!

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FRDM-IMX93 with Arm Ethos U-65 MicroNPU Runs on Debian Linux

The NXP Semiconductors FRDM-IMX93 Development Board is a development platform designed for industrial and IoT applications. Key features include dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, multiple display and camera interfaces, and support for CAN bus communication.

ESP32-S3 Development Board with 2-Inch Display, Camera Interface, and 6-Axis IMU

The ESP32-S3-LCD-2 is a compact development board based on the ESP32-S3R8 processor. It integrates features such as wireless connectivity, a small LCD display, and various interface options, including a battery connector for portable applications.

Super Watchdog Raspberry Pi HAT with Battery Backup Gains Multi-Chemistry Support

The Super Watchdog HAT with UPS Battery Backup provides power management and reliability for mission-critical Raspberry Pi applications. It supports all Raspberry Pi models, ensuring uninterrupted operation, data protection during outages, and system monitoring.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 21, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Raspberry Pi, Now a Public Corporation, Recognises It Lost What Made It Competitive: Low Cost
    To me, 2GB has been enough for many years (I never had more than 2GB of RAM until 2020)

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  2. Now It's Official: Android a Good Gap Above Windows in Malta
    In more and more of Europe Windows has become a minority
  3. [Meme] 75 Days Since the Edward Brocklesby Revelations Started and Debian Has Issued No Response Whatsoever to Explain How It Protects Itself From State Actors That Plant Back Doors in Every Debian (or Debian Derivative) Machine
    So much time has passed
  4. Communication Islands in IRC
    IRC - as a concept - is not centralised and this is very much necessary when discussing more controversial issues or privacy-sensitive stuff, such as whistleblowers
  5. Links 20/08/2024: Digital Services Act (DSA) Misused Politically, China Asserting Control in Far Seas
    Links for the day
  6. Links 20/08/2024: Mass Layoffs at GM and People Quitting Social Control Networks ("Media")
    Links for the day
  7. Gemini Links 20/08/2024: Playdate and DNS Debugging
    Links for the day
  8. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  9. IRC Proceedings: Monday, August 19, 2024
    IRC logs for Monday, August 19, 2024

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

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