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QEMU 9.1 Improves ARM and RISC-V Support, Adds Compression Offload Support

Coming more than four months after QEMU 9.0, the QEMU 9.1 release introduces compression offload support via Intel In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA) or User Space Accelerator Development Kit (UADK), along with enhanced support for postcopy failure recovery.

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'A newspaper without borders': Mediapart now available as .onion

Readers can now access Mediapart's reporting via https://www.mediapartrvj4bsgolbxixw57ru7fh4jqckparke4vs365guu6ho64yd.onion/.

New Release: Tor Browser 13.5.3

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

Arti 1.2.7 is released: onion services, RPC, and more

This release adds support for restricted discovery mode (previously known as "client authorization") in Arti's hidden service (.onion service) implementation. It also contains a number of bugfixes, cleanups, and improvements, and behind the scenes work on the RPC subsystem, DoS resistance, and relay infrastructure. For full details on what we've done, and for information about many smaller and less visible changes as well, please see the CHANGELOG.

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Minisforum UM760 Slim Offers Dual M.2 PCIe 4.0 Slots and DDR5 Memory Support

The Minisforum UM760 Slim is a compact mini PC designed for a variety of computing needs. It features a silent cooling system and is built around the AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS processor, paired with an AMD Radeon 760M GPU, providing a balance of performance and power efficiency.

AAEON’s PICO & GENE Boards with Intel Atom x7000RE Processors

The PICO-ASL4, built on the 100mm x 72mm PICO-ITX form factor, supports Intel Atom x7433RE and x7835RE processors and can accommodate up to 16GB of DDR5 RAM using a single-channel SODIMM Non-ECC module.

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How To Adjust Low Battery Warning on Kubuntu 22.04

This tutorial will help you protect your data and GNU/Linux filesystem on a battery that is not in 100% health anymore by re-adjusting low battery power warning on Kubuntu. By doing this, your system will show a notification of low battery at your choice for example at 55% is warning and 50% is critical and do something like shutdown automatically if that happens. We wish you the best!

Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 06, 2024

Updated This Past Day

Links 05/09/2024: Starlink to Block Twitter (X) in Brazil, Ukraine Government Shake-Up

Links for the day
Gemini Links 05/09/2024: Going Vegan and Internet Office Hours

Links for the day
GNU/Linux and ChromeOS Still Moving Up in Africa

Chromebooks (with ChromeOS) aren't big there, but "proper" GNU/Linux is a fast-growing force
Links 05/09/2024: Apple Misleads UK Regulators, Microsoft Tries to Ignore Backlash Against Windows Ingrained CCTV

Links for the day
ChromeOS+GNU+Linux in Sweden Now Hovering Around 20%

It seems like Chromebooks are doing well enough in Sweden to bring up GNU/Linux usage to about 20%
Gemini Links 05/09/2024: ROOPHLOC, Source-of-Truth Problem, and Arrival of Autumn

Links for the day
Terms of Service (TOS) Under Scrutiny - Part XIII - RealVNC and What It Does in Practice

Some of these companies have financial objectives and they view users' behaviour/data as an "asset" they can sell for profit; do you wish to becoming their "client"?
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GNU/Linux news for the past day

IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, September 04, 2024

IRC logs for Wednesday, September 04, 2024

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

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Span from 2024-08-30 to 2024-09-05
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Audacity 3.6.2 Audio Editor Adds Legacy Effects Section, Fixes Multiple Bugs: Audacity 3.6.2 has been released today as the latest stable release of this open-source, free, and cross-platform digital audio editor and recording application that fixes multiple bugs in the Audacity 3.6 series.
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