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System76’s Adder WS Linux Laptop Gets Intel Core Ultra i9 and NVIDIA 50 Series

More than a year since the previous Adder WS refresh, System76’s high-end Linux laptop now features the NVIDIA 50 GPU series, namely the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070, as well as the Intel Core Ultra i9 275HX CPU with 24 cores, 36MB cache, and up to 5.4 GHz clock speed.

Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” Reached End of Life, Upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04

Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) was released on October 10th, 2024, and, since it’s not an Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) release, it only received support for nine months, until July 2025. Ubuntu 24.10 was powered by the Linux 6.11 kernel series and featured the GNOME 47 “Denver” desktop environment series.

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Arduino and Red Pitaya Learning Lab Connects Makers with Real-World Engineering

Arduino and Red Pitaya have partnered on a hardware bundle and structured curriculum that helps students, educators, and hobbyists advance from basic electronics projects to practical signal analysis and system prototyping. Combining the Arduino Uno R4 WiFi with the Red Pitaya STEMlab 125-14, the kit supports hands-on experiments that link simple interfacing with engineering-grade measurement.

Radxa CM5 Gets Adapted for Use with uConsole Pocket Terminal

The ClockworkPi uConsole is designed for Raspberry Pi CM4 or CM5 modules, but a growing group of users has been working to run the Radxa CM5 inside this pocket terminal. By using the Radxa CM5, they gain higher RAM capacity, more storage options, and a faster GPU for processing tasks.

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Windows 11, macOS 15: What Version of Linux Are We On?

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 14, 2024

Quoting: Windows 11, macOS 15: What Version of Linux Are We On? —

Since Ubuntu, Manjaro, and Fedora are different from one another, it makes sense for each to have a different version number. Kubuntu is based on Ubuntu, so both have the same version! However, Linux Mint is also Ubuntu-based, so why are there different version numbers? Is it lagging behind Ubuntu? And why is Linux proper still stuck at version 6.11?

This confusion stems from a basic misconception! Linux, strictly speaking, is not an operating system. The name Linux technically refers to the kernel—the core component of an operating system that manages hardware resources and provides essential services. Think of the kernel as the engine of a car. Just as different car models can use the same engine, various Linux distributions (distros) use the Linux kernel as their foundation.

The distros build on the Linux kernel by adding a package manager for software installation and updates, desktop environments for graphical interfaces, pre-installed applications, etc., to deliver a complete operating system. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Linux Mint, Manjaro, and Fedora, are all examples of Linux distros.

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