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RISC-V edge box packs dual GbE, CAN, and 4G/5G support

Bit-Brick’s EPC1000 is an industrial edge computing system built around the SpacemiT K1 RISC-V processor. The platform is intended for applications including industrial IoT, smart transportation, agriculture monitoring, environmental sensing, and edge analytics.

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Muzi Works’ SuperBase Kit is a portable Meshtastic device built around the company’s Base System platform. The handheld unit offers LoRa connectivity, GNSS positioning, a digital compass, and a rechargeable battery in a compact enclosure with a navigation pad and square-format OLED display.

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HackerBox has released Issue 0127, titled “Sea Five.” The kit showcases Espressif’s ESP32-C5 wireless SoC and centers around a custom dual-microcontroller platform designed for wireless scanning, GPS positioning, and portable data logging. The hardware platform supports dual-band Wi-Fi connectivity, GNSS positioning, onboard storage, and battery-powered operation.

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digiKam 9.1 Photo Manager Released with Support for Pixel Motion Photos

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VideoLAN Announces dav2d as an Open-Source and Super Fast AV2 Decoder

The idea behind dav2d is to create the fastest AV2 decoder available on all platforms to overcome the temporary lack of AV2 hardware decoding. dav2d will support all the features from the AV2 royalty-free video coding format, including all subsampling and bit-depth parameters.

Flatpak 1.18 Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officially Released

Coming one year and five months after Flatpak 1.16, the Flatpak 1.18 release introduces support for the AMD vendor-specific compute interface (/dev/kfd) via the DRI device permission, support for flatpak+https:// URIs in flatpak install --from, and direct installation from an OCI image.

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HandBrake 1.11.2 Video Transcoder Adds WebM MIME Type Support on Linux

HandBrake 1.11.2 is here to add WebM MIME type to the list of supported formats on Linux systems, improve the Core Audio AAC encoder 7.1 channel layout, improve handling of unsupported presets on macOS and Windows systems, and improve queue low space pause behaviour on Windows systems.

Armbian Imager 2.0 Flashing Tool for Armbian Linux Officially Released

Armbian Imager is the official flashing utility for Armbian Linux, a production-ready Debian and Ubuntu-based system with patched kernels for ARM single-board computers. Armbian Imager supports over 300 Armbian-supported single-board computers organized by manufacturer.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 24, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. [Meme] Rights for EPO Workers
    "At the EPO every worker has rights..."
  2. A Severe Linux Foundation Conflict of Interest (Microsoft Staff in Charge of Linux Foundation)
    As far as we can tell, the 'Linux' Foundation has - for the first time - hired someone black
  3. Rumour: IBM Mass Layoffs Even in Sri Lanka (Where Labour is a Lot Cheaper)
    Workforce in Sri Lanka is not expensive, so if IBM has cuts there too, that's a sign of trouble
  4. Gemini Protocol Will Turn 10, It Might Even Outlive Google's Fake 'Gemini' (Bard) That's Way Too Expensive to Run
    Silencing the truth is hard, changing reality is even harder, and gaslighting the whole world is impossible

    New

  5. One by One, EPO Attacks the Conditions of Employment of Workers (While Forcing Them to Illegally Grant Invalid European Patents, Playing With Monopoly Money)
    It's not only about interpreters; they merely start with them
  6. Links 23/10/2024: Hey Hi (AI) Hype/Bust and Internet Archive Perils
    Links for the day
  7. Gemini Links 23/10/2024: Getting Charged for DUI, Thoughts on Efficiency and Greed
    Links for the day
  8. Links 23/10/2024: "Breaking Free from Routine" and FBI’s Secret Phone Company
    Links for the day
  9. GAFAM Racing Towards Salary of $0 (Unpaid Developers or Slaves, 0% Severance/Pension)
    they're cutting down on staff, even low-paid staff
  10. 20 Years of Blogging (and WordPress Isn't the Same as It Was Back in 2004)
    one factor that should encourage people to go "static" (as in, static pages) is the abundance of rogue bots on the Web
  11. [Meme] The Microsoft Concern Trolls (and Vandals on Microsoft's Payroll)
    "Angry Microsoft employee turns smart-alec when systemd wipes part of someones /home folder"
  12. Look What Microsoft's Luca Boccassi is Doing to Linux
    Anti-Linux trolling from within Linux (on Microsoft's payroll) is making its way into mailing lists
  13. Gemini Links 23/10/2024: Fake Friends and EWW Readable View
    Links for the day
  14. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  15. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, October 22, 2024
    IRC logs for Tuesday, October 22, 2024

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

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

    Span from 2024-10-17 to 2024-10-23
    1497 /n/2024/10/21/Richard_Stallman_is_Going_to_Peru_to_Deliver_Many_Talks.shtml
    702 /n/2024/10/19/Links_19_10_2024_OpenAI_Microsoft_Going_Deeper_Into_Debt_FTC_Ru.shtml
    653 /n/2024/10/23/A_Severe_Linux_Foundation_Conflict_of_Interest_Microsoft_Staff_.shtml
    615 /n/2024/10/19/The_Drew_DeVault_Report_Taking_Out_His_Frustration_on_Other_Peo.shtml
    614 /n/2024/10/16/IBM_Has_Trimmed_Its_Workforce_by_8_000_People.shtml
    586 /n/2024/10/19/2021_Deja_Vu_The_Counter_Petition_Defending_Richard_Stallman_RM.shtml
    570 /n/2024/10/20/A_Classic_Example_of_Concern_Trolling.shtml
    561 /n/2024/10/17/2024_General_Assembly_of_the_EPO_s_Local_Staff_Committee_Munich.shtml
    556 /n/2024/10/20/Links_20_10_2024_Social_Control_Media_Data_Harvested_for_Harm.shtml
    527 /n/2024/10/20/Swiss_harassment_judgment_paw_behavior_against_black_cats_and_D.shtml
    526 /n/2024/10/18/FASTCash_is_Not_a_Linux_Thing_It_Was_Merely_Extended_to_Also_Ha.shtml

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