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Pilet: A Portable Cyber-Deck Powered by Raspberry Pi 5 and Dual 8000mAh Batteries

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Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) and powered by Linux kernel 6.8, elementary OS 8 introduces a new Secure Session to ensure apps respect your privacy and require your consent, a brand new dock with productive multitasking and window management features, and PipeWire as the default media server.

Firefox 134 Enters Beta, Promises Support for Touchpad Hold Gestures on Linux

Firefox 134 looks like a very small release promising only support for touchpad hold gestures on Linux, allowing users to interrupt kinetic (momentum) scrolling by placing two fingers on the touchpad. This feature was initially planned for Firefox 133, but it was delayed as it was needed for testing.

KDE Plasma 6.2.4 Re-Enables HDR Mode for Users on NVIDIA 565 and Linux 6.11

One of the most interesting changes in KDE Plasma 6.2.4 is support for enabling the HDR mode on GNU/Linux distributions using the NVIDIA 565.57.1 (beta) or later graphics driver for NVIDIA GPU users and Linux kernel 6.11 or later for Intel GPU users. Using previous versions of the NVIDIA graphics driver and Linux kernel results in an unstable HDR experience.

Mozilla Firefox 133 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Highlights of Mozilla Firefox 133 include the ability to show tabs from other devices in the Tab overview menu, GPU-accelerated Canvas2D enabled by default for Windows users, and Bounce Tracking Protection, a new anti-tracking feature enabled in ETP (Enhanced Tracking Protection)’s Strict mode.

Fwupd 2.0.2 Firmware Updater Adds Support for ASUS ROG Ally, Raspberry Pi Pico

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 27, 2024

Trees, lawn and sky

Updated This Past Day

  1. [Meme] The Drew Report
    Throwing stones in a house made of glass
  2. Public First Ltd as a Snake Inside the British Government, Shoehorning Microsoft Surveillance and Rogue Deals
    this is the outcome of corrupt systems wherein decisions are made by "moles", lobbyists and infiltrators instead of honest, well-meaning people
  3. What Linux Foundation Did to Linux.com for Halloween
    Spooky

    New

  4. Richard M. Stallman, or RMS for Short, Photos from Peru (Where He Gives Many Talks This Month)
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  5. Drew Earned Himself a Meme for His Latest Attack on the Founder of GNU/Linux
    Credibly accused by many
  6. Two Years of Nothing (and Microsoft's Nothing to Show For It)
    2 years have passed since the vapourware from charlatans. Now there is epic debt and sagging demand.
  7. Our Most Productive Year
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  8. [Meme] Microsoft Gimmicks for Weak Leadership
    Outsource everything to Microsoft, even the decisions
  9. The Linux Foundation Scandal Nobody Talks About
    Can anyone still say this without being attacked (name-calling or worse)?
  10. Links 26/10/2024: Malaria Surge and Chatbots Resulting in Suicides; Some Software Patents Squashed Again
    Links for the day
  11. Welcome to Russia: Disinformation and LLM Spam From Guardian Digital (linuxsecurity.com)
    There have been many articles - real articles - about the incident. Now come the fake "articles" with the plagiarism tools that distort facts and pollute search engines (SEO)
  12. Links 26/10/2024: Surrealism at 100, ChatGPT Plagiarism Highlighted
    Links for the day
  13. Gemini Links 26/10/2024: ICON 49 Retrospective and Recovering SeaweedFS
    Links for the day
  14. Links 26/10/2024: Harald Welte Back to Taiwan, Military Targets in Tehran Under Fire
    Links for the day
  15. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  16. IRC Proceedings: Friday, October 25, 2024
    IRC logs for Friday, October 25, 2024
  17. Gemini Links 26/10/2024: Getting Older, "To Learn What Something Is, Learn What It Isn't"
    Links for the day
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Saturday contains all the text.

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    1333 /n/2024/10/24/How_Microsoft_Attacks_Critics_and_Competition.shtml
    672 /n/2024/10/22/Linus_Torvalds_Articles_That_Turn_Out_to_be_Slop.shtml
    595 /n/2024/10/20/Links_20_10_2024_Social_Control_Media_Data_Harvested_for_Harm.shtml
    582 /n/2024/10/20/A_Classic_Example_of_Concern_Trolling.shtml
    577 /n/2024/10/19/Links_19_10_2024_OpenAI_Microsoft_Going_Deeper_Into_Debt_FTC_Ru.shtml
    541 /n/2024/10/25/Links_25_10_2024_Erosion_of_Trust_Online_and_Disability_Rights.shtml
    538 /n/2024/10/20/Swiss_harassment_judgment_paw_behavior_against_black_cats_and_D.shtml
    527 /n/2024/10/24/Links_24_10_2024_Apple_Fines_and_Vision_Pro_Shows_Signs_of_Dyin.shtml
    521 /n/2024/06/23/Microsoft_Inside_Debian_is_Sabotaging_Debian_and_Its_Many_Hundr.shtml
    515 /n/2024/10/25/Mono_Was_Always_Just_a_Front_of_Microsoft.shtml
    515 /n/2024/10/24/To_Linux_Foundation_Bill_Gates_is_a_Saint_and_Every_Russian_Dev.shtml
    510 /n/2024/10/25/China_Has_Bypassed_Sanctions_by_Making_Its_Own_Operating_System.shtml
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