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QuartzPro64 RK3588 Developer Board Now Available at $199.99

The QuartzPro64 is a developer board featuring the Rockchip RK3588 system-on-chip . It is designed for applications requiring high-performance computing, extensive connectivity, and flexible expansion options.

Sonata v1.0 Supports CHERIoT Integration in Embedded Systems

lowRISC has released Sonata v1.0, the first stable and long-term iteration of its platform under the Sunburst project. Funded by DSbD and UKRI, Sonata is designed for embedded systems engineers to implement CHERIoT technology, enabling compartmentalization and enhanced memory safety.

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Slackware-Based PorteuX 1.8 Is One of the First Distros to Ship with Xfce 4.20

While major distros like Arch Linux, openSUSE Tumbleweed, or Fedora Linux are still packaging the Xfce 4.20 desktop environment for their users, PorteuX 1.8 already ships it for those interested in taking it for a spin on their computers to discover the new features and improvements.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 15th, 2024

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Xfce 4.20 Desktop Environment Released with Experimental Wayland Support

Xfce 4.20 is packed with lots of new features and improvements like experimental support for Wayland with support for the Labwc and Wayfire compositors, improved support for HiDPI displays, and libxfce4windowing as a new abstraction library to present windowing concepts in a windowing-system-independent manner.

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 15th, 2024

posted by Marius Nestor on Dec 16, 2024

This week we got some cool news starting with the Raspberry Pi 500 computer and the Xfce 4.20 desktop environment, continuing with the OpenMandriva Lx 24.12 and CentOS Stream 10 distributions, new KDE Gear and KDE Frameworks releases, as well as the beta version of Linux Mint 22.1.

We also got new QEMU, Proton, GNOME, and many other updates. Below you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux weekly roundup for December 15th, 2024.

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