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openSUSE Replaces AppArmor with SELinux on New Tumbleweed Installations

Until this change, openSUSE Tumbleweed shipped with AppArmor, a security module in the Linux kernel that allows system administrators to restrict the capabilities of programs with per-program profiles.

KDE Frameworks 6.11 Adds Search Providers for Nix Packages, Docker Hub, and More

KDE Frameworks 6.11 continues the monthly KDE Frameworks releases with new search providers for KRunner and KRunner-powered search fields, including Docker Hub, Mozilla Developer Network, and Nix Packages.

Fwupd 2.0.6 Adds Support for HPE Gen10 and Gen10+ Devices Using Redfish

Fwupd 2.0.6 is here ten days after fwupd 2.0.5 with support for HPE Gen10 and Gen10+ devices using Redfish, a new fwupdtool efiboot-hive command to allow setting the nmbl command line, support for setting the inhibit reason from the fwupdmgr command, and support for USB-provided hidraw devices to use DS-20 descriptors.

Calibre 7.26 Open-Source Ebook Manager Is Out with New Features and Bug Fixes

Calibre 7.26 lets you specify web search links that are used when clicking on item names in the Book details panel for custom columns via Preferences->Add your own columns and adds the ability to perform the same action as clicking it in the book details panel when clicking on author names in the book details page.

Internet Society

Community Snapshot—January

The Internet Society community works tirelessly to defend the Internet locally, regionally, and globally. Here’s a brief snapshot of what’s been happening over the last month around the world.

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OpenMV Introduces the GENX320 Camera Module for Event-Based Vision

OpenMV has introduced the Prophesee GenX320 camera module, bringing event-based vision sensing to its embedded platform. Unlike traditional image sensors that capture entire frames at fixed intervals, the GenX320 detects only changes in a scene, reducing data rates while improving efficiency in motion detection.

Radxa Expands SBC Lineup with ROCK 5T Featuring Dual 2.5GbE and Dual M.2 Slots

Radxa has introduced a Mini-ITX single-board computer designed for both consumer and industrial applications. Built around the Rockchip RK3588(J) processor, this SBC provides a broad set of interfaces, high-speed connectivity, and advanced multimedia capabilities.

Vaaman is a $180 reconfigurable board with an Efinix Trion T120 FPGA and Rockchip RK3399

The Vaaman is a reconfigurable edge computing platform, first seen in 2023. The CrowdSupply campaign has finally launched, offering a system that combines the flexibility of an FPGA with the processing power of a six-core ARM processor.

(Updated) NanoKVM-USB: 4K HDMI Loopback, USB 3.0, and Integrated Keyboard/Mouse Control

This month, Sipeed unveiled the NanoKVM-USB, described as a compact and low-cost device designed to simplify the operation and management of multiple systems.

M5Stack ASR Unit with CI 03T for Offline Voice Recognition in Smart Devices for $7.50

M5Stack recently launched the ASR Unit, which is an offline voice recognition module incorporating the CI-03T AI offline voice module. It is designed for applications that require speech recognition, voiceprint detection, and voice enhancement without relying on cloud-based processing.

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How To Test GIMP 3.0 Development Version Quickly on Ubuntu

Happy news to us that GNU Image Manipulation Program now almost reaches version 3.0. This long time favorite application of us, also known as GIMP, is in rapid development stages and the Release Candidate or RC versions are already available for us to download and test (and report bug if we found any issue). As a part of the happy news, now GIMP 3.0 is officially available also as AppImage! For that reason, we can try it out as quickly as downloading and double-clicking it without removing the existing version installed. While we're all waiting for GIMP 3.0 RC to finally reach 3.0 stable, now let's start trying it out!

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Bluestar Linux is back with update 6.12.7: Firefox 133, LibreOffice 24, the 6.12 kernel, and more

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 31, 2024,
updated Jan 06, 2025

Quoting: Bluestar Linux is back with update 6.12.7: Firefox 133, LibreOffice 24, the 6.12 kernel, and more —

German distro Bluestar Linux is back with a new refresh, and, in addition to the 6.12.7 kernel version, it comes with a long list of updated packages. The delivery remains unchanged, so those interested can get the Desktop, Deskpro, and Developer versions. Additionally, Bluestar persists in its mission to make Arch widely accessible, primarily enabling deployment as a live distro with persistent storage support. However, those interested in running it off a mechanical drive or SSD can do so as well.

The full release name is bslx-6.12.7-1-2024.12.28-x86_64. Without further ado, here are some of the updated packages.

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Bluestar Linux 6.12.8 comes with the KDE Plasma 6.2.5 bugfix and several package updates

At the end of December, German distro Bluestar Linux received an update with quite a few noticeable package updates alongside the 6.12.7 kernel version. Back then, the list of refreshed software included LibreOffice 24.8.4, Firefox 133.0.3, Thunderbird 128.5.1, and several others. Sadly, none of these got refreshed now, but the good part is that KDE Plasma 6 got the 6.2.5 bugfix update. The full list of changes for Plasma 6.2.5 can be found on this page.

In addition to the above, we should highlight that Bluestar Linux 6.12.8 is also known as bslx-6.12.8-2-2025.01.04-x86_64. When talking about the packages involved, we should mention that mariadb remains with the beta version 11.6.2, which replaced 11.2.2 in Bluestar 6.12.7. On the other hand, e2fsprogs moves from the stable version 1.47.1 to the beta/development build labeled 1.47.2. Chromium is still not back in the base package but can be installed separately if needed. Other packages not present in the base package that were removed at some point in the past are the gcc compiler and the Nvidia driver.

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