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(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.

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ESP32-S3 IR Thermal Imaging Camera Module with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Connectivity

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NetCard 3 for H Series Expanding 5GbE Networking on ODROID H3 and H4

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

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

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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.

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Fwupd 2.0.6 Brings Enhanced Features and Bug Fixes

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 15, 2025

Quoting: Fwupd 2.0.6 Brings Enhanced Features and Bug Fixes —

Less than two weeks after its previous 2.0.5 release, Fwupd, an open-source utility designed to make updating firmware on Linux-based systems easier and more automatic, rolled out its new 2.0.6 version.

The new release includes several key enhancements, one of which is the addition of fwupdtool efiboot-hive, a new command that allows users to set the nmbl command line, thereby offering a more flexible configuration process.

Moreover, if you need to pause or delay firmware updates for administrative reasons, you can now conveniently set an “inhibit reason” directly from fwupdmgr.

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