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FFmpeg 8.0 “Huffman” Released with AV1 Vulkan Encoder, VVC VA-API Decoding

Dubbed “Huffman” and coming more than ten months after FFmpeg 7.1, the FFmpeg 8.0 release is here to enable TLS peer certificate verification by default, add an AV1 Vulkan encoder, introduce VP9 Vulkan and ProRes RAW Vulkan hardware-acceleration, and implement APV encoding support through a libopenapv wrapper.

Calibre 8.9 E-Book Manager Adds Support for Embedded Fonts to HTMLZ Output

Calibre 8.9 is here to add support for embedded fonts to HTMLZ output, a color swatch in the results list of the Annotations browser to make seeing the type of highlight easier, and the ability to display the cover of the target book when merging books via drag and drop.

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Banana Pi BPI-M4 Super with Rockchip RK3568B2 and Dual Ethernet

Banana Pi has shared more hardware details about the upcoming BPI-M4 Super, a single-board computer designed for multimedia and IoT applications. The board integrates dual Ethernet (1 GbE and 2.5 GbE), PCIe expansion, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, and 4K HDMI output.

Game Bub Fully Open-Source FPGA Handheld Launched on Crowd Supply

Game Bub, an open-source FPGA handheld designed for retro gaming, has just launched on Crowd Supply. Built to natively support Game Boy and Game Boy Advance cartridges, it also features link cable compatibility for multiplayer gaming with other Game Bub units or original Nintendo handhelds.

ArmSoM RK3588 AI Module7 Launches as Jetson Nano-Compatible Edge Platform

First unveiled a year ago, ArmSoM has finally launched the RK3588 AI Module7 (AIM7) on Crowd Supply. The open hardware compute module is designed as a Jetson Nano–compatible alternative, targeting edge computing, vision systems, and embedded AI projects.

MNT Reform RCORE V2 with RK3588 Upgrade Now Available

MNT Research has launched the RCORE V2 on Crowd Supply, its most powerful processor module upgrade for the open hardware MNT Reform and Pocket Reform laptops. Based on the Rockchip RK3588 SoC, the module boosts CPU, GPU, and RAM performance over earlier options and simplifies installation by removing the need for an internal HDMI adapter in the Reform chassis.

DE23-Lite Development Kit with Agilex 3 FPGA Targets Education and Prototyping

Terasic has introduced the DE23-Lite, a compact development board powered by the Altera Agilex 3 FPGA and positioned as a cost-effective platform for education and prototyping. Compared to the earlier DE10-Lite, it brings upgraded I/O flexibility, integrated peripherals, and modern FPGA capabilities for digital logic, robotics, embedded vision, and classroom instruction.

MS-C927 Compact Box PC with Intel Meteor Lake-U and Arrow Lake-U

The MS-C927 is an upcoming compact fanless box PC built on Intel’s Meteor Lake-U and Arrow Lake-U processors. It targets low-power, silent operation in industrial and embedded environments such as automation, transportation, and edge computing, and comes in a 130 × 155 × 40 mm form factor with wall and DIN-rail mounting options.

FRDM-MCXW23 Development Board with MCX W23 Wireless MCU and BLE 5.3

The FRDM-MCXW23 is a development board based on the MCX W23 Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3 wireless MCU. It provides a compact platform for evaluating low-power wireless designs, targeting applications such as portable medical devices, smart appliances, automation systems, and asset tracking.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Feb 19, 2025

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A Gift That Keeps on Giving: Microsofters Reveal a Campaign of SLAPP, Seeking to Censor Critical Information About Lawsuits Against Microsoft

All they can get here or mockery and ridicule
LLM Slopfarms: LinuxSecurity.com and FUDZilla Doing 'Linux' (Fake Articles)

It's 2025. Everything on the Web is getting worse, except SPARTAN.
Red Hat's Bluewashing to be Further Completed This Year

Do not wait for some announcement from redhat.com - it's already covered by IBM
LLM Slop is Now Filling the Web With Pure Fiction/Fabrication/Misinformation About Linux

The timing of this lie/fiction is curious because Torvalds is being brigaded for defending C
FUDZilla Has Turned Into LLM Slop and Machine-Generated FUD (New York Times Has Also Just Admitted Moving in That Direction)

Failing news sites, instead of calling it quits with some remaining dignity, are handing control over to LLM slop (pretending to still be active)
By Buying Twitter, MElon and Cheeto Now Control EU Politicians, Even at the Highest Levels

"the top level politicians make the egregious mistake of trying to treat Xitter as if it were a communications medium"
How to 'Sell' Software Freedom to People

In my experience, it helps when one speaks about control, not freedom, including confidentiality

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Two Years After Issuing Ridiculous Threats and Choosing a Law Firm in Debt (Probably Desperate for Clients) Matthew J. Garrett Gets Help ('Bailout') From Microsofters

The karma won't be good
How Americans View 'Free Speech' in Practice

"No good deed goes unpunished"
Threats Against Techrights Always Come From Outside Britain

Over the coming days we shall write about an example of our own and we'll show how Americans have the audacity to bully people using a foreign (to them) court
Links 18/02/2025: More DeepSeek Bans and Supreme Court Patent Challenges

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Links 18/02/2025: FAA Layoffs and EU Betrayed

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On Technical Contracts of Employment and Why People Must Read Before Signing

The wave of layoffs under MElon will worsen prospects of finding alternate/better employment
Gemini Links 18/02/2025: Reading Books and Oneiric Monk

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Swiss corruption, Greens, Liip & Debian human rights violations

Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Swiss police TIGRIS unit, World Cat Day, Swiss-corruption.com & Debian

Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
Links 18/02/2025: “Hey Hi Video Surveillance” and YouTube at 20

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The Washington Post (Jeff Bezos) Dies in Darkness

spread it on
Gemini Links 18/02/2025: Downloading Gemini Files with Emacs and Elpher, Gopher on Devuan

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Richard Stallman Confirms His Next Talk, "Free/Libre Software and Freedom in the Digital Society" (Next Monday in Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)

He could already advertise this more than a week ago
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