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Since 2016, Internet stakeholders in the Philippines have advocated for changes to the country’s restrictive Internet provider regulations. Now, landmark connectivity legislation called Konektadong Pinoy is nearing passage and poised to bring Internet connectivity to rural communities that have been left behind by the digital divide.
SOMDEVICES has introduced the µSMARC RZ/V2N, a System-on-Module based on the Renesas RZ/V2N processor. Designed for AI-driven machine learning, vision applications, and industrial automation, this module delivers high computational performance in a compact form factor.
Two new smartwatches running open-source PebbleOS have been introduced: Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2. These watches maintain compatibility with thousands of existing Pebble apps while incorporating modern hardware updates.
The RDK X5 is a development kit designed for intelligent computing and robotics. It features a form factor similar to the Raspberry Pi single board computer but is powered by the 10 TOPS Sunrise 5 processor.
Why the big change after all this time developing this new Linux distro? Well, Ikey Doherty says that “the “Serpent OS” name was a quickly chosen name that stuck.” In addition, the developer thinks that “serpents” are often associated with negative connotations and that “Serpent OS” is not the most inviting name for a project.
Kali Linux 2025.1 is here three months after Kali Linux 2024.4 and since it’s the first release in 2025 it comes with the annual theme refresh that includes updated boot menu, login screen, and desktop wallpapers. Kali Linux 2025.1 is also the first release to ship with the latest and greatest Xfce 4.20 desktop environment.
Highlights of GNOME 48 include dynamic triple buffering to boost the performance on low-end GPUs, such as Intel integrated graphics or Raspberry Pi computers, Wayland color management protocol support, new Adwaita fonts, HDR (High Dynamic Range) support, and a new Wellbeing feature with screen time tracking.
Built on top of Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS (Noble Numbat) and powered by Linux kernel 6.11, elementary OS 8.0.1 is here as an updated installation media for those who want to deploy the elementary OS 8.0 “Circe” release on new computers without having to download hundreds of updates after the installation.
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On March 4th, 2025, we welcomed a new NixOS Foundation Board — marking the first-ever board rotation under our newly established constitution. Change is always a big step, but we believe this one is for the better! With clearly defined roles and a more structured approach, the Foundation is set up for success in supporting the Nix & NixOS ecosystem.