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FET536-C SoM Carrier with High-Speed Interfaces and GPIO Expansion

The FET536-C System on Module, based on the Allwinner T536 processor, is designed for applications that require reliable performance and flexible connectivity. It is intended for use in fields such as data concentrators, DTUs, EV charging systems, transportation, robotics, and industrial control.

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AerynOS 2025.03 Released with GNOME 48, Mesa 25, and Linux Kernel 6.13.8

That’s right, AerynOS is one of the first distros to package and deliver the recently released GNOME 48 desktop environment to its users. GNOME 48 is a huge update featuring HDR support, dynamic triple buffering, Wayland color management protocol, a Wellbeing feature, battery charge limiting, and more.

XZ Utils 5.8 Introduces Performance Improvements in the LZMA/LZMA2 Decoder

XZ Utils 5.8 updates the liblzma compression library on 32/64-bit x86 platforms to boost decompression time by 0-5% on systems built with GCC runtime library exception and up to 15% on systems built against the musl libc C standard library with highly compressed files.

Fwupd 2.0.7 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for More Lenovo and HP Devices

Highlights of fwupd 2.0.7 include support for UEFI capsule installation in the bootloader, support for showing the SBOM release URL, support for cabinet archives larger than 2GB, a new HPE proprietary Redfish firmware push method, as well as new plugins to update Intel CVS cameras and B&R DisplayPort receivers.

MPV 0.40 Open-Source Video Player Released with Native HDR Support on Linux

Highlights of MPV 0.40 include native HDR (High Dynamic Range) support using direct rendering (DRM) and dmabuf-wayland on Linux, Wayland color management protocol support, NVIDIA RTX video HDR support, HDR metadata support, and a new script for video alignment and zooming.

GNU Linux-Libre 6.14 Kernel Released for Those Seeking 100% Freedom for Their PCs

Based on the just-released Linux 6.14 kernel series, the GNU Linux-libre 6.14 kernel is here to clean up newly added drivers, including hx9023s, amdxdna, and tas2781 spi, cleap up blob names in dts files, and adjust deblobbing for the Intel AVS, AMDGPU, r8169, mt7996, and iwlwifi drivers.

GIMP 3.0.2 Image Editor Improves the Flatpak Bundle and Fixes Various Issues

GIMP 3.0.2 is here to improve the Flatpak bundle by fixing a crash reported by users when selecting a brush and the view was set to Icon Grid, fix packaging issues for macOS and Windows users leading to missing features, as well as to fix some UI glitches and odd coloring problems due to various system themes.

Linux Kernel 6.14 Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Highlights of Linux 6.14 include Btrfs RAID1 read balancing support, a new ntsync subsystem for Win NT synchronization primitives to boost game emulation with Wine, uncached buffered I/O support, and a new accelerator driver for the AMD XDNA Ryzen AI NPUs (Neural Processing Units).

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Kumander Linux: A Windows 7 Nostalgia Trip

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 25, 2025

Quoting: Kumander Linux: A Windows 7 Nostalgia Trip —

The variety in the Linux niche is endless, and yet another distribution that came under my radar these days proves it – Kumander. At first glance, it’s obvious—it is all about recreating the familiar look and feel of good old Windows 7. And to a large extent, it succeeds.

Under the hood, its latest Kumander Linux 2.0 (Bufalo) version, released on March 5, runs the stable Debian 12.10 release, powered by Linux kernel 6.1 LTS. The desktop environment is Xfce 4.18, featuring the Whisker Menu and a custom theme designed to mimic the still loved by many Windows 7 look.

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