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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: June 15th, 2025

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PeaZip 10.5 Brings Major Performance Boost to the File and Archive Manager

Coming two months after PeaZip 10.4, the PeaZip 10.5 release improves speed and RAM usage when opening archives, improves representation of archives with complex structures, improves archive editing, improves smart sorting of file names, and adds support for system tools entries on Linux.

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OrangePi Equips Gateway Board with RISC-V Processor, Four RJ45 Ports, and OpenWRT Support

This week, OrangePi introduced the R2S, a compact board for embedded networking and gateway applications, running OpenWRT by default. Key features include dual 2.5G Ethernet ports, dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, and USB Type-C power input.

Gemini 435Le Features Active Stereo, Dual-Laser Modules, and 6-Axis IMU for 3D Vision

The Gemini 435Le is Orbbec’s newest 3D camera, designed to deliver robust, high-precision depth sensing for demanding industrial and outdoor robotics environments. Engineered with industrial-grade construction and IP67 protection, it supports logistics automation, robotic arms, and autonomous mobile robots operating in variable and dynamic conditions.

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Calendar - An Intro to Ubuntu Default Calendar Application

Calendar is the default calendar application on Ubuntu. Its main purpose is to show date, day, month and year. It also has features like scheduling, making appointments, reminders, synchronizing with your online calendars and so on. Now let's start reading about Calendar below.

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: June 15th, 2025

posted by Marius Nestor on Jun 15, 2025

This week we got many great news and releases, starting with a major update to the Sway tiling Wayland compositor and Canonical announcing the removal of the X11 session from Ubuntu 25.10, and continuing with Nitrux adopting Hyprland as default desktop and Linux kernel 6.14 reaching end of life.

On top of that, I show you how to enable sound on your Linux-powered MacBook and tell you all about the new Linux laptop from TUXEDO Computers. Below, you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux weekly roundup for June 15th, 2025.

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