Other Sites

9to5Linux

Calibre 8.7 Adds Support for Generating Page Number Files on MTP-Based Kindles

The weekly Calibre releases continue with Calibre 8.7, a version that updates the Kindle driver with support for generating page number files (APNX) on 2024 and newer MTP-based Kindle devices, as well as the ability to ignore the “et al.” suffix on author names when finding similar e-books by author.

LibreOffice 25.2.5 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 63 Bug Fixes

Coming one and a half months after LibreOffice 25.2.4, the LibreOffice 25.2.5 point release addresses various bugs, crashes, and other annoyances reported by users in an attempt to improve the overall stability and reliability of this popular open-source, free, and cross-platform office suite.

Internet Society

What Is Community-Centered Connectivity and Why Should We Care?

About 2.7 billion people are still offline. That’s nearly one-third of the global population without access to a tool that enables people to access education, find work, run businesses, connect with public services, and stay in touch with friends and family.

LinuxGizmos.com

Compact Maix4-HAT Delivers 18 TOPS INT8 On-Device Inference for Raspberry Pi SBC

Maix4-HAT is a compact AI inference module developed by Sipeed for edge-side deployment of large models. According to Sipeed, it is powered by AXera’s AX650 vision chip, integrating an NPU capable of up to 72 TOPS at INT4 or 18 TOPS at INT8 precision. The module is designed to handle vision, speech, and language tasks in compact edge environments.

Luckfox Lyra Pi with Core3506 SoC Provides Optional 4G and PoE in a Raspberry Pi-Sized Form Factor

Luckfox has introduced the Lyra Pi, a compact single-board computer with a Raspberry Pi-like form factor, built around the Core3506 module and a triple-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor. It targets embedded and IoT applications, offering dual Ethernet, USB OTG, MIPI DSI, flexible Rockchip Matrix IO, and optional Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, and 4G LTE.

T-Display S3 Pro LR1121 Adds Dual-Band LoRa via Expansion Shield

LILYGO has released the T-Display S3 Pro LR1121, a modular variant designed to expand the capabilities of the standard T-Display S3 Pro. Instead of integrating a camera module like another Pro variant, this version introduces dual-band LoRa connectivity, audio input/output, vibration feedback, and a larger battery, all packaged in a stackable shield form.

Ubuntu Buzz !

Camera - An Intro to Ubuntu Default Photography Application

Camera (GNOME Camera) is the default Ubuntu application for taking photos as well as recording videos. In other words, it is the application used to access webcam device in laptop or PC. It is useful i.e. in live streaming and video conferencing (for school teachers, office workers, your family) beside taking simple pictures. We will learn more about it here with a little bit howtos and beneficial references. We remind you that this episode is the continuation in this series after Calendar and before the next one Characters. Now, please enjoy reading!

news

IceWM 3.8.1 Window Manager Released with Toolbar Improvements

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jul 14, 2025

Quoting: IceWM 3.8.1 Window Manager Released with Toolbar Improvements —

Just a few weeks after launching version 3.8, IceWM, a lightweight window manager for the X Window System, favored for its minimal resource usage and high configurability, has rolled out its first update in the series: version 3.8.1.

The update reintroduces the previous method for calculating User Memory, addressing potential discrepancies that might have cropped up in earlier releases. Additionally, users can now reload the toolbar directly from the dialog.

Another notable adjustment ensures that message dialogs stay on top of the WindowList, preventing them from getting lost behind other windows—an annoyance many users will be glad to see resolved.

Meanwhile, the BrowseMenu has received a speed boost and now consumes less memory, making navigation snappier, especially on older or resource-constrained systems.

Other Recent Tux Machines' Posts

Sparky 7.8: The 8th update of Sparky 7 – 7.8 is out
LibreOffice 25.2.5 Rolls Out with Over 60 Bug Fixes: LibreOffice 25.2.5 rolls out with over 60 bug fixes
GParted Live 1.7.0-8 Adds Mechanism to Reduce Random Order of Block Devices: GParted Live 1.7.0-8 has been released today for this open-source and free partition manager utility that lets you resize, copy, and move partitions without data loss, based on the popular GParted (GNOME Partition Manager) application.
Rescuezilla 2.6.1 Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery Adds Ubuntu 25.04 Support: Rescuezilla 2.6.1 is out today as the latest stable version of this Ubuntu-based “Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery” distribution based on the popular Clonezilla open-source disk imaging/cloning software.
Release of mesa 25.2.0-rc1 and mesa 25.1.6: two Mesa releases
Diving into Plasma Bigscreen: I have been a long time Plasma Mobile contributor
Hyprland 0.50 Lands with New Render Scheduler and Tons of Fixes: Hyprland 0.50 tiling Wayland compositor drops legacy rendering
Linux has over 6% of the desktop market: new articles
today's howtos: only 4 for now
Mabox 25.07 - July ISO refresh & auto theming!: The July ISO refresh brings back the improved automatic theme creation mechanism based on wallpaper colors
Distributions and Operating Systems, Free Software, and More: today's leftovers
Education and Events About Free Software: some FOSS picks
Otto Kekäläinen, Daniel Pocock, and Gunnar Wolf on Debian Tools and Blunders: Some Debian picks
Security Leftovers: Security picks for today
BSD: OpenBSD and BSD Now: Some BSD news
Red Hat Leftovers: mostly Red Hat's own promotional stuff
Web Leftovers: 4 links for today
today's howtos: about a dozen for now
Calibre 8.7 Adds Support for Generating Page Number Files on MTP-Based Kindles: Calibre 8.7 was released today by developer Kovid Goyal as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and cross-platform e-book manager software for managing your e-book collection.
today's leftovers: only 3 more links for now
Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, RISC-V, More Modding: some hardware picks
Programming Leftovers: Development picks
Security and Windows TCO Leftovers: Windows TCO and more
Android Leftovers: Chrome’s Bottom Bar on Android has Finally Arrived
Games: Cyberpunk 2077 2.3, Descenders Next, and More: 8 new stories from GamingOnLinux
Linux market share just crossed 5%, hitting a new milestone: This could mark the beginning of a new era for Linux-based platforms
No blind guessing – Constrict reduces compression hesitation: No blind guessing – Constrict reduces compression hesitation
ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors Get a Bug Fix Update: ONLYOFFICE 9.0, released in June
Free and Open Source Software: This is free and open source software
Thai Flavors: Ultramarine 41 and 42 — Your Linux Menu Picks: When Ultramarine Linux 42 was released just as Larry Cafiero was wrapping up his evaluation of the previous version
Security Leftovers: Security related news
today's leftovers: GNU/Linux and more
Technical Linux Articles: Instructionals/Technical articles
Programming Leftovers: Development picks
Today in Techrights: Some of the latest articles
Canonical and ESWIN announces EBC77 RISC-V SBC with Ubuntu 24.04 support: ESWIN Computing, in collaboration with Canonical, has announced the EBC77 Series single board computer (SBC) with support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and designed for education
GNU/Linux and Free Software Leftovers: today's leftovers
Security Leftovers: Security related picks
Red Hat Leftovers (Official Site): redhat.com latest
Programming Leftovers: Development picks
Applications: Camera, Slop, and ProtonUp: Software news
today's howtos: lots from idroot
Audacious 4.5 Released with Playback History & LRCLIB Support: The new release of this lightweight free open-source player features new plugin, new lyrics provider, and various other improvements
Bash 5.3 Release Adds ‘Significant’ New Features: A new version of the GNU project’s Bourne Again SHell (better known to most of us as Bash) has been released, nearly 3 years after the last
Stable kernels: Linux 6.15.7, Linux 6.12.39, Linux 6.6.99, Linux 6.1.146, Linux 5.15.189, Linux 5.10.240, and Linux 5.4.296: I'm announcing the release of the 6.15.7 kernel
Orange Pi RV2 Single Board Computer Running Linux: Installing to the eMMC: This is a series of articles focusing on RISC-V single board computers running Linux
LibreOffice 25.2.5 Office Suite Is Now Available for Download with 63 Bug Fixes: The Document Foundation announced today the general availability of LibreOffice 25.2.5 as the fifth maintenance update to the latest LibreOffice 25.2 office suite series with more bug fixes.
Free and Open Source Software: This is free and open source software
today's leftovers: GNU/Linux and Windows stuff
Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi and More: some hardware picks
Android Leftovers: 5 reasons I'm finally uninstalling Gmail on Android – and what I'm replacing it with
Fastfetch 2.48 System Information Tool Brings Fedora Variant Support: Fastfetch 2.48 system information tool adds Fedora variant detection
GStreamer 1.26.4 Adds TAI Timestamp Muxing Support to mp4mux, Other Changes: Today, the GStreamer project released GStreamer 1.26.4 as the fourth maintenance update to the latest GStreamer 1.26 series of this popular open-source and cross-platform multimedia framework.
Krita 5.2.11 Released!: Today we're releasing Krita 5.2.11! This is a bug fix release for Krita 5.2.10
Review: the NovaCustom V54 is an outstanding Linux laptop with Dasharo coreboot firmware: Truly open source hardware – open down to the firmware level of individual components
Ubuntu 25.10 Fixes Something You Didn’t Know Needed Fixing: When Ubuntu Dock is in dock mode (not full width), corner radii are out of whack with the corner radius used elsewhere
Org Mode, GNU Guix, Mattermost, and more projects to participate in the FSF's hackathon: Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the projects that will participate in the virtual FSF40 hackathon on November 21-23 and opened general registration
Best Free and Open Source Software: This is free and open source software
Purism: That one task: In our last post, we mentioned that there was a key task remaining for gnome-control-center, the GNOME Settings application
Android Advanced Protection - Solid but overcomplicated: I want to take a look at Android's Advanced Protection mode
Games: Silence of the Siren, Rootkits ("Anticheat"), and More: half a dozen stories from GamingOnLinux
Blender 4.5 LTS Open-Source 3D Graphics App Makes the Vulkan Backend Stable: Blender 4.5 LTS is now available for download as a major update to this powerful, free, cross-platform, and open-source 3D graphics and modeling software, a release that introduces new features and improvements.
What LLMs do to software freedom [original]: Tux Machines boycotts sites that use LLMs
today's leftovers: 4 more links
Security and Windows TCO Leftovers: Security mostly
Latest Kernel- and Python-Centric LWN Articles: and one non-LWN
Today in Techrights: Some of the latest articles
Wireshark 4.4.8 Open-Source Network Protocol Analyzer Updates Protocol Support: Wireshark 4.4.8 has been released today as the eighth maintenance update to the latest Wireshark 4.4 stable series of this popular network protocol analyzer software for Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.
Free, Libre, and Open Source Software and Open Data Leftovers: FOSS picks
Databases: POWER, Redis, and Django: some DB news
Programming Leftovers: R and more
Web Browser Leftovers: focus on Firefox
Security and Windows TCO: a little Windows TCO example
Debian and Ubuntu Leftovers: mostly Debian
Open Hardware: RISC-V, PureOS, and More: gadgets and other hardware
Latest Red Hat Communications: From Red Hat's site
LibreArts Weekly Recap and AUR Updates Fetching 30 GB of Data for Electron: Some software news
Sam Thursfield and Victor Ma on GNOME: GNOME picks
Audiocasts/Shows: Destination Linux and What’s in the SOSS?: 2 new episodes
today's howtos: many howtos
Announcing the Release of RELIANOID 7.7 (Community Edition): released on July 15, 2025
Alpine 3.19.8, 3.20.7, 3.21.4 and 3.22.1 released: The 3.22.1 release includes a security fix for OpenSSL CVE-2025-4575
KDE Plasma 6.4.3 Improves the Automatic Screen Scale Calculator on Wayland: The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.4.3 as the third maintenance update to the latest and greatest KDE Plasma 6.4 desktop environment series, adding more bug fixes and improvements.
Android Leftovers: Android's screen magnifier can't zoom the keyboard, but a fix is finally on the way
PHP Proposes Switch to BSD-3-Clause License: PHP may drop its legacy license in favor of BSD 3-Clause in version 9.0
VirtualBox 7.1.12 Improves Support for Linux Kernel 6.16 on Linux Hosts and Guests: Oracle released today VirtualBox 7.1.12 as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization software for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems.
Games: skate, STRAFTAT, and More: 9 new stories from GamingOnLinux
Free and Open Source Software: This is free and open source software
I found a better way to transfer files between Android and Linux - and it's free: I'm always on the lookout for apps that make it easier to work with Linux and Android
today's leftovers: leftovers for Wednesday
Security Leftovers: Security related news
Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and More: Hardware projects and gadgets
Standing up for Women [original]: Bigotry and hate online merit an explanation
Slopfarms Are Going to Perish Because Public Opinion is Changing [original]: Many slopfarms will simply go offline
Today in Techrights: Some of the latest articles