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LattePanda Mu MXM carrier kits with choice of Arc A380 or RTX 3060 graphics

DFRobot is offering two MXM GPU Carrier Board Kits for the LattePanda Mu compute module, with configurations based on either an Intel Arc A380 or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 MXM graphics card. Both kits support up to six independent 4K displays, Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.2 Gen2, M.2 expansion, and LattePanda Mu compute modules.

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Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF93M1 Development Kit is now available through multiple distributors, providing a platform for evaluating the company’s nRF93M1 LTE Cat 1 bis cellular module. The board combines the modem with an nRF54L15 host MCU and includes USB-C, onboard J-Link debugging, power-measurement support, and a preloaded SIM card.

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KDE Gear 26.08 Software Suite Is Out with Many Improvements for KDE Apps

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Arch Linux-Based Garuda Linux “Temeraire” Released with Linux Kernel 7.2

Powered by the latest and greatest Linux 7.2 kernel series, Garuda Linux “Temeraire” ships with the linux-garuda kernel built on CachyOS’s kernel, running the EEVDF scheduler, and using DKMS to ensure the kernel is always rebuilt against the latest NVIDIA drivers.

COSMIC 1.6 Desktop Environment Released with More Improvements

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 21, 2025

Christmas Dinner Table

Updated This Past Day

  1. Jamie Zawinski Complained About Wayland, Then Decided to Give It a Go, Now Complains Again About Wayland
    Ask IBM (Red Hat) why it's worth throwing so much away just for Wayland fanaticism
  2. Taking Stock of a Good and Productive Week
    We shall now be taking a break, unpacking the new hard drive (8 TB), and making backups of everything
  3. Ageism in Tech
    Your protocol is "old"...

    New

  4. Are You Served?
    For many people, advocacy of Free software and GPL enforcement are assumed to be happening
  5. Conspiracy or grooming? Alex Jurado, Voice of Reason compared to Outreachy
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  6. Links 20/07/2025: Security Breaches and Former 'Open' 'AI' Engineer on Hype and Culture Issues
    Links for the day
  7. Links 20/07/2025: Fending Off BRICS and US Government Attacks Its Own Media (Like China and Russia)
    Links for the day
  8. Framed by social control media: Alex Belfield, Voice of Reason
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  9. Gemini Links 20/07/2025: Summertime and OCC25 Wrap-up
    Links for the day
  10. Slopwatch: Planet Ubuntu, LinuxSecurity, and More
    former "Linux" blogs which basically became slopfarms
  11. Links 20/07/2025: More GAFAM Lawsuits, Layoffs, and SLAPPs
    Links for the day
  12. Nice Recovery (From Actual Fire) by PCLinuxOS, New Version of PCLinuxOS Released, Now Top of DistoWatch
    PCLinuxOS is a community-driven distro
  13. More Microsoft Shutdowns That Mostly Slipped Under the Radar
    Remember what happened to books 'sold' by Microsoft?
  14. Microsoft Lunduke Still Fighting Cancel Culture With... Cancel Culture
    There will be no "winners" in such 'debates'
  15. The History of Daily Links and Politics
    "I support Wayland, but I also support abortion..."
  16. Microsoft is at 0% "Market Share" in Most Areas
    Depending on the taxonomy chosen, there may be dozens of categories other than desktops and laptops
  17. "The moment MSFT stock fails to start tumbling, that’s the beginning of another corporate giant going under."
    There are far more layoffs at Microsoft than at Intel, but you would not get this impression based on Wall Street media
  18. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  19. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 19, 2025
    IRC logs for Saturday, July 19, 2025
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Sunday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2025-07-14 to 2025-07-20
    3488 /about.shtml
    2217 /n/2025/07/14/Slashdot_Media_Turned_Linux_Journal_Into_a_Slopfarm_and_Now_Sla.shtml
    1782 /n/2025/07/16/Why_I_am_Suing_the_Serial_Strangler_From_Microsoft_Alex_Balabha.shtml
    1309 /irc.shtml
    1072 /index.shtml
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