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CM5 MINIMA Carrier Board for Raspberry Pi CM5 Features M.2 M-Key Slot

The CM5 MINIMA is a compact carrier board built for the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, developed in collaboration with Seeed Studio and Pierluigi Colangeli. It integrates essential I/O and expansion features into a 61 by 61 millimeter layout designed for embedded projects, low-power computing, and space-constrained applications.

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KDE Desktop Environment Comes to FreeBSD 15.0 Installer

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jul 23, 2025

Quoting: KDE Desktop Environment Comes to FreeBSD 15.0 Installer —

Big news came from the FreeBSD camp: users may soon enjoy an easier, more streamlined path to setting up a desktop environment, more specifically KDE Plasma, thanks to ongoing work targeting the upcoming FreeBSD 15.0 release.

Developers are currently working to integrate a KDE desktop installation directly into the FreeBSD installer (bsdinstall), creating a user-friendly experience right from the start.

First off, if you’re a Linux user who’s used to those slick graphical installers that get you up and running with a full desktop environment in just a few clicks, it’s totally fair to wonder what makes this news such a big deal.

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