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Debian Trixie-Based Grml 2025.08 Is Out to Celebrate Debian’s 32nd Birthday

Based on the recently released Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series and powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series, Grml 2025.08 provides users with fresh software packages, up-to-date hardware support, and fixes for known bugs from previous Grml releases.

GNOME 49 Beta Released for Public Testing on GNOME’s 28th Anniversary

Coming five weeks after GNOME 49 alpha, the GNOME 49 beta release adds a redesigned search popover to the Nautilus file manager, adds media controls on the lock screen, adds a new default wallpaper, and adds a new donation reminder notification to encourage users to help GNOME.

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(Updated) NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit to Launch in Mid-August with 2070 TFLOPS AI Performance, Priced at $3499

The Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit is an upcoming high-performance platform built for next-generation humanoid robotics, real-time sensor fusion, and generative AI at the edge. It delivers up to 2070 FP4 TFLOPS of AI performance, includes 128 GB of LPDDR5X memory, and supports high-throughput, low-latency connectivity for deploying large transformer and vision-language models in real-time robotic systems.

ESP32-P4-ETH Multimedia Development Board with PoE Kit Options

The ESP32-P4 is built around a dual-core 400 MHz RISC-V processor with support for up to 32 MB PSRAM and 32 MB of onboard NOR Flash. It offers MIPI-CSI for cameras, MIPI-DSI for high-resolution displays, USB 2.0 OTG, a microSD slot using the SDIO 3.0 protocol, and audio interfaces that include a microphone and speaker header with an integrated codec and amplifier.

ESP32-S3 Based Genesis IoT Discovery Lab with Plug & Play Modules

The system is built around an ESP32-S3 board that provides six Genesis ports, though the connector can also be implemented on other platforms such as Raspberry Pi Pico or STM32. Modules are cross-compatible across any board that supports the AX22 pinout, ensuring flexibility and portability between platforms. Each module follows a 22 × 22 mm format with a 10-pin interface supporting I²C, SPI, UART, analog, and GPIO connections.

ArmSoM CM1 Core Module with RK3506J Released for Industrial and Embedded Applications

The CM1 integrates a Rockchip RK3506J SoC with a tri-core Arm Cortex-A7 CPU cluster and a single-core Cortex-M0 for real-time control tasks. Graphics processing is handled by a 2D hardware acceleration engine. Memory options include 256 MB or 512 MB DDR3L RAM and 256 MB or 512 MB NAND flash, with microSD expansion support.

Libre Computer Previews Solitude and Alta Compute Modules with Low-Power Features

The modules are designed for lower power consumption compared to Raspberry Pi CM4 and CM5, with support for low power states and wake events such as Wake-on-LAN, Wake-on-IR/IO/CEC, and Wake-on-Camera/Display. Wireless connectivity is not included on the module, with RF modules intended to be paired via SDIO.

AAEON Leverages MediaTek Genio SoCs for Latest SMARC Modules uCOM-M700 and uCOM-M510

The Genio 700 features a dual-core Arm Cortex-A78 at 2.2 GHz, a hexa-core Arm Cortex-A55 at 2.0 GHz, and an Arm Mali-G57 MC3 GPU, delivering up to 4 TOPS of AI performance.

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Ubuntu’s Desktop Icons Extension Adds New Keyboard Shortcuts

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Aug 01, 2025

Quoting: Ubuntu's Desktop Icons Extension Adds New Keyboard Shortcuts - OMG! Ubuntu —

DING (Desktop Icons New Generation) is what enables you to place app shortcuts, files, folders, access drive mount icons and transient content directly on the Ubuntu desktop itself.

The extension supports drag and drop actions, including to/from applications and the desktop space, provides a right-click context menu with options to “Open with…”, tooltips for reading truncated file/shortcut names, and more.

Now, the latest release expands the extension’s support with keyboard shortcuts for selecting desktop icons without the mouse...

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