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NVIDIA 580 Linux Graphics Driver Released, Promises Better Wayland Support

Highlights of the NVIDIA 580 graphics driver series include improved support for Wayland by introducing support for the fifo-v1 Wayland protocol on Vulkan and fixing a bug that could cause GTK 4 apps to crash when using the Vulkan backend on Wayland.

GNOME 48.4 Finally Improves Update Notifications in GNOME Software

Coming a little over a month after GNOME 48.3, the GNOME 48.4 release promises to finally fix the update notification issue in the GNOME Software app, which gave me a lot of headaches in the past few months. The issue was that even if my system was up to date, GNOME Software sent a notification that it was out of date.

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HackerBox 0117 RFID Lab Explores Dual-Frequency RFID and NFC

The kit supports both high-frequency (13.56 MHz) and low-frequency (125 kHz) operation. Included tags range from S50 Mifare Classic cards and rewritable T5577 cards to an NTAG215 NFC chip embedded on a custom PCB dog tag. Additional components include a two-channel logic level shifter, SMD resistors, mounting hardware, and a silicone dog tag silencer.

Sixfab ALPON X5 AI Brings Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 and 25 TOPS AI to Kickstarter

Sixfab has launched the ALPON X5 AI on Kickstarter, a compact industrial-grade edge AI computer for applications including smart surveillance, healthcare monitoring, autonomous robotics, and industrial automation. It combines Raspberry Pi compatibility with a high-efficiency AI accelerator for a plug-and-play solution from prototyping to deployment.

(Updated) LILYGO T-Embed CC1101: Enabling Sub-GHz and NFC/RFID Communication

LILYGO launched the T-Embed CC1101, built around the ESP32-S3 Dual-core LX7. It supports Wi-Fi, BLE 5, and Sub-GHz wireless communication, targeting remote and low-power IoT projects.

XpressReal T3 Compact SBC with Realtek RTD1619B Runs Chromium OS Variant

The XpressReal T3 is the first single board computer in the XpressReal product family, developed in collaboration with Fyde Innovations, Radxa, and Realtek. This compact, open-source, and hackable SBC is built around the Realtek RTD1619B SoC and supports operating systems such as openFyde, custom Linux distributions, and Android.

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List of Desktop Notes Applications on Ubuntu 24.04

This listing collects desktop notes applications including sticky notes that we recommend for Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat. We included here KNotes, which are well-known and full-featured, and also Affiche.app which just works but less-known, among others in order to promote them to more users (and open the opportunity for more people to get involved in the project). All applications are available in the official repository and no third-party sources required. Now, let's start exploring them!

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Legendary OpenPrinting architect looking for new role

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Aug 04, 2025

Quoting: Legendary OpenPrinting architect looking for new role —

The OpenPrinting project develops and packages a complete subsystem that makes connecting to and setting up printers even easier than it is on Windows. The project is also backed by the Linux Foundation, but until now, project lead Kamppeter had been on Canonical's payroll since 2006 – just after the release of Ubuntu 6.06 "Dapper Drake," the first ever LTS version.

Before moving to Canonical, Kamppeter worked at Linux Mandrake, where he was hired in 2000 to move the distro's printing system to the new CUPS. As he put it...

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