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Raspberry Pi CM5-based mini PC targets local OpenClaw deployment

EDATEC’s ED-CLAWBOX is a compact edge AI system based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5. The aluminum desktop system is designed for local OpenClaw deployment and provides Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, dual HDMI outputs, USB 3.0 connectivity, mSATA expansion, integrated audio, and a preinstalled JishuShell management environment.

Luckfox Lyra PLC Runs Linux on RK3506B with Dual 100Mbps Ethernet

The Luckfox Lyra PLC is a compact Linux-based programmable logic controller built around the Rockchip RK3506B processor. The DIN-rail system provides dual 100Mbps Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, industrial serial interfaces, CAN, relay outputs, and a 1.9-inch touchscreen.

reComputer Classic J5011/J5012 Adds 10GbE and PCIe Gen4 to Jetson AGX Orin

Seeed Studio’s reComputer Classic J5011 and J5012 are a pair of AI development systems based on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin modules. The reComputer Classic J5011 uses the 32GB AGX Orin module, while the J5012 steps up to the 64GB version. Both systems are intended as direct replacements for NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit while retaining compatibility with its peripheral ecosystem.

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Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Highlights of Linux 7.2 include cache-aware load-balancing support, initial HDMI 2.1 FRL support to the AMDGPU driver, support for devres-based management of ACPI notify handlers, initial CRI platform support for the Intel Xe driver, and Rust support for the IBM System/390 (S/390) architecture.

GIMP 3.4 Promises New Project File Format, PSD Support Improvements, and More

The biggest change in GIMP 3.4 is a new project file format by default, which follows a more common “zipped XML” structure, supports multi-page and animation features, and enables faster saving by only updating parts of the file instead of the whole project every time. The binary XCF format will still be supported.

Debian Turns 33 Years Old, Happy Birthday!

That’s right, it’s been 33 years since the late Ian Murdock announced the Debian Project on August 16th, 1993, and the initial release of Debian GNU/Linux a month later on September 15th, in an attempt to develop the so-called “Universal Operating System.”

GNOME 51 Desktop Environment Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing

Coming a month and a half after GNOME 51 alpha, the GNOME 51 beta release improves GNOME Shell with better keyboard navigation of screenshot area selection, SVG-based cursor implementations, initial support for the ‘reduced-motion’ setting, support for web login and a unified auth mechanism, and support for copy, paste, and cut action keys in entries.

Canonical Certifies the Advantech AOM-2721 AIoT Board for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

The Advantech AOM-2721 is designed to handle machine vision, robotics, drones, and medical Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) under strict physical and thermal constraints. It is powered by a Qualcomm QCS6490 (or QCS5430) octa-core ARM processor running at a low 6.9-watt Thermal Design Power (TDP).

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4MLinux 49.0 Distro Adds Support for Bcachefs Installations, New Apps, and More

posted by Marius Nestor on Aug 06, 2025,
updated Aug 10, 2025

Coming more than three months after 4MLinux 48.0, the 4MLinux 49.0 release is powered by the Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series, uses the Mesa 25.1 graphics stack, features support for Bcachefs installations in UEFI mode, and improves support for mobile devices via Bluetooth and PTP/MTP protocols.

Several new apps have been added in 4MLinux 49.0, including the Stella Atari 2600 VCS emulator, Brutal Chess game, Aqualung advanced music player, Goggles music manager, QWinFF media converter, Fastfetch system monitor utility, Gnuplot plots generator, and ReZound audio editor.

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4MLinux 49.0 STABLE released

The status of the 4MLinux 49.0 series has been changed to STABLE. Edit your documents with LibreOffice 25.2 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.6, GIMP 3.1.2, Gnumeric 1.12.59), surf the Internet with Firefox 140.0 and Chrome 138.0, send emails via Thunderbird 140.0, enjoy your music collection with Audacious 4.4.2, watch your favorite videos with VLC 3.0.21 and SMPlayer 25.6.0, play games powered by Mesa 25.1.0 and Wine 10.11. You can also setup a very lightweight HTTP/FTP server (based on BusyBox 1.37.0). Perl 5.40.2, Python 2.7.18, Python 3.13.3, and Ruby 3.4.3 are also available.

As always, the new major release has some new features. 4MLinux can now be installed on Bcachefs partitions (but only in UEFI mode). This release ships with much improved support for mobile devices (via Bluetooth and PTP/MTP protocols). Stella (Atari 2600 VCS emulator) and Brutal Chess have been added to the 4MLinux GamePack collection. Aqualung (music player), Googles (music manager), QWinFF (media converter), Fastfetch (system monitor) are now included out of the box. GIMP4, gnuplot (famous plots generator), ReZound (audio editor) are available as downloadable extensions. And finally, optional (ready-to-install) Intel VAPPI drivers can be found on the 4MLinux LiveCD.

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