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New Release: Tails 6.19

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LinuxGizmos.com

Banana Pi BPI-M4 Super with Rockchip RK3568B2 and Dual Ethernet

Banana Pi has shared more hardware details about the upcoming BPI-M4 Super, a single-board computer designed for multimedia and IoT applications. The board integrates dual Ethernet (1 GbE and 2.5 GbE), PCIe expansion, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, and 4K HDMI output.

Game Bub Fully Open-Source FPGA Handheld Launched on Crowd Supply

Game Bub, an open-source FPGA handheld designed for retro gaming, has just launched on Crowd Supply. Built to natively support Game Boy and Game Boy Advance cartridges, it also features link cable compatibility for multiplayer gaming with other Game Bub units or original Nintendo handhelds.

ArmSoM RK3588 AI Module7 Launches as Jetson Nano-Compatible Edge Platform

First unveiled a year ago, ArmSoM has finally launched the RK3588 AI Module7 (AIM7) on Crowd Supply. The open hardware compute module is designed as a Jetson Nano–compatible alternative, targeting edge computing, vision systems, and embedded AI projects.

MNT Reform RCORE V2 with RK3588 Upgrade Now Available

MNT Research has launched the RCORE V2 on Crowd Supply, its most powerful processor module upgrade for the open hardware MNT Reform and Pocket Reform laptops. Based on the Rockchip RK3588 SoC, the module boosts CPU, GPU, and RAM performance over earlier options and simplifies installation by removing the need for an internal HDMI adapter in the Reform chassis.

DE23-Lite Development Kit with Agilex 3 FPGA Targets Education and Prototyping

Terasic has introduced the DE23-Lite, a compact development board powered by the Altera Agilex 3 FPGA and positioned as a cost-effective platform for education and prototyping. Compared to the earlier DE10-Lite, it brings upgraded I/O flexibility, integrated peripherals, and modern FPGA capabilities for digital logic, robotics, embedded vision, and classroom instruction.

MS-C927 Compact Box PC with Intel Meteor Lake-U and Arrow Lake-U

The MS-C927 is an upcoming compact fanless box PC built on Intel’s Meteor Lake-U and Arrow Lake-U processors. It targets low-power, silent operation in industrial and embedded environments such as automation, transportation, and edge computing, and comes in a 130 × 155 × 40 mm form factor with wall and DIN-rail mounting options.

FRDM-MCXW23 Development Board with MCX W23 Wireless MCU and BLE 5.3

The FRDM-MCXW23 is a development board based on the MCX W23 Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3 wireless MCU. It provides a compact platform for evaluating low-power wireless designs, targeting applications such as portable medical devices, smart appliances, automation systems, and asset tracking.

9to5Linux

FFmpeg 8.0 “Huffman” Released with AV1 Vulkan Encoder, VVC VA-API Decoding

Dubbed “Huffman” and coming more than ten months after FFmpeg 7.1, the FFmpeg 8.0 release is here to enable TLS peer certificate verification by default, add an AV1 Vulkan encoder, introduce VP9 Vulkan and ProRes RAW Vulkan hardware-acceleration, and implement APV encoding support through a libopenapv wrapper.

Calibre 8.9 E-Book Manager Adds Support for Embedded Fonts to HTMLZ Output

Calibre 8.9 is here to add support for embedded fonts to HTMLZ output, a color swatch in the results list of the Annotations browser to make seeing the type of highlight easier, and the ability to display the cover of the target book when merging books via drag and drop.