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GNOME 49 Release Candidate Re-Enables X11 Support by Default in GDM

The GNOME 49 Release Candidate has some interesting changes, especially the re-enablement of X11 support in the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) component by default as the devs find it hard to cleanly separate GDM’s ability to launch modern X11 sessions. X11 support was disabled in the GNOME 49 alpha release.

Mixxx 2.5.3 Open-Source DJ App Brings Major Improvements to Digital Vinyl System

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Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Based on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series and powered by Linux kernel 6.14, which should boost hardware support, Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” ships with the usual editions featuring the Cinnamon 6.4, Xfce 4.18, and MATE 1.26 desktop environments.

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M5Stack Introduces Cardputer-Adv with Expanded Features and Higher-Capacity Battery

It is powered by the Stamp-S3A core module based on the ESP32-S3FN8 dual-core Xtensa LX7 processor, running at up to 240 MHz with 8 MB of flash storage. A microSD card slot provides additional storage for applications and data, and an infrared emitter is included for remote-control functions.

Pi Zero 2 W AV-USB board adds USB hub, audio, and video output

The AV-USB provides three full-size USB-A ports via an onboard hub, along with a PCM5102-based stereo analog audio interface over I2S. Audio and composite video are routed through a 3.5 mm TRRS jack, restoring analog video output that on the Pi Zero 2 W was moved to a small test pad, making it easier to connect displays without soldering.

Fing Agent with Raspberry Pi Kit Now Available

The Fing Agent has been available previously as software for Raspberry Pi, NAS, and Docker containers. The new kit, created in collaboration with Pimoroni, comes pre-assembled and pre-configured to simplify deployment.

(Updated) Radxa CM4 compute module supports 8K video, WiFi 6, and PCIe expansion

The CM4 integrates an octa-core CPU with four Cortex-A72 and four Cortex-A53 cores running up to 2.2 GHz, paired with an ARM Mali-G52 MC3 GPU supporting OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0/3.2, Vulkan 1.2, and OpenCL 2.1. An integrated NPU delivers up to 6 TOPS at INT8, with support for frameworks such as TensorFlow, ONNX, PyTorch, and Caffe.

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Red Hat QA Team "Had Shrunk by Half Over the Past Year." (After IBM Divestment)
    If Red Hat's workforce is being moved to the East, then RHEL can become a national security problem

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  2. Gemini Links 04/09/2025: Means of Production and Rusting Out
    Links for the day
  3. Links 04/09/2025: Science, Hardware, and Eyes on China
    Links for the day
  4. Gemini Links 04/09/2025: Digital Minimalism and Social Control Media
    Links for the day
  5. IBM's GNU/Linux Divestment, Based on Hard But Anecdotal Evidence (IBM Fails to Recognise How Much Money It Made and Can Still Make From "Linux")
    Love us or hate us, a lot of what we've been saying about Red Hat under IBM turns out to be rather accurate
  6. Links 04/09/2025: Massive Microsoft Staff Cuts (Barely Reported), "Strange Conspiracy Theory Is Reportedly Spreading Inside OpenAI"
    Links for the day
  7. Activists Can Win, But Keep an Eye on the Ball and on the Trophy
    GitHub is dying, it was a loss-making trap, not free hosting
  8. Gemini Links 04/09/2025: Katrina Remembered, Distracted Driving, and Virtual Economics
    Links for the day
  9. At This Point It's No Longer Matthew Garrett But People Who Fund Matthew Garrett (or Companies That Fund His SLAPPs Against My Wife and I)
    The only thing worse than misogynists are misogynists who fail to respect other people's right to go on holiday
  10. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  11. IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, September 03, 2025
    IRC logs for Wednesday, September 03, 2025
  12. The UEFI 9/11 - Part VI - This Serious Harm Was Planned for Over a Decade, Not an Accident or Merely Some Misfortune
    The term "Serious Harm" is legally meaningful here
  13. GNOME Unfit for Diversity and Inclusion
    GNOME's leadership is using "bad words"
  14. Brodie Robertson Addressing the Recently-Discovered Comments
    Most people probably knew nothing about this until he wrote a response
  15. Slopwatch: "Open Source" and "Linux" News Faked, Made by Bots and Entered Into Google News
    Spam combined with slop about "Linux" has entered Google News
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Thursday contains all the text.

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