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PNY preorder listing shows Nvidia DGX Spark at $4,299.99

According to the product brief, DGX Spark can support models of up to 200 billion parameters locally with its 128GB of coherent LPDDR5x system memory. Using the built-in ConnectX networking, two DGX Spark systems can be linked together to enable inference on models of up to 405 billion parameters, with Nvidia highlighting support for workloads such as Llama 3.1 405B.

SpecFive Strike Handheld Linux Workstation with LoRa Mesh

The device comes in a PETG enclosure featuring a 4.3-inch touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard, giving it the appearance and usability of a pocket-sized Linux laptop. A 5000 mAh internal battery provides 3 to 6 hours of runtime, and charging is handled through a dedicated USB port.

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KDE Frameworks 6.18 Lets You Use Your Laptop’s Copilot Key for Launching Apps

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Dash to Panel GNOME Shell Extension Gets GNOME 49 Support and New Features

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LMDE 7 Will Be Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”, Linux Mint 22.3 Planned for December

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openSUSE to Disable Bcachefs File System Support in Tumbleweed with Linux 6.17

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VirtualBox 7.2.2 Adds Support for KVM APIs on Linux Kernel 6.16 and Newer

For Linux users, VirtualBox 7.2.2 introduces support for using KVM APIs on Linux kernel 6.16 and newer for acquiring and releasing VT-x on Linux hosts and updates Linux Guest Additions by fixing an issue when VBoxClient was reporting that it is unable to load shared libraries on start.

Slimbook Refreshes Its Flagship Linux Laptop, Introduces Slimbook Manjaro III

First in the line is the Slimbook EVO, Slimbook’s flagship laptop introduced last year, which now features the brand-new AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor with 10 cores and 20 threads, next-generation NPU with 50 TOPS designed for local execution of AI models, up to 128 GB RAM, and up to 16 TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 storage.

PipeWire 1.4.8 Brings Low Latency to FireWire Devices Using the ALSA Drivers

PipeWire 1.4.8 brings low latency for FireWire devices using the ALSA drivers by forcing the IRQ mode in Pro-Audio mode even if there are multiple capture and playback devices, improves compatibility with Apple HomePod Minis by adding fp_sap25 encryption to the RAOP module, and improves support for the Razer BlackShark v3 gaming headset.

KDE Gear 25.08.1 Released with More Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps

KDE Gear 25.08.1 is here to fix an issue in the KTorrent app that caused it to constantly write to a magnet file, fix an issue with the account moderation tools page in the Tokodon app, and fix an infinite loop in git blame in the Kate text editor that occurred when using the Flatpak version.

Fwupd 2.0.15 Adds Support for NVIDIA ConnectX-6, ConnectX-7 and ConnectX-8 NICs

Coming about two weeks after fwupd 2.0.14, the fwupd 2.0.15 release adds support for updating the firmware on more hardware, including the NVIDIA ConnectX-6, NVIDIA ConnectX-7, and NVIDIA ConnectX-8 NICs, Jabra Evolve2 child devices, as well as the Foxconn SDX61 modem.

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Fwupd 2.0.16 Released with New Search Feature

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Sep 12, 2025

Quoting: Fwupd 2.0.16 Released with New Search Feature —

Only two days after the previous 2.0.15 release, fwupd, an open-source tool designed to simplify firmware updates on Linux-based systems, has reached version 2.0.16, introducing a major improvement—namely, search functionality.

In light of this, this release adds a search feature to both fwupdtool and fwupdmgr. That means users can now quickly look up available updates or information directly from the command line, making update management a bit more straightforward.

At the same time, the developers tackled some important bug fixes. One issue involved missing release locations when loading from artifacts, which has now been resolved.

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