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Collection of Ubuntu 24.04 Tutorials Part II: CHM, AppImages, Telegram and Synaptic

This is the second compilation of our Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat tutorials which have been published here at The Ubuntu Buzz since 2024. In last compilation, we talked about downloading Ubuntu up to selecting our repository server among others. In this episode, we will remind you about CHM ebooks, AppImages, Telegram Desktop as well as the classic but powerful Synaptic Package Manager with a short review for each. We hope this compilation series will be useful to you and everyone. This marks our last article of that year in the month May. Please enjoy!

9to5Linux

Raspberry Pi 500+ Launches as the Ultimate All-In-One PC Based on Raspberry Pi 5

The Raspberry Pi 500+ is the successor of the Raspberry Pi 500 computer, based on the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB model and featuring a high-quality mechanical keyboard with removable keycaps and individually addressable RGB LEDs, as well as an internal M.2 socket equipped with a 256GB Raspberry Pi SSD.

Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 Released with Ubuntu Touch Upgrader, Rabbit R1 Support

Coming almost three months after Ubuntu Touch OTA-9, the Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 release introduces support for the Rabbit R1 device and the new Ubuntu Touch upgrader, which allows users to upgrade to the long-anticipated Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 release, based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, once it’s released.

Calibre 8.11 E-Book Manager Adds an “Ask AI” Tab to the Dictionary Lookup Panel

Highlights of Calibre 8.11 include a new “Ask AI” tab in the dictionary lookup panel that allows you to query AI about the currently selected text. The feature supports hundreds of AI models via free providers like Google, OpenRouter, GitHub, or locally via Ollama.

System76 Releases COSMIC Beta Desktop Environment and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta

It’s been more than a year since System76 started development on Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS with the Rust-based desktop environment when they released the first alpha version, and now, seven alphas later, the beta version is ready for public testing for early adopters and application developers.

LinuxGizmos.com

MSI EdgeXpert Compact AI Supercomputer Based on NVIDIA DGX Spark

The EdgeXpert achieves up to 1000 AI TOPS at FP4 precision with sparsity and can scale higher using FP8 data formats. It integrates 128 GB of unified LPDDR5x memory on a 256-bit interface, offering 273 GB/s bandwidth shared across the CPU and GPU.

ESP32 Bus Pirate Turns Low-Cost Boards into Multi-Protocol Debugging Tools

The firmware supports protocols such as I²C, SPI, UART, 1-Wire, CAN, and JTAG, as well as infrared, smartcards, and USB device emulation. It also extends to wireless communication, enabling interaction with Sub-GHz radios, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, RFID, and RF24 devices. A built-in scripting engine allows automation using Bus Pirate-style bytecode instructions or Python.

Raspberry Pi Updates Keyboard PC with New 500+ Model

The Raspberry Pi 500+ is based on the Raspberry Pi 5 platform and features a 2.4GHz quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 CPU with 512KB per-core L2 cache and a shared 2MB L3 cache.