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wolfSSL adds post-quantum algorithms and AURIX TC4xx support alongside wolfIP

wolfSSL has detailed several embedded security updates covering deterministic networking, post-quantum cryptography and automotive hardware security. The updates include the wolfIP TCP/IP stack, NIST-validated post-quantum algorithms in wolfCrypt, native Falcon and FrodoKEM implementations, and wolfHSM support for Infineon’s AURIX TC4xx family.

Fanless OnLogic controllers pair Core Ultra with CODESYS and fieldbus expansion

OnLogic has added two SoftPLC-oriented industrial computers built around Intel Core Ultra processors and pre-configured CODESYS environments. The Helix 521-PLC targets low-profile deployments, while the larger Helix 524-PLC adds PCIe expansion with an available Hilscher netX fieldbus interface for industrial networking and real-time control applications.

MINIX mini PC uses 5-core Intel Wildcat Lake processor with 24-TOPS AI performance

MINIX has listed the N304-AI, a compact mini PC based on Intel’s Core 3 304 processor with integrated Intel Graphics and an Intel AI Boost NPU. The system provides 16GB of LPDDR5X memory, dual M.2 NVMe storage, dual Gigabit Ethernet and triple 4K display support.

Tor Project blog

New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 16.0a12

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

schestowitz.com

An Impact of Slop Plagiarism

We’re drowning in seas of words

“You’d Think They Would Have Learned Their Lesson From Blockchain.”

A passing fad of mass plagiarism, not “intelligence” by any stretch of imagination

Replacing Microsoft, Microsoft is Drowning

The old pool

The Minimalists’ Mindset

Simple is funner

Still Chasing Heater for Fish

think it was in May of this year (early or mid May) that we ‘branched out’ the fish tank to another one, a shells-dedicated tank. It has since then expanded to a much bigger tank, which I found discounted by about 96% (lower than RRP), it just needed a lot of cleaning and sanitising. Today, two weeks after we added some danios and testas, we can easily see they have grown and have become accustomed to their new environment. We initially had a couple of cardinals, but they could not survive the conditions, I’m not sure why (maybe pH level, but probably something else; size could be a factor, they are very fine). Unlike last year, no fish just mysteriously ‘vanished’.

Mayfield Event Today in Manchester

Looks like something big and important

We Lose Things, Not Gain Things

2026-09-22 at 6:01AM: Things Will Only Get Better (as We Go Backwards)

Colgate Shrinkflation

Less for more

A Last Goodbye

Restaurant no more

Still Inspired by Chris

think that based on my records, I started my Ph.D. on “Tuesday 23rd September, 2003″ or maybe that was just my first meeting (21st September was likely my first day). I wrote this report a week later. Prior to that I had met or “interviewed” – if that’s the right term – 3 people in that department regarding a project and/or supervisor (I think that was Jim, Sue, and Chris).

Internet Society

Closing AI’s Language Gap: Why the Internet Society Is Joining a Global Commitment

For the Internet to truly be for everyone, people need to be able to access information in their own language. People can learn more, engage more, and be safer online—if they can fully understand the information they are reading and seeing online. However, of the over 7,000 languages spoken around the world, most information is only available in a few languages.

9to5Linux

VLC 3.0.24 Released with APV and Atrac3/Atrac9 Decoding, FFmpeg 8.1 Support

Coming almost ten months after VLC 3.0.23, the VLC 3.0.24 release is a major update in the VLC 3.0 series that introduces FFmpeg 8.1 support, support for the APV decoder, support for Atrac3/Atrac9 decoding, support for CEA-708 closed captions in MP4, and SRT listener mode support.

Mozilla Firefox 156.0.1 Is Now Available for Download with Various Bug Fixes

Firefox 156.0.1 is here only a week after Firefox 156 to fix an issue that caused the web browser to become unresponsive on some web pages that use CSS anchor positioning and to fix a bug causing elements inside a link to not show their CSS :active styles while being clicked.

Giada 1.6 Loop Machine Adds Time-Stretching Playback Mode for Sample Channels

Coming more than three months after Giada 1.5, the Giada 1.6 release introduces elastic (time-stretching) playback mode for sample channels, allowing tempo and pitch to be changed independently, and switches to a more efficient memory layout to improve audio buffer performance and internal data handling.

Flatpak 1.18.3 Fixes Subsandbox Startup and Updates Meson Wrap Subprojects

Flatpak 1.18.3 comes a month after Flatpak 1.18.2, which fixed a crash in the system helper that occurred when iterating cache directories, a portal bug causing it to pass the wrong file descriptor when sandbox-expose-fd-ro triggers fd remapping collision, and a system helper issue causing it to track the wrong D-Bus sender for pulls.

openSUSE Tumbleweed ARM Updates Improve Raspberry Pi Support, Add Linux 7.2

September’s snapshots for openSUSE Tumbleweed ARM bumped the kernel to Linux 7.2.5, the GNU C Library (Glibc) to version 2.44 with its large AArch64 push, the QEMU virtualization suite to version 11.1.1, the GIMP image editor to version 3.2.6 with AArch64-specific fixes, and the Shotwell image organizer to version 33.0 with its GTK4 port.

GNU Wget 2.3 Released with New Features, Improvements, and Bug Fixes

Highlights of GNU Wget 2.3 include support for converting CSS files with the --convert-links argument, support for iframe srcdoc and the data-src and data-srcset HTML tags, new --progress=dot argument, support for printing headers without downloading via the --spider (-S) argument, and support for Content-Length: 0 to POST, PUT, and PATCH requests per RFC 9110.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 20th, 2026

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NixOS-Based Garuda Linux Dr460nized and Mokka Editions Are Out Now

The Garuda Nix Subsystem has been around for some time as an add-on for Garuda Linux installations, allowing you to dual-boot with a NixOS installation living in the same partition via a subvolume. The subsystem has now been rebranded to Garuda Nix and can be used directly from a Garuda Linux live system.

MX Linux 25.3 “Infinity” Is Out with Linux Kernel 7.2, Based on Debian 13.7

Coming four months after MX Linux 25.2, the MX Linux 25.3 release is based on the latest Debian 13.7 “Trixie” operating system release and features the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel on the standard ISOs, while a Liquorix-flavored Linux 7.2 kernel is now used on the Xfce AHS (Advanced Hardware Support) ISO.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 03, 2025

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Michael “Monty” Widenius: It Started in 1983 With Richard Stallman (RMS)
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  2. For the Second Time in a Few Weeks Microsoft Lunduke Makes False Accusations Against Senior Red Hat Staff to Incite a Despicable 'Troll Army'
    Nothing that Microsoft Lunduke claims of says can be trusted
  3. su lisa && rm -rf /home/ibm/power
    Novell was ruined by another person from IBM, Ronald Hovsepian
  4. A Record Demand at Microsoft: Demand to Cancel
    What we're witnessing is a very ungraceful destruction of XBox

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  5. Links 02/10/2025: 'Open' 'AI' Resorting to Gimmicks and Fake Funding, Europe’s ‘Drone Wall’ Discussed
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  6. Links 02/10/2025: Brave Passes 100M Users Milestone, Kodak Selling Its Own Film Again
    Links for the day
  7. Microsoft is Losing Europe
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  8. The Free Software Foundation Starts Fund-raising for 40th Anniversary
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  9. Systemd Breaks Networking in Debian and Microsoft Staff Rushes to Make Face-Saving Excuses in LWN
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  13. Richard Stallman is Going to Finland to Give a Talk Next Thursday
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MX Linux 25.3 “Infinity” Is Out with Linux Kernel 7.2, Based on Debian 13.7
MX Linux 25.3 distribution is now available for download with Debian 13.7 base and Linux kernel 7.2 on the AHS builds. Here’s what’s new!