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(Updated) Orange Pi Previews Compact SBC with Eight-Core Allwinner A733 SoC

Orange Pi has unveiled the Orange Pi 4 Pro, a compact single-board computer designed for high-performance edge applications. It integrates an octa-core Allwinner A733 processor, a 3 TOPS NPU, and supports up to 16 GB of LPDDR5 memory, combining AI acceleration with a wide range of expansion interfaces.

Linux-Ready SL1680 OPTIMA SoM Targets Embedded Systems with Synaptics SL1680

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DietPi December 2025 Update Adds RustDesk Server, Improves SBC Support, and Fixes Storage Issues

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Fanless MS-CF19 3.5-inch SBC Uses Intel Meteor Lake-U and Arrow Lake-U

Processor options include Core Ultra 5 and Core Ultra 7 SKUs from both Meteor Lake-U and Arrow Lake-U families, with hybrid P-core and E-core configurations and integrated Intel graphics. Memory support consists of two DDR5 SO-DIMM slots operating at up to 5600 MHz or 6400 MHz depending on the processor, with a maximum capacity of 96 GB.

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Shotcut 25.12 Adds NVIDIA NVENC Encoder Support to Screen Recording on Linux/X11

Coming two months after Shotcut 25.10, the Shotcut 25.12 release introduces support for the NVIDIA NVENC encoder to the screen recording feature on Linux/X11 systems, new Chrome and Neon Flux HTML presets, and support for mov_text and SSA in the subtitle extraction (Properties > Extract Subtitles) feature.

GNU Wget 2.2.1 Released with New Options, Improvements, and Bug Fixes

Highlights of the GNU Wget 2.2.1 release include a new --show-progress argument to improve backwards compatibility to wget, the ability to prevent file truncation with the --no-clobber argument, and support for using the local system timestamp when requested via the --no-use-server-timestamps argument.

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Encryption Making Africa Safer: Internet Society Hosts Encryption Advocacy Workshop for African Civil Society

In September 2025, the Internet Society organized its first-ever Africa Cybersecurity (Encryption) Advocacy Workshop in Windhoek, Namibia, held alongside the Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica), a leading regional convening on digital rights and governance that brings policymakers, advocates, technologists, and journalists together to shape an open, secure Internet.

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Gooroom Platform – Debian-based open source operating system

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Nov 12, 2025

Quoting: Gooroom Platform - Debian-based open source operating system - LinuxLinks —

Gooroom Platform is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed for cloud computing. The cloud platform is being developed with a cloud-based, web-based work environment in mind, where all work is performed on a secure browser. This cloud-based work environment stores all data in cloud storage and utilizes web-based application services provided by the cloud, instead of traditional applications installed and run on user devices.

The cloud platform consists of a cloud OS, a cloud browser, cloud security technology, and cloud central management, and domestic companies such as the National Security Research Institute and iActive are participating in its development.

The cloud browser provides a safe browsing environment with browser protection technology based on Chromium.

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