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Auvidea X242 Carrier Board Brings Dual 10GbE and PCIe Gen 5 to Jetson T5000

The X242 is designed as a scalable, industrial-grade carrier board intended for commercial deployment volumes. It is built to host NVIDIA’s Jetson T5000 module, which integrates a Blackwell-architecture GPU with 2,560 CUDA cores and 96 fifth-generation Tensor Cores, delivering up to 2,070 TFLOPS (FP4 sparse) of AI performance.

Luxonis OAK 4 CS Edge-Inference Camera with CS-Mount Optics and PoE

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AAEON Introduces 3.5-inch SubCompact System with Multi-M.2 and RAID Support

The GENESYSM-MTH6 is built around Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 1, formerly Meteor Lake), with options ranging from 15 W U-series to 28 W H-series SKUs. Supported processors include the Core Ultra 5 125U/125H and Core Ultra 7 155U/155H, providing up to 16 cores and integrated Intel Arc graphics for compute- and graphics-intensive edge applications.

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AnuBitux – Debian-based Linux distribution designed to manage cryptocurrencies

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Nov 17, 2025

Quoting: AnuBitux - Debian-based Linux distribution designed to manage cryptocurrencies - LinuxLinks —

AnuBitux is a Debian-based Linux distribution made to manage everything about your cryptos in a simple, safe and private way.

It is designed to work as a live environment and aims to provide a safe and simple solution to use and manage cryptocurrency wallets, even for non-experienced users.

AnuBitux’s tools have been downloaded from the official debian reposotpries, from GitHub or as .appimage from the officla websites. GitHub tools and .appimages are placed in the /home/anubitux/Tools/ directory. Users can verify the source of the tools like Python scripts and verify checksums of the appimages comparing them to the official webisites of the tools.

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