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Parrot 7.0 Ethical Hacking Distro Released with KDE Plasma, RISC-V Support

Based on the latest Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series and powered by Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, the Parrot 7.0 release ships with KDE Plasma as the default desktop environment on Wayland, which was tweaked to make it as lightweight as possible, along with a classic terminal green style across the entire system.

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 21st, 2025

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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

The OAK 4 CS is built around Luxonis’ RVC4 vision compute platform, combining a 6-core ARMv8 CPU, 8 GB of RAM, and 128 GB of onboard storage. The product description states that the platform delivers up to 52 TOPS of AI inference performance using DSP and GPU acceleration for on-device vision workloads.

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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4 reasons why you should stop using snaps on Ubuntu

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Nov 19, 2025

Quoting: 4 reasons why you should stop using snaps on Ubuntu —

Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents:

Ubuntu is often heralded as the king of beginner-friendly distros, and it more than lives up to its reputation. Its simple setup process, support for most consumer-oriented hardware, and strong emphasis on GUI elements are key reasons why most ex-Windows users start with Canonical’s flagship distribution when making the transition to the Linux ecosystem. Plus, Ubuntu is compatible with all the popular tools you could ever need from a Linux distro, and snaps play a huge role in making it easy to pick up for newcomers.

Rather than forcing you to install all the dependencies of a program, snaps are packaged instances that ship with every service, library, or package you may need to run an application. On paper, snaps sound like a fantastic utility, and since I was used to flatpaks, I relied on snaps for installing apps on my Ubuntu machines. But after digging a little deeper, I realized there were plenty of deal-breaking issues plaguing snap installations.

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