Do you waddle the waddle?
This past Wednesday, 17 December, the governments gathered at the United Nations agreed on their vision for the future of the digital ecosystem, including the Internet.
Governments around the world are passing online age restrictions in an attempt to keep children and teens safe online. While often well-intentioned, age check requirements pose significant risks to people’s privacy, security, and access to an open Internet.
Coming more than eight months after Darktable 5.2.1, the Darktable 5.4 release adds base support for new cameras, including Canon EOS R1, Canon EOS R5 Mark II, Canon PowerShot D10 (DNG), Canon PowerShot S100V, Canon PowerShot S2 IS (DNG), Fujifilm FinePix HS33EXR, and Fujifilm X-E5 (compressed).
Linux kernel 6.18 LTS was released on November 30th, 2025, with new features like support for the Rust Binder driver, a new dm-pcache device-mapper target to enable persistent memory as a cache for slower block devices, and a new microcode= command-line option to control the microcode loader’s behavior on x86 platforms.
Highlights of Kdenlive 25.12 include a new, more flexible docking system that lets you group widgets together or easily show/hide them on demand, along with the ability to save each layout in its own file for sharing, as well as saving it inside the project file so you can easily continue editing from where you left off.
Fwupd 2.0.19 looks like a small update that only adds support for upgrading the firmware on the Lenovo Sapphire Folio keyboard, two new commands to the fwupdtool command to calculate and find CRCs, and support for allowing systems to use the udev event source without using systemd.
According to the announcement, the E1M is designed around a common hardware and software foundation for edge AI systems. A consistent footprint and pinout allow developers to choose processing platforms based on performance, power, or cost without redesigning the carrier board, helping shorten development cycles and evaluate multiple silicon vendors.
The ICORE-3576Q38 family is available in three variants. The standard ICORE-3576Q38 targets commercial embedded systems, while the ICORE-3576JQ38 and ICORE-3576MQ38 are designed for industrial use. All three variants share the same interfaces and feature set, with differences limited to CPU frequency and operating temperature range.
Quoting: This Week in Plasma: ambient light sensor support - KDE Blogs —
This week many KDE contributors wound down their activities in preparation for some well-deserved rest. But that didn’t stop the merging of some impactful work anyway!
This will be 2025’s year’s last This Week in Plasma post; I too will take a break next week. Happy holidays for those who celebrate, and I’ll see you all in 2026!