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M5StampS3 BAT Module Combines ESP32-S3 and Battery Management

The module is built around the ESP32-S3-PICO-1-N8R8 system-in-package, featuring a dual-core Xtensa LX7 processor running at up to 240 MHz. It includes 8 MB of flash and 8 MB of PSRAM, along with 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi support.

Shuttle XB860G2 and XH810 Slim Systems Arrive with Intel Core Ultra 200 CPUs

Both models use the LGA1851 socket and support Intel Core Ultra 200 series processors (Arrow Lake-S) with up to 65 W TDP. Each system supports up to 96 GB of DDR5-5600 memory across two SO-DIMM slots and includes integrated Intel Xe graphics with multi-display support.

ELM11-Feather Board with 70 MHz MCU, Lua, and Hardware Overlay Support

The system is built around a microcontroller operating at up to 70 MHz and includes 1 MB of RAM. Programs are stored in internal flash memory, with the architecture supporting configurable hardware elements through a hardware overlay mechanism that defines CPU behavior, timers, and peripheral routing.

PiDP-1 Replica Recreates PDP-1 Computer Using Raspberry Pi

The system is part of the PiDP series of historical replicas, which includes earlier PDP-8, PDP-10, and PDP-11 recreations. Unlike previous models, the PiDP-1 places more emphasis on interactive graphics, early video games, and hands-on programming.

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 22nd, 2026

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GStreamer 1.30 to Support HDR10+ Metadata Parsing from H.265 & AV1 Bitstreams

GStreamer 1.30 promises support for parsing HDR10+ metadata from H.265 and AV1 bitstreams, Opus audio support for F32 and S24_32 samples and 96kHz sample rate, rtspsrc2 authentication support, a new VA-API overlay compositor, and Bayer support for the QuickTime demuxer.

Systemd-Free antiX 26 Linux Distro Is Here Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”

Based on the latest and greatest Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series, antiX 26 is powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.6 LTS kernel series and features the IceWM (default), Fluxbox, JWM, and herbstluftwm window managers, and the runit (default), SysVinit, dinit, s6-rc, and s6-66 init systems.

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: March 22nd, 2026

posted by Marius Nestor on Mar 23, 2026

This week, we got a major release of the GNOME desktop environment, lots of software releases including FFmpeg 8.1, Blender 5.1, KiCad 10.0, OpenShot 3.5, PipeWire 1.6.2, and KDE Plasma 6.6.3, as well as a few distro releases including antiX 26, SparkyLinux 2026.03, Fedora Asahi Remix 43, and Emmabuntüs DE 6 1.01.

On top of that, I tell you all about the new Linux-powered computers from TUXEDO Computers and System76. Below, you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux roundup for March 22nd, 2026.

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