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2.16-inch AMOLED SF32LB52X-based dev board offers LoRa, GNSS, and Bluetooth 5.3

LILYGO’s T-Display SF32 is a compact development platform built around the SiFli SF32LB52X ultra-low-power AIoT microcontroller. The device combines a 2.16-inch 480 × 480 AMOLED touchscreen with dual Arm Cortex-M33 cores, an ePicasso 2.5D graphics engine, LoRa connectivity, Bluetooth 5.3, and onboard battery power.

1.35-liter mini PC runs Core Ultra 200 with triple displays and 96GB DDR5

Shuttle’s XPC slim DH810S is a 1.35-liter barebone PC supporting Intel Core Ultra 200 “Arrow Lake-S” processors with up to 24 cores and a 13 TOPS NPU. The system is intended for digital signage, POS/POI, healthcare, industrial, and edge AI applications.

Challenger+ RP2350 NB-IoT Enables LTE Cat NB2 and GNSS for Embedded IoT

ILABS is offering the Challenger+ RP2350 NB-IoT, a compact development board combining Raspberry Pi’s RP2350 microcontroller with STMicroelectronics’ ST87M01-1301 cellular module. The board targets low-power IoT applications requiring LTE Cat NB2 connectivity, GNSS positioning, and long battery life.

Radxa Broadens rCore Series with Snapdragon and Dragonwing AI SoMs

Radxa has revealed two Qualcomm-based system-on-modules aimed at edge AI, multimedia, robotics, and industrial applications. The new rCore-Q8280 uses the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 with 29+ TOPS of AI performance, while the smaller rCore-Q6490 is based on the Dragonwing QCS6490 and provides up to 12 Dense TOPS.

ESP32 Bit Pirate 1.7 Gains LoRa, Meshtastic, and Browser-Based BPIO2 Control

ESP32 Bit Pirate has released version 1.7 of its ESP32-S3-based hardware debugging platform, adding LoRa support for SX1262 transceivers, a Meshtastic analysis shell, a new BPIO2 USB adapter, and support for additional boards. The open-source project continues to expand its browser-based tools for hardware debugging, programming, and experimentation.

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Shelly 3.0.4 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Adds New Search Experience

Shelly 3.0.4 is here to introduce a new search experience, add an initial TUI (text-mode UI) to accompany the GUI and CLI interfaces, improve the AppImage integration, improve Flatpak support with end-of-life detection and rebase support, as well as a new remove dialog, and add an AUR link to the AUR detail view.

QEMU 11.1 Released with Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Emulation Support

Coming three and a half months after QEMU 11, the QEMU 11.1 release introduces Universal Flash Storage (UFS) emulation support for Write Booster (device-level caching) and Host-Initiated Defragmentation (HID) support based on the UFS 4.1 specification.

GNOME Devs Share GNOME Shell Design Ideas for Future GNOME Releases

As a GNOME user, I have to admit that some of these concepts are very exciting, especially the transparent panel. Not that I like using two panels/launchers (top and bottom), but this is the main reason most people think GNOME is “ugly” and are using an extension like Dash to Panel or Dash to Dock.

Flatpak 1.18.1 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings Bug and Security Fixes

Coming two months after Flatpak 1.18, the Flatpak 1.18.1 release is here to fix a regression in the portal flatpak-spawn environment handling, crashes in the portal update monitor, a GI annotation issue for flatpak_instance_get_al, and an error-out when file forwarding of empty paths is attempted.

Linux Mint Devs Change the Way Linux Kernels Are Tracked

Until now, Linux Mint users were able to manage kernels from within the Update Manager tool. When a new kernel was available, you could fire up Update Manager, go to the View menu, and select Linux kernels. There, you could choose which kernel you want to install or remove.

SparkyLinux 8.4 Released with Support for Linux Kernel 7.1, Debian 13.6 Base

Based on and fully compatible with the Debian 13.6 “Trixie” repositories, SparkyLinux 8.4 ships with Linux 6.12.101 LTS as the default kernel on the live system, as well as support for Linux 7.1.8 and 6.18.43 LTS kernels, Linux 6.18.39 LTS for ARM64 systems, and Linux 6.12.102 LTS for 32-bit systems.

Linux Mint 22.3 HWE ISOs Now Available for Download with Linux Kernel 7.0

In April 2026, the Linux Mint project announced that they have decided to adopt a longer development cycle for future Linux Mint releases, starting with the upcoming Linux Mint 23 release, planned for Christmas 2026, so that they can focus more on fixing bugs than shipping newer features.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 9th, 2026

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GNOME Disks Has Finally Been Ported to GTK4 and LibAdwaita – First Look

It took a few years, but GNOME Disks has been rebuilt from the ground up on GTK4 and LibAdwaita, moving away from the old GTK3/libhandy stack that was used until version 46. As one can expect, the GTK4/LibAdwaita port brings Disks in line with the rest of the standard GNOME apps, offering a modern user experience in 2026.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Get Linux 7.0 HWE Kernel Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS

Released in April 2024, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is a long-term supported series that will receive software updates and security patches for at least 5 years, until June 2029, as well as regular point releases every six months. The next, and probably the last, Noble Numbat point release will be Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS.

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23 Years After GNU/Linux Was a Neglected Niche

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 12, 2026

In 2003 when I was 21 I began my doctoral degree (that's me at 21, still a Mr. Schestowitz) and I was one of the few students who insisted on using GNU/Linux for everything. Only one of my colleagues, Patrick, did the same and had done the same (he was a few years my senior). Patrick introduced me to Ubuntu when it was brand new and also to Firefox before it was 1.0. He was very helpful. Prior to that I used SuSE and Mozilla/Konqueror, among other simpler browsers (not Netscape).

We now look at a world where GNU/Linux is apparently on 1 in 10 desktops/laptops and I still fail to grasp this because the gains were made so fast. Less than a year ago we said GNU/Linux was on 1 in 20 desktops/laptops. Will it be one in 5 next year? Or 1 in 2 one day (half)?

This is so extraordinary. Is the movement finally bearing huge fruit? █

Image source: Looking Back 6 Months Later

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