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Calibre 9.15 E-Book Manager Introduces “Create Your Own Adventure” Writing Game

Coming three weeks after Calibre 9.14, the Calibre 9.15 release introduces a new, optional AI feature called “Create your own adventure”, which lets you create interactive storytelling with an AI model managing the world you create. As with all AI features, this one isn’t enabled by default.

PipeWire 1.6.9 Improves Bluetooth, JACK, ALSA Plugin, Pulse Server, and More

Coming two months after PipeWire 1.6.8, the PipeWire 1.6.9 release improves JACK object callbacks to avoid reporting old removed objects, adds the node.network=true option to network sinks and sources so that pavucontrol and others don’t wake them up, and improves the FC and LFE volumes when upmixing is enabled.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.26.6 Drivers Add Support for More Printers

HPLIP 3.26.6 adds support for printers in the HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow series, including HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow N9000 sn1 and HP ScanJet Enterprise Flow 9000 s1, as well as printers in the HP ScanJet Pro series, such as the HP ScanJet Pro 4200 s1.

Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” Snapshot 4 Is Out for Public Testing with Linux 7.2

Development of Ubuntu 26.10 (codename Stonking Stingray) kicked off on April 30th, 2026, with the usual toolchain upload, based on the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon) release. Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 4 is running the latest and greatest Linux 7.2 kernel series.

LinuxGizmos.com

nRF54LC10A SoC features Cortex-M33, RISC-V coprocessor, Bluetooth LE, Thread and Zigbee

Nordic Semiconductor has expanded its nRF54L Series with the nRF54LC10A, an entry-level multiprotocol SoC aimed at compact, cost-sensitive IoT devices. The chip integrates a 128MHz Arm Cortex-M33, a 128MHz RISC-V coprocessor, 1MB of non-volatile memory, 192KB of RAM, and a 2.4GHz radio supporting Bluetooth LE, Thread, Zigbee, Matter, and proprietary protocols.

Coin-sized Radxa rCore-Q8550 module features 48-TOPS NPU and PCIe Gen 4

Described by Radxa as its flagship edge AI module, the rCore-Q8550 targets robotics and machine vision with the Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS8550 platform and an optional Hexagon AI processor delivering up to 48 Dense INT8 TOPS. The 36 x 32mm module also supports up to 16GB of LPDDR5X, 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage, PCIe Gen 4, and six four-lane MIPI-CSI interfaces.

CompuLab i.MX952 Linux-capable module showcases 2.5GbE, Wi-Fi 6 and PCIe Gen 3

CompuLab has introduced the UCM-iMX952, a 28 x 40mm System-on-Module based on NXP’s i.MX952 processor. The module supports up to 16GB of LPDDR5 or LPDDR4X memory and 128GB of eMMC storage, along with PCIe Gen 3, 2.5GbE, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and multiple display and camera interfaces.

OpenMote turns a Wiimote-style remote into an ESP32-S3 Home Assistant controller

Hat & Hammer has launched a Crowd Supply campaign for OpenMote, a programmable universal remote built around an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1 module. The device supports infrared transmission and reception, Bluetooth LE, Wi-Fi, motion sensing, audio, haptic feedback, and Qwiic/STEMMA QT expansion, while also targeting smart-home and game-controller applications.

Internet Society

What Happens When a Community Wires Itself: Lessons from Colville on the Power of Indigenous-Led Connectivity

When commercial Internet providers declined to serve the Colville Reservation in Washington, United States, the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation decided to build their own network. By connecting tribal offices, schools, and community centers, they strengthened the infrastructure the community relies on daily. A recent study examines what changed after the network went live and offers evidence that connectivity can support local economic opportunity.

schestowitz.com

32 Years With IRC

IRC was created 38+ years ago

Enjoying the Simplest Things

Long break between the last September 2026 match, then comes a really hard match in Anfield (October 2026)

Our 15th Year

Starting today

Sign of Life: Will Wikileaks Announce Turning 20 Next Month?

‘Proof of life’

I Would Simply Not Assert That I Have Reputation If I Were a Potty-mouth Who Cannot Get Even a Single ‘Like’ in 2+ Hours

Cursing all day long like a drunkard

When Your Identity Becomes “Politics”

They say it’s politics, then the debate ends

Matt Garrett Has Just Threatened (in Public) to Send People to Our Home

already mentioned, back in July, that British police has a case (with Crime Number) for the death threats we received in connection to Americans or thugs who work for American companies (represented by hired guns in London). The person who investigates this case “has now gone off on long term sick” (according to a colleague), but the case is still open.

Software Freedom Day 2026 is Tomorrow

Freedom is a path towards happiness

ManCity 5-0 Norwich

Way to start a special day

GNU/Linux Turns 43 Very Soon

Good day, not great weather though

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 19, 2026

Straw in the field

Updated This Past Day

  1. Slop Ruins Development and Reverse Engineering, It Rewards Retarded "Slop Kiddies" (to Quote Andy ‘TheFlow0’ Nguyen)
    Slop is just a fatal cancer that kills the body, then dies with the body it killed
  2. Snooping EPO Management, Sniffing Up Every Staff Action
    It this a problem for whistleblowers? Of course.
  3. Don't Do That
    Options do exist. People should exercise freedom.

    New

  4. Gemini Links 18/09/2026: Setting Goals, Tiredness, and Admissions From LLM Purveyors It Was All Along About Building Plagiarism Engines Sold as "Intelligence"
    Links for the day
  5. Links 18/09/2026: Microsoft Boasted Slop is Just Copyright Infringement/Plagiarism, Floods in Europe
    Links for the day
  6. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and Mailing Lists Are Still Better Than Discord, Slack, and Discourse
    Discourse is "open" "bossware"
  7. Links 18/09/2026: Disgust Over LLMs and Why "Agents" (Bots) Are Nothing More Than "Spam"
    Links for the day
  8. Software Freedom Day is Tomorrow
    events coming
  9. Illegal and Unconstitutional Tribunal That SLAPPs Critics Does the Illegal and Unconstitutional: It "Rubberstamps Software Patents"
    This is not a legal system. This is mafia.
  10. Privilege in 'Linux' Foundation (Double Standards) and What the FSF Should Avoid Doing
    If RMS can talk about politics, others too should be able to talk about politics
  11. Seems Like Many Microsoft Layoffs Are Going On Right Now (Forever Layoffs)
    Like IBM, Microsoft hopes shareholders will not know of morale and financial problems
  12. More Threats From the Person of Restricted Boot Infamy
    Remember this is the man who is the principal purveyor of restricted boot and who landed restricted boot in Linux
  13. Iran Has Debunked GAFAM and Cloud Computing as Safety of Data
    Cloud of smoke?
  14. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  15. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, September 17, 2026
    IRC logs for Thursday, September 17, 2026
  16. SLAPP Censorship - Part 188 Out of 200: Used, Then Discarded, by Microsoft (as We Predicted All Along, It's Always Like That)
    The longer they carry on with it, the more scandalous this will get
  17. Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 3 - Besieged by LLM Bots, Now Hiding Behind a Wall of JavaScript
    The series began 3 days ago
  18. Gemini Links 18/09/2026: Modern Linguistic, Boxing, Turning 40, and Solar MiniServer
    Links for the day
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