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Parrot OS 7.4 Released with AnonSurf 6.0, Updated Raspberry Pi Images

Coming three months after Parrot OS 7.3, the Parrot OS 7.4 release is here as the fourth update in the Parrot OS 7.0 series, which was the first to move from using MATE to KDE Plasma as the default desktop environment. However, MATE and LXQt spins are also available, along with an Enlightenment spin that was introduced in the Parrot 7.1 release.

LibreOffice 26.8.1 Open-Source Office Suite Released with 40 Bug Fixes

Coming a little over a month after LibreOffice 26.8, the LibreOffice 26.8.1 update is packed with bug fixes for various issues, crashes, and other annoyances reported by users, as well as more reliable import of text and CSV files with various character encodings, including UTF-16, ISO Latin 1, Chinese, and Japanese.

Latest Debian 13 “Trixie” Kernel Security Update Patches More Than 1300 CVEs

Yes, you’re reading it right, the new Debian 13 Linux kernel security update is a massive one, probably the biggest kernel security release ever, and it patches no less than 1313 security vulnerabilities in the Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series that powers Debian Trixie.

LinuxGizmos.com

Efinix Sapphire RV64 brings 64-bit RISC-V and Linux to FPGAs

Efinix announced this week the Sapphire RV64, a configurable 64-bit RISC-V soft SoC intended for embedded Linux, edge AI and other applications requiring more memory and processing capability than the company’s existing 32-bit Sapphire architecture. The processor can be implemented across Efinix Titanium and Topaz FPGAs, as well as Trion devices from the T20 upward.

Banana Pi BPI-CM7 with Allwinner H618, Wi-Fi 5 and Armbian support

Featuring the quad-core Allwinner H618, the BPI-CM7 is a compact compute module with onboard LPDDR4 memory, eMMC storage, Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0. The module uses two 100-pin board-to-board connectors and is intended for use with Banana Pi’s BPI-CM7IO carrier board, which exposes multiple peripheral interfaces.

Four-port IO-Link module for Raspberry Pi and embedded Linux systems

Pinetek Networks has developed the IOL Core4, a compact IO-Link-compatible master module for embedded systems. It connects up to four industrial sensors or actuators over IEC 61131-9 SDCI and is intended for integration into custom control, monitoring and IIoT hardware.

schestowitz.com

Dreams About Writing (and Not Saving What Was Typed)

Yes, one of those blog posts about one’s dreams

They Are Losing It

Getting Aggressive Suggestive of Loss

Looking Back at the Reasons I Quit Sirius (Half a Year Before I Actually Did)

That has aged well (the reasoning)

Durian Has Grown a Lot

In just a week

Sunny October

Techrights plans and more

Lawyers That Lie to Courts

Just because they’re paid more doesn’t mean they deserve more trust

Two Decades of Techrights

It’s coming!

Animal Hospital

Better ill than dead

Hearing Held Regarding Winding Up Petition or Insolvency of Reform UK Party Limited

Things have progressed:

Shell Update

All good so far