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ESP32-P4-WIFI6 Development Board with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 Support

Waveshare has introduced the ESP32-P4-WIFI6, a multimedia development board built around the ESP32-P4 with an integrated ESP32-C6 module. The design supports Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5/BLE, offering a wide set of human–machine interaction interfaces and hardware expansion capabilities.

Banana Pi BPI-R4 Lite Released with MediaTek MT7987A and Wi-Fi 7 Support

The Banana Pi team has launched the BPI-R4 Lite, a smart router board powered by the MediaTek MT7987A processor. It supports Wi-Fi 7 and offers multiple high-speed interfaces, targeting applications such as internet service routers, wireless repeaters, home gateways, NAS devices, and 4G or 5G connectivity.

DietPi July 2025 Update Adds Orange Pi 3 Support and Prepares for Debian Trixie

The July 2025 release of DietPi v9.15 introduces support for the Orange Pi 3 non-LTS, provides its own updated Unbound packages, and includes a script to upgrade Bookworm systems to Debian Trixie, the upcoming Debian release scheduled for August 9th. Alongside these highlights, the update delivers refinements to DietPi tools, networking improvements, and several bug fixes.

Ubuntu Buzz !

How To Install Tux Math Game on Ubuntu 24.04

Tux Math (or Tux, of Math Command) is a free software education game designed for kids to learn mathematics by playing. This game is one of Tux4Kids Project applications beside Tux Typing and Tux Paint a free software project to create educational applications. You can play this amazing game with kids or if you are a teacher, with your students too. Now let's try it out!

9to5Linux

Arch Linux Installer Gets U2F Authentication and Bluetooth Support

New features in the Archinstall 3.0.9 Arch Linux installer release include an interface to change LUKS iteration time, Bluetooth support allowing you to set up a Bluetooth connection during installation, support for U2F authentication, and a --skip-boot option to allow you to bypass the installation of a bootloader.

Internet Society

Is Your IXP at Risk of Becoming a “Zombie”?

Over the past few months at the Internet Society, I’ve observed a concerning trend in several regions where I’ve been working: a growing number of Internet exchange points (IXPs) appear to be operating on autopilot—what I call “Zombie IXPs.” 

Tor Project blog

New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 15.0a1

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

Tux Machines original posts since 2025-07-01

2025-07-03
Microsoft is Drowning
Roy Schestowitz : Let's hope that GNU/Linux will gain a lot at the expense of Windows
US Independence Day
Roy Schestowitz : The message of self-determination is just as applicable in the tech world as it is in the political spheres
2025-07-06
Long Weekend in the US, Hard Weekend for Microsoft Staff
Roy Schestowitz : Now is the time to tell people to upgrade to a better operating system
2025-07-07
Tux Machines Happy to Hear PCLinuxOS is Coming Back
Roy Schestowitz : Catastrophic event caused the sites to go offline with a lot of data destroyed
2025-07-10
Putting Microsoft SLAPPs in the Bin Where They Belong
Roy Schestowitz : Attacks on the mere publication of GNU/Linux news won't be tolerated
2025-07-11
Politics Inside Free Software
Roy Schestowitz : Free Software is about technical things and also the philosophy of sharing, or ethics limited to the idea of sharing
"LLM Coding is a Scam"
Roy Schestowitz : From libreplanet-discuss
2025-07-16
Slopfarms Are Going to Perish Because Public Opinion is Changing
Roy Schestowitz : Many slopfarms will simply go offline
Standing up for Women
Roy Schestowitz : Bigotry and hate online merit an explanation
2025-07-17
What LLMs do to software freedom
Roy Schestowitz : Tux Machines boycotts sites that use LLMs
2025-07-24
Tux Machines Should be Faster Again
Roy Schestowitz : attack of bots
2025-07-27
Three Years
Roy Schestowitz : Running a site is harder now than it was one or two decades ago
2025-07-28
There Is Nothing Wrong With Trying New Things, But Please Don't Ever Consider Trying LLM Slop In Writing Articles
Rianne Schestowitz : As an editor of TuxMachines I am going to put Linuxiac on probation...
2025-07-29
Linuxiac is Not a Slopfarm, But at Least Some of Its Articles Are Machine-Generated Fakes
Roy Schestowitz : Crossposted from Techrights
2025-07-30
Uptime of 666
Roy Schestowitz : That speaks a lot for the stability of X, GNU, and Linux