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Funding internet freedom together: results from our first participatory funding round

The round officially closed on June 19th, and the results give us reason to be encouraged. Today, we can share that the community showed up: more than $200,000 USD has been raised in total, with $174,536 being distributed to  participating grantee projects.

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TUXEDO Computers Introduces New Kernel Concept for Debian-Based TUXEDO OS

As reported last month, TUXEDO Computers is currently working on rebasing its Ubuntu-based TUXEDO OS on Debian Testing, ditching Ubuntu altogether. The Debian-based TUXEDO OS will still use the KDE Plasma desktop environment tweaked by TUXEDO Computers, so users won’t notice any visible change.

Mozilla Firefox 154 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Highlights of Firefox 154 include a new “Manage AI” quick action in the address bar that makes it easier to open the AI section of Settings, support for clearing and updating cached favicons when performing a hard reload on a web page, and the ability to highlight selected text in PDFs like in normal web pages.

GNU Linux-Libre 7.2 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers

Based on the recently released Linux 7.2 kernel series, the GNU Linux-libre 7.2 kernel is here to clean up blob names in the amdgpu, nova core, qcom iris and q6v5, iwlwifi, amdxnda, adreno, r8152, and mt792x drivers, adjust the firmware loading interfaces, and drop the cleanup of the hci bt3c driver as it was removed upstream.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 16th, 2026

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NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW Native Linux App Now Stable, Offers Flatpak Support

GeForce NOW ships as a stable release built on feedback gathered from the Linux gaming community. The app offers support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and later, and NVIDIA has added a Flatpak repository to make installation and future updates simpler for Linux gamers using GeForce NOW.

Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Highlights of Linux 7.2 include cache-aware load-balancing support, initial HDMI 2.1 FRL support to the AMDGPU driver, support for devres-based management of ACPI notify handlers, initial CRI platform support for the Intel Xe driver, and Rust support for the IBM System/390 (S/390) architecture.

GIMP 3.4 Promises New Project File Format, PSD Support Improvements, and More

The biggest change in GIMP 3.4 is a new project file format by default, which follows a more common “zipped XML” structure, supports multi-page and animation features, and enables faster saving by only updating parts of the file instead of the whole project every time. The binary XCF format will still be supported.

Debian Turns 33 Years Old, Happy Birthday!

That’s right, it’s been 33 years since the late Ian Murdock announced the Debian Project on August 16th, 1993, and the initial release of Debian GNU/Linux a month later on September 15th, in an attempt to develop the so-called “Universal Operating System.”

GNOME 51 Desktop Environment Is Now Available for Public Beta Testing

Coming a month and a half after GNOME 51 alpha, the GNOME 51 beta release improves GNOME Shell with better keyboard navigation of screenshot area selection, SVG-based cursor implementations, initial support for the ‘reduced-motion’ setting, support for web login and a unified auth mechanism, and support for copy, paste, and cut action keys in entries.

Canonical Certifies the Advantech AOM-2721 AIoT Board for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

The Advantech AOM-2721 is designed to handle machine vision, robotics, drones, and medical Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) under strict physical and thermal constraints. It is powered by a Qualcomm QCS6490 (or QCS5430) octa-core ARM processor running at a low 6.9-watt Thermal Design Power (TDP).

LinuxGizmos.com

Raspberry Pi CM5-based mini PC targets local OpenClaw deployment

EDATEC’s ED-CLAWBOX is a compact edge AI system based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5. The aluminum desktop system is designed for local OpenClaw deployment and provides Gigabit Ethernet, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, dual HDMI outputs, USB 3.0 connectivity, mSATA expansion, integrated audio, and a preinstalled JishuShell management environment.

Luckfox Lyra PLC Runs Linux on RK3506B with Dual 100Mbps Ethernet

The Luckfox Lyra PLC is a compact Linux-based programmable logic controller built around the Rockchip RK3506B processor. The DIN-rail system provides dual 100Mbps Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, industrial serial interfaces, CAN, relay outputs, and a 1.9-inch touchscreen.

reComputer Classic J5011/J5012 Adds 10GbE and PCIe Gen4 to Jetson AGX Orin

Seeed Studio’s reComputer Classic J5011 and J5012 are a pair of AI development systems based on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin modules. The reComputer Classic J5011 uses the 32GB AGX Orin module, while the J5012 steps up to the 64GB version. Both systems are intended as direct replacements for NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Orin Developer Kit while retaining compatibility with its peripheral ecosystem.

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