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Geniatech Enables Local LLM Inference with RK1828 and Hailo-10 M.2 AI Accelerators

Geniatech has listed two M.2 AI accelerator cards targeting local inference workloads on embedded systems and edge devices. The AIM-M-R28 uses Rockchip’s RK1828 processor with 20 TOPS of computing performance, while the AIM-M-H10 is based on Hailo’s Hailo-10 architecture, delivering up to 40 TOPS for generative AI and computer vision applications.

Coin-Sized Romu Packs Raspberry Pi RP2354A into USB Type-A Form Factor

Bitmerse’s Romu recently debuted on Crowd Supply as an ultra-compact development board based on the Raspberry Pi RP2354A microcontroller. Designed to plug directly into a USB Type-A port, the board features capacitive touch input, an RGB LED and MicroPython support

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ManCity’s Better Weeks Ahead

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Every Former US President Looks OK Compared to Cheeto

Barack Obama was no hero

Manchester City’s Comeback, Stats-wise

Manchester City showed resilience in the second half

When Bowties Became Symbols of Traitors and Microsoft Pushers (the Case of James Bottomley)

When did something innocent turn from benign (e.g. Charlie Chaplin) to malicious or “warning sign”?

PSG is Killing Us

City ’til I die?

Priority #1 is Investigative Journalism

The rest is the cost of exposing things

Maresca on PSG Tonight

Simple message

BBC Talking About Dinners Instead of Tonight’s Match

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Mancunian Impact in Politics (and BBC Seems Jealous)

Mancunian influence-peddling? Or BBC (London) trying to change focus? No ManCity story today, except the one below.

Going Tropical for Wintertime

he “tropical mode” in the fish tank is now activated. Overnight, there was a lingering concern about the safety of the heater, so we turned it off and decided to wait a while. Just to be on the safe side.

9to5Linux

Ubuntu 26.10 Official Flavors Are Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New

Ubuntu 26.10’s official flavors include Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Unity, and Ubuntu Kylin. All of them are powered by Linux kernel 7.3 and include the same updated core components and apps as the Ubuntu 26.10 release.

Ubuntu 26.10 (Stonking Stingray) Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Powered by the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel series, Ubuntu 26.10 ships with the latest GNOME 51 desktop environment, TPM-backed full disk encryption (FDE) support on computers without a hardware root of trust, updated Settings to show whether a computer is certified for Ubuntu, and many accessibility improvements.

Libreboot 26.10 Open-Source BIOS/UEFI Firmware Released with Full UEFI Support

Coming more than eight months after Libreboot 26.01, the Libreboot 26.10 release introduces full UEFI support, Dell OptiPlex 5050 SFF support, Supermicro X11SSH-F mainboard support, ThinkPad X280 support, ThinkPad X270 support, Dell OptiPlex 3040 Micro support, and support for 233 Intel/AMD Chromebooks.

Mesa 26.2.5 Is Out with Bug Fixes for RADV, NVK, ANV, PanVK, Freedreno, and Zink

On the AMD stack, RADV and RadeonSI got the most attention in Mesa 26.2.5, improving ray-tracing reliability by addressing black patches, texture artifacts, and load-dependent crashes.

KDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

Highlights of KDE Plasma 6.8 include a Wayland-only session, triple buffering for NVIDIA GPUs enabled by default, support for recording audio in Spectacle during screen recording, and automatic logic support for Plasma Login Manager on distros with older systemd versions, such as KDE neon.

IPFire 2.29 Core Update 204 Linux Firewall Distro Improves the Knot Resolver

Coming almost three months after IPFire 2.29 Core Update 203, the IPFire 2.29 Core Update 204 release is here to improve the Knot Resolver full caching DNS resolver implementation, which was introduced in the previous update, with a fix for a regression where clients connected via IPsec, WireGuard, or OpenVPN were unable to resolve names because Knot Resolver replied from the wrong source IP address.

Happy 30th Birthday, KDE!

On October 14th, 1996, Matthias Ettrich proposed a consistent, easy-to-use desktop environment for Unix-like systems. He called it the “Kool Desktop Environment” (KDE) — a deliberate jab at CDE, the proprietary Common Desktop Environment dominant at the time. What followed was 30 years of remarkable momentum.

New Steam Client Update Adds Many Linux Improvements, Big Picture Screensaver

For Linux gamers, the new Steam Client update from Cotber 13th, 2026, makes the “Select compatibility tool” dropdown always visible to be easier to select aliases like “Proton Stable”, and updates the SteamOS compatibility dialogs to show in the desktop UI when installing games that are not verified for that hardware.

Sébastien Wilme on GLib/GTK Development Platform and Gedit Plugins

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