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Geany 2.1 Open-Source IDE Released with Improved UI and File Type Support

Geany 2.1 is here more than one year and eight months after Geany 2.0 with new features like support for searching the Messages and Compiler output, support for modern platform-native file selection dialogs, the ability to regroup file types by letter, and new filters for opening the documents sidebar and keybindings preferences.

DXVK 2.7 Improves Support for God of War, Watch Dogs 2, and Final Fantasy XIV

Coming about three weeks after DXVK 2.6.2, the DXVK 2.7 release adds support for the VK_EXT_descriptor_buffer Vulkan extension by default on newer AMD and NVIDIA GPUs to significantly reduce CPU overhead in games like Final Fantasy XIV, God of War, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Watch Dogs 2, and others.

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PANZER-LITE93 with Ubuntu 24.04 Ready for Compact AIoT Edge Computing

MayQueen has introduced the PANZER-LITE93, a compact fanless edge computing device built on the NXP i.MX93 processor, featuring integrated neural network acceleration and flexible connectivity in a lightweight 3D-printed enclosure for AIoT, IIoT gateways, robotics, and other low-power edge applications.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on May 21, 2024

Spring Flower On The Branch

Updated This Past Day

  1. Red Hat Loves Microsoft Monopoly (and Proprietary Surveillance With Back Doors)
    full posting history in RedHat.com
  2. Windows Has Fallen Below 5% in Iraq, GNU/Linux Surged Beyond 7% Based on statCounter's Stats
    Must be something going on!
  3. Read "Google Is Not What It Seems" by Julian Assange
    In this extract from his new book When Google Met Wikileaks, WikiLeaks' publisher Julian Assange describes the special relationship between Google, Hillary Clinton and the State Department

    New

    and what that means for the future of the internet
  4. Julian Assange: Factual Timeline From an Online Friend
    a friend's account
  5. Breaking News: Assange Wins Right to Challenge Extradition to the US
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  6. Brittany Day, Plagiarist in Chief (Chatbot Slinger)
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  7. Guardian Digital, Inc (linuxsecurity.com) Has Resorted to Plagiarism by Chatbots, Flooding the World Wide Web With Fake 'Articles' Wrongly Attributed to Brittany Day
    busted

    New

  8. [Video] Just Let Julian Assange Go Back to Australia
    Assange needs to be freed
  9. Microsoft Windows Used to Have Nearly 100% in China and Now Google Has 50% (With Android)
    Will China bring about a faster "fall" for Microsoft?
  10. The WWW declares the end of Google
    Reprinted with permission from Cyber|Show
  11. Gemini Links 20/05/2024: CMSs and Lua "Post to midnight.pub" Script Alternative
    Links for the day
  12. Brodie Robertson - Never Criticise The Linux Foundation Expenses (With Transcript)
    Transcript included
  13. Links 20/05/2024: Protests and Aggression by Beijing
    Links for the day
  14. Can an election campaign succeed without social media accounts?
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  15. Fact check: relation to Julian Assange, founded Wikileaks at University of Melbourne and Arjen Kamphuis
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  16. Gambia: Windows Down to 5% Overall, 50% on Desktops/Laptops
    Windows was measured at 94% in 2015
  17. Links 20/05/2024: Microsoft Layoffs and Shutdowns, RTO as Silent Layoffs
    Links for the day
  18. The Issue With Junk Traffic in Geminispace (Gemini Protocol)
    Some people have openly complained that their capsule was getting hammered by bot
  19. Peter Eckersley, Laura Smyth & the rushed closure of dial-up Internet in Australian universities
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  20. [Meme] Bullying the Victims
    IBM: crybully of the year 2024
  21. Ian.Community Should be Safer From Trademark Censorship
    We wish to discuss this matter very quickly
  22. Microsoft and Its Vicious Attack Dogs (Attacking Women or Wives in Particular)
    Sad, pathetic, destructive people
  23. Upcoming Series About the Campaign to 'Disappear' the Father of GNU/Linux
    Today we have Julian Assange's fate to focus on
  24. A Month From Now Gemini Protocol Turns 5
    June 20
  25. Colombia: From Less Than 0.5% to Nearly 4% for GNU/Linux
    it's not limited to this one country
  26. Rumour: Well Overdue Red Hat Layoffs to be Announced in About 3 Days
    we know they've planned the layoffs for a while
  27. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  28. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, May 19, 2024
    IRC logs for Sunday, May 19, 2024
  29. Gemini Links 20/05/2024: Updated Noto Fontpacks and gemfeed2atom
    Links for the day
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-05-14 to 2024-05-20
    2082 /n/2024/05/16/People_Who_Defend_Richard_Stallman_s_Right_to_Deliver_Talks_Abo.shtml
    1871 /n/2024/05/20/Guardian_Digital_Inc_linuxsecurity_com_Has_Resorted_to_Plagiari.shtml
    1815 /n/2024/05/14/Video_LinuxFest_Northwest_is_Letting_GAFAM_Take_Over_and_Why_It.shtml
    1691 /n/2024/05/15/Video_Late_Stage_Capitalism_Microsoft_as_an_Elaborate_Ponzi_Sch.shtml
    1304 /n/2024/05/15/Ebury_is_Not_Linux_That_s_Just_the_Media_Shifting_Attention_Mic.shtml

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