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Download Zorin OS 18 with Mirrors, Torrents and Checksums

Zorin OS 18 has been released last week at Tuesday, 14th October 2025. This release is special because it comes out coincidentally in the same month Canonical releases Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" and Microsoft ends the life of Windows 10. Currently available as Pro, Core and Education choices of edition, it is the successor to OS 17 released two years ago. This GNU/Linux system is suitable for most computer users, organizations, schools and offices. Below you will find the download links. Now, let's download Zorin OS together! 

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M5Stack PowerHub IoT Development Kit Integrates ESP32-S3 and STM32 Coprocessor

M5Stack has introduced the PowerHub, a compact IoT controller designed for distributed power and device management. The ESP32-based PowerHub is described as providing a stable and flexible control platform that integrates communication interfaces, modular power input options, and precise monitoring capabilities.

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Ubuntu 26.04 LTS “Resolute Raccoon” Daily Builds Are Now Available for Download

As expected, the first Ubuntu 26.04 LTS daily builds are based on the previous Ubuntu release, Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka”, which arrived earlier this month on October 9th. This means that the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS builds are powered by Linux kernel 6.17 and use the GNOME 49 desktop environment.

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What Is Meaningful Connectivity?

In Nepal, a couple of days’ hiking away from the Everest Base Camp, the communities of Khunde and Khumjung were considered connected by normal standards. After all, if people in the villages hiked up a mountain, they could get some reception to send messages. Meanwhile, in the local school’s computer lab, children were learning about the Internet through printouts. 

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 27, 2024

Beach of Mussel Shoals, California

Updated This Past Day

  1. Streaming in a Few Minutes: Julian Assange Press Conference
    They test the microphone now.
  2. Debian Project Still Has a Lot of Explaining to Do...
    Assange was actually a Debian Developer

    New

  3. Northern Mariana Islands May Have Been Taken Over by Debian!!
    The place is strategic for military reasons (like a giant aircraft carrier with running water)
  4. Birthday With His Family
    Julian Assange was born 3 July 1971
  5. Julian Assange on Cryptographically-deniable Block Storage Device (aka Marutukku)
    An oldie
  6. Links 26/06/2024: US State Department Controlling YouTube, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hype on the Brink as "Losses Balloon"
    Links for the day
  7. GNU/Linux Back Above 4% (in statCounter)
    happened minutes or a few hours ago
  8. Free Assange! (by Alexandre Oliva)
    Reprinted with permission from Alexandre Oliva
  9. Julian Assange & Debian: was he a developer?
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  10. Links 26/06/2024: More on Hey Hi (AI) Bubble Fading, RIAA Steps in
    Links for the day
  11. Gemini Links 26/06/2024: UAF Botanical Garden and YouTube Workarounds
    Links for the day
  12. [Video] Julian Assange Arrives Safely in Australia
    even the person on the air cried
  13. [Meme] When Ian (of Debian) Was Still Alive
    I wasn't always a Debian Developer...
  14. "Julian Assange is Free"
    Published ~34 minutes ago
  15. GNU/Linux Userbase Surging in Iceland
    Maybe there's something big going on, like people deleting Vista 11 in droves and installing GNU/Linux instead
  16. Jennifer Robinson: "After 14 years of legal battles, Julian Assange can go home a free man”
    She explains the implications for the general freedom of the press
  17. Judge: Assange Leaves Court 'A Free Man'
    on his way to Australia now
  18. Julian Assange verdict: guilty, not guilty or blackmailed
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  19. 12 Months Ago the FSF Said It Would Issue a Statement on IBM Taking RHEL Proprietary
    Statement never happened
  20. Microsoft's Bing Fall From 2.6% Before LLM Hype to Just 0.79% Right Now in Russia
    statCounter's data
  21. [Meme] Speaking Truth to Power (Still Easier in the West Than in Russia/BRIC)
    Different people, different outcomes
  22. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  23. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, June 25, 2024
    IRC logs for Tuesday, June 25, 2024
  24. The Plot to Silence (or Deplatform) Techrights
    This past month I've been spending time working on the text of an online publication
  25. [Meme] Julian Assange's Lawyers Need to Ensure Assange Maintains Freedom to Publish
    Let's ensure he can continue to publish
  26. "Conviction for a Crime he Did Not Commit," Said Jennifer Robinson
    Robinson is the kind of woman accomplisher we should look up to
  27. Trying to Make Blogs (Independent and Mostly Decentralised Platforms) What Comes After Social Control Media
    Social Control Networks 'stole the thunder' of blogs, but can we get back to blogs?
  28. Julian Assange Has Landed
    There will probably be some press interviews some time this month or next month
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

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

    Span from 2024-06-20 to 2024-06-26
    2234 /n/2024/06/24/Microsoft_By_Default_Destroy_Linux.shtml
    1802 /n/2024/06/24/Torvalds_Number_Two_Quit_Linux_a_Decade_Ago_and_Has_Since_Then_.shtml
    1249 /n/2024/06/06/Edward_Brocklesby_ejb_Debian_Hacking_expulsion_cover_up_in_prox.shtml
    1016 /n/2024/06/20/Links_20_06_2024_Somali_Piracy_Surges_Juneteenth_Discussed.shtml

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