Garuda Linux is known for maintaining several editions with some of the most acclaimed desktop environments and window managers, including KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, Cinnamon, Hyprland, Sway, i3, and others. It even offers a Garuda Nix Subsystem edition to let you easily try out NixOS.
Until now, the Mesa graphics stack defaulted to Nouveau as the open-source graphics driver for NVIDIA GPUs, but starting with the Mesa 25.1 series, the old OpenGL driver will be taking a backseat in favor of a combination of the Zink Gallium driver and the NVK open-source Vulkan graphics driver, both developed by Collabora.
Coming two weeks after KDE Plasma 6.3.2, the KDE Plasma 6.3.3 release implements battery charge threshold support for more devices, improves the way colors are displayed on the screen when using the Night Light feature on Intel GPU machines, and adds a warning message when you disable power management.
The biggest change in the new IPFire release is the switch to the latest LTS (Long-Term Support) kernel branch, namely Linux 6.12 LTS, a major update from the Linux 6.6 LTS kernel series used until now, along with a new driver for Realtek 8812au chips, a set of firmware for Raspberry Pi SBCs, and U-Boot 2024.10.
LXQt 2.2 promises to further improve the Wayland session introduced in the LXQt 2.1 release and flagged as experimental. In LXQt 2.2, the Wayland session will still be experimental, but it will let you set the default compositor and the screen locker by distribution or system-wide.
Audacity 3.7.2 improves the AppImage bundle for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) systems fix an issue with the loading of the FFmpeg multimedia server, adds a new option to turn off automatic tempo detection, a new “get effects” button next to the ‘Upload Audio’ button, and introduces UUID instance support.
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The Radxa CM3J is an industrial-grade compute module built around the Rockchip RK3568J SoC. This compact module integrates a CPU, PMU, LPDDR4X, eMMC, and wireless connectivity options such as Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0 in a 55mm x 40mm form factor.
MediaTek continues to strengthen upstream support for its Genio IoT platforms through its collaboration with Collabora. Following the initial efforts to integrate Genio EVKs into the open-source ecosystem, recent updates bring improvements to the Linux kernel, Debian-based images, and automated testing frameworks. These enhancements ensure broader compatibility and long-term support for developers working with Genio-based IoT solutions.
The Luckfox Lyra Ultra is the latest addition to the Lyra series, featuring the RK3506B processor with a tri-core ARM Cortex-A7 and Cortex-M0 architecture. With its expanded storage, additional memory, built-in wireless connectivity in the Ultra W variant, and PoE support, the Lyra Ultra builds on previous models while maintaining compatibility within the Lyra series.
