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(Updated) ALPHA-One Leverages RISC-V StarPro64 for Compact Local LLM Deployment

PINE64 has shared early details of the ALPHA-One, a compact generative AI agent powered by the RISC-V-based StarPro64 SBC. Priced at $329.99, the device is aimed at developers and testers, and comes preloaded with a 7 billion parameter LLM running in a Docker container.

NanoPi R76S Brings Dual 2.5GbE to Fanless RK3576-Based Router Board

Following the recent launch of the NanoPi R3S LTS, FriendlyELEC introduces the NanoPi R76S, a compact router board powered by the Rockchip RK3576. Designed for edge networking and IoT, it features dual 2.5Gbps Ethernet, HDMI, USB 3.2, and AI acceleration.

RISC-V Embedded Board Features TH1520 SoC, Dual GbE, and 4TOPS AI

The HH-SCDAYU800A is another RISC-V development board built around the Alibaba T-Head TH1520 system-on-chip. With its dual Gigabit Ethernet ports, multiple camera interfaces, and industrial-grade design, the board targets applications requiring multimedia features, edge inference, and smart device integration.

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 13th, 2025

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CachyOS July 2025 Update Finally Lets Users Choose the Shell During Installation

Powered by the latest Linux 6.15 kernel series, the CachyOS ISO snapshot for July 2025 introduces a long-awaited feature requested by users, namely the ability to choose their favorite shell at installation time. As such, users now have the option to choose between cachyos-fish-config and cachyos-zsh-config.

GParted Live 1.7.0-8 Adds Mechanism to Reduce Random Order of Block Devices

Powered by Linux kernel 6.12.37-1 and based on the Debian Sid (Debian 13) repository as of July 12th, 2025, GParted Live 1.7.0-8 is here five and a half months after GParted Live 1.7.0-1 to implement a mechanism that reduces the possibility of random order of block devices in the live system.

Canonical Plans for a Fully Functional Desktop Session on RISC-V with Ubuntu 25.10

Last month, Canonical announced a significant change for RISC-V users that will drop support for most of the existing RISC-V hardware, as the company plans to raise the required RISC-V ISA profile family from RVA20 to RVA23. This means that about 90 percent of RISC-V devices won’t be able to run Ubuntu 25.10.

GStreamer 1.28 Promises Vulkan H.264 Encoder, AMD HIP Plugin, and More

GStreamer 1.28 looks like another big update promising new features like a Vulkan H.264 encoder, an AMD HIP (Heterogeneous-compute Interface for Portability) plugin, basic colorimetry support for Wayland, and a new wpe2 plugin for Webkit that makes use of the “WPE Platform API”.

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siduction Linux 2024.1.0 Released with Xfce 4.20, KDE Plasma 6.2, and LXQt 2.1

posted by Marius Nestor on Dec 23, 2024,
updated Jan 04, 2025

Dubbed “Shine on…”, powered by the latest Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series, and synced with the Debian Sid (Unstable) repositories as of December 23rd, 2024, siduction 2024.1.0 ships with the KDE Plasma 6.2, the recently released Xfce 4.20, and the LXQt 2.1 desktop environments.

The devs note that the experimental Wayland session in Xfce 4.20 is blocked in siduction 2024.1.0 as it doesn’t start. In addition, they used X11 as the default session for the KDE Plasma edition because Calamares, the graphical installer, cannot apply a keyboard layout under the Wayland session.

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Xfce 4.20 Desktop Environment Landed in Arch's Repos

Just in time for the Christmas holidays, Arch Linux has given its users a delightful surprise. The latest version of the lightweight Xfce desktop environment, 4.20, debuted just a week ago, is now available in the stable distro’s repositories.

Following Void Linux—another popular systemd-free rolling release distribution, which made Xfce 4.20 available a few days earlier—Arch users can now join in and enjoy this new release too.

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Sid-based siduction 2024.1.0 launches with KDE Plasma 6 while dropping GNOME, MATE, and Cinnamon

In the summer of 2011, the aptsoid community created a user-friendly distro known as siduction. Also based on DebianUnstable (Sid), siduction is still receiving regular updates, while aptsoid has been buried since 2013. Just like its predecessors, siduction 2024.1.0 is a free and open-source piece of code that targets users looking for a compact, yet flexible distribution with several window manager choices.

Sadly, siduction 2024.1.0 comes without three window managers that were present in the previous versions. The reason for dropping GNOME, MATE, and Cinnamon is that these siduction flavors no longer had a maintainer. On the bright side, there are still five choices available. In addition to KDE Plasma 6.2.4.1, which is the main highlight of this update, siduction 2024.1.0 also comes with the following: LXQt 2.1.0-1, Xfce 4.20, Xorg, and no X. Even better, those who want one of the three flavors no longer maintained can grab the respective window managers from the repository.

Can siduction OS seduce you into saying goodbye to Windows 11 in 2025?

The start of a new year is always a chance to reassess priorities, try to break old habits, and make lifestyle changes that bring us closer to the life we want to live. New Year’s resolutions typically center around health, career, or relationships, but there’s another area worth considering -- the software and tools we rely on daily.

If you’ve been thinking about leaving Microsoft Windows 11 behind and diving into the world of Linux, this could be the perfect time to do so. (Like all resolutions there’s no guarantee you’ll stick to it of course, but like that well-meaning health kick, it’s worth giving it a go.)

Switching to Linux might sound intimidating, but it’s easier and more accessible than ever. Linux has long had a reputation for being the domain of hardcore tech enthusiasts, but that’s no longer the case. Distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, and Linux Mint offer user-friendly interfaces, solid performance, and a large ecosystem of free, open-source software.

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Release Notes for siduction 2024.1.0 »Shine on…«

The siduction team is pleased to introduce a new release. It has been some time since we dropped the last one. The reason for the delay is that we were waiting for KDE Plasma 6 to hit Debian Unstable. Although Plasma 6 was released at the end of February 2024, its release in Unstable was delayed by about four months due to the t64 transition in Debian, which you probably remember. But now it’s here, and Plasma 6.2 has been available in Unstable for about two weeks.

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