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ASRock Industrial Introduces 4X4 BOX AI300 Series with AMD Ryzen AI Processors

ASRock Industrial has introduced the 4X4 BOX AI300 Series, a compact system built around AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 Series processors. This fanned system includes features such as 2.5GbE and 1GbE ports, support for four displays, and flexible storage options.

RISC-V Based Milk-V Oasis Gets Canceled and Refunds Are Issued to Supporters

The Milk-V Oasis, a highly anticipated RISC-V-based Mini-ITX motherboard, has been officially put on hold. Despite its promising features and bold vision, the project was suspended indefinitely due to development challenges and uncontrollable factors, according to the Milk-V team.

Luckfox Brings Linux to Stamp Form Factor with Rockchip RV1106 Processor

The Luckfox Core1106 is a compact development board built around the Rockchip RV1106 chip. Designed to simplify hardware integration, it allows developers to efficiently verify designs or embed the board into products. With dimensions of 30 × 30 mm, the Core1106 is suitable for applications such as edge computing, IoT devices, and video processing.

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Today’s US Executive Order is a Serious Win for Cybersecurity

The United States government is taking a major leap forward for cybersecurity. The newly released Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity calls on the US government to improve the security of its own systems. New cybersecurity procurement requirements for federal contractors will have a broad impact by leveraging the “power of the purse” to drive market demand for strong cybersecurity.

Understanding and Identifying Scams: Digitally Empowering Older Adults in Mexico

In 2023, some 15,000 financial frauds took place every day in Mexico, with nearly 15% of the population getting scammed. As the Internet continues to become a more prominent part of our lives, online scams are growing in popularity, and older adults face unique risks.

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Flatpak 1.16 Linux App Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Officially Released

posted by Marius Nestor on Jan 09, 2025,
updated Jan 15, 2025

Coming two and a half years after Flatpak 1.14, the Flatpak 1.16 release introduces the FLATPAK_TTY_PROGRESS environment variable to re-enable the terminal progress indicator escape sequences, support for compiling Flatpak using Meson instead of Autotools, and support for Flatpak apps to use Kerberos authentication without needing a sandbox hole.

Flatpak 1.16 also allows the modify_ldt system call as part of --allow=multiarch, which is required when running 16-bit executables in some versions of Wine, and adds an HTTP backend variable to flatpak.pc to allow dependent projects like GNOME Software to detect whether they are compatible with the libflatpak library.

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Flatpak 1.16 Improves USB Access, Wayland Integration & Accessibility - OMG! Ubuntu

Flatpak 1.16.0 is the first stable release in the new 1.16.x series, coming more than two years after the Flatpak 1.14.x cycle began and containing features, fixes, and other work undertaken from the 1.15.x development releases.

Such as?

Well, the way that Flatpak apps access USB devices is improved in Flatpak 1.16.x thanks to a new input device permission.

Developer Georges Basile Stavracas notes that this is “technically still a sandbox hole that should be treated with caution” but enables apps to purposefully limit the scope of their access to just USB input devices (like controllers so ideal for games).

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Georges Basile Stavracas Neto: Flatpak 1.16 is out!

Last week I published the Flatpak 1.16.0 release This marks the beginning of the 1.16 stable series.

This release comes after more than two years since Flatpak 1.14, so it’s pretty packed with new features, bug fixes, and improvements. Let’s have a look at some of the highlights!

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Flatpak 1.16 Released With Better Wayland Experience and USB Device Support

Flatpak has changed the way Linux users install and manage applications, offering a very reliable solution that doesn't involve the user having to go through a mountain of documentation or finding dependencies to install an app.

Its introduction has addressed the need for a universal package format that seamlessly works across different Linux distributions, mostly without any issues.

A recent announcement has introduced the latest stable release of Flatpak, bringing forward some rather interesting new features and improvements.

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