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Raspberry Pi Reduces Prices on 4GB and 8GB Compute Module 4

This month, Raspberry Pi announced a price reduction for two of its most widely used Compute Module 4 variants. As of May 1, 2025, the 4GB RAM version is now $5 cheaper, while the 8GB RAM version has been reduced by $10. These discounts apply to standard temperature models purchased through Raspberry Pi Approved Resellers.

Banana Pi BPI-R4 Advances 5G Gateway Design with OpenMPTCProuter Support

Banana Pi’s new BPI-R4 is a 5G aggregation gateway built for edge networking. Designed to host multiple cellular modems, it supports OpenMPTCProuter and targets scenarios where wired internet is limited or unavailable.

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New Release: Tails 6.15

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Arti 1.4.3 is released: Prometheus metrics support, inital work on Counter Galois Onion and congestion control.

This release adds support for exporting metrics via Prometheus. To use this feature, compile Arti with the metrics feature, and add the [metrics] section to your configuration file, as shown in our example config. Currently, only a couple metrics are exported, but more will be added as time goes on. If you are using Arti and there are metrics that would be useful for your usecase, please do file an issue asking for them to be added! Keep in mind that enabling metrics has the potential to leak information to anyone who can access the metrics port. If you use metrics in production, be sure to carefully check your firewall rules to ensure that the metrics information is not more widely accessible than you need it to be.

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What Is an Encryption Backdoor?

Governments around the world are demanding backdoors into encrypted data. 

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SolydXK Linux is a Debian-based operating system

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on May 03, 2025

Quoting: SolydXK Linux is a Debian-based operating system - LinuxLinks —

SolydXK is an open source operating system for small and medium-sized businesses, non-profit organizations and home users. It is based on Debian, a Linux operating system that has existed since 1993. Stability, data security, privacy, self-direction and freedom of personal choice are the foundations on which SolydXK is built.

SolydX is the lightest of the SolydXK operating systems with the Xfce desktop. It aims to use as few system resources as possible without having to compromise functionality. This edition is ideal for people that prefer things straightforward or for systems with a limited hardware configuration – or for people migrating from Windows 7.

SolydK uses the KDE desktop and emphasizes configurability and modern design. It requires modern hardware. SolydK is ideal for people who prefer to have all the bells and whistles or for those that migrate from Windows 10.

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