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Final Results of the 2026 Internet Society Board of Trustees Elections and IETF Selections

The Internet Society Elections Committee is pleased to announce the final results of the 2026 elections and the IETF selections for the Board of Trustees.

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KDE Frameworks 6.25 Adds Support for Converting Momme Units in KRunner

The KDE Frameworks 6.25 release is here to improve KRunner-powered searches to allow you to convert to and from the “momme” unit, which measures weight for silk textiles, and the message dialogs throughout KDE apps to wrap their text at around 70 characters instead of at a point based on the screen width.

Calibre 9.7 E-Book Manager Improves the Annotations Browser and Content Server

Coming two weeks after Calibre 9.6, the Calibre 9.7 release is here to improve the annotations browser by allowing you to group results by any field, and improve the content server by implementing a full offline mode when using HTTPS connections to the content server.

PipeWire 1.6.3 Improves RAOP Compatibility to Make It Work on More Devices

Coming three weeks after PipeWire 1.6.2, the PipeWire 1.6.3 release is here to align RTP timestamps to make RAOP work on more devices, avoid crashes in RTP streams because of concurrent event emission, and avoid MIDI conversions to and from UMP.

LinuxGizmos.com

F&S M.2 AI Accelerator Uses NXP Ara-240 for Edge Inference Workloads

F&S Elektronik Systeme has introduced an M.2 AI accelerator based on the NXP Ara-240, designed to offload inference workloads from embedded systems. It targets edge applications requiring low-latency processing, including machine vision, multimodal inference, and real-time analytics.

RealSense ID Pro F500 Combines Depth Sensing and On-Device Biometrics

RealSense has introduced the RealSense ID Pro F500, a facial authentication module designed for access control, kiosks, and identity verification systems. The solution combines depth sensing, vision processing, and local computation to support secure biometric authentication without relying on cloud-based processing.

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Why a portable Linux install is my favorite troubleshooting tool

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Nov 24, 2025

Quoting: Why a portable Linux install is my favorite troubleshooting tool —

That is where a Linux USB (or external SSD) helps. It can help rule out most hardware problems almost immediately.

For example, if your PC crashes while gaming, you could be experiencing a problem with Windows, a driver error, or a hardware fault related to literally any of your PC's components. If you've tried updating your graphics drivers (the most common fix for a crash while gaming), booting into Linux on a USB drive and running some intensive application will immediately tell you if you have a hardware problem or a software issue.

If the Linux USB crashes too, you almost certainly have a problem with your hardware, or potentially a BIOS issue. If the Linux USB runs without issue, you can be pretty sure that you have a software problem on Windows, usually with a driver or the operating system itself. You've instantly cut the number of potential problems you have to explore in half—or more.

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