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Learning to Build and Use the Internet in Rhino Refugee Camp

Sixty-seven percent of the world’s 42.6 million refugees live in neighboring countries. That’s the case for most of the 192,000 people living in the Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement in northwestern Uganda. The vast majority—85 percent—are women and children. They come from across the region: from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda, and Burundi.

Tor Project blog

New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 16.0a1

This is the first Tor Browser Alpha release based on Firefox Rapid Release: read more about this important change in The Future of Tor Browser Alpha.

9to5Linux

Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 Is Now Available Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”

Coming two and a half years after Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 5, the Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 release is based on the Debian 13.2 “Trixie” operating system and it is powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series to better support more hardware.

OpenShot 3.4 Open-Source Video Editor Released with New Effects and Features

Coming a year after the previous version, OpenShot 3.3, the OpenShot 3.4 release looks to be the largest update ever done, with new features like an experimental timeline, interactive cropping in the video preview, as well as new effects including Sharpen, Color Map (LUT), Spherical Projection, Lens Flare, and Outline.

SparkyLinux 2025.12 “Tiamat” Released with Debian Forky Base, Linux Kernel 6.17

Based on the Debian Testing/Forky repositories as of December 14th, 2025, SparkyLinux 2025.12 ships with Linux 6.17.11 as the default kernel offering, as well as support for the recently released Linux 6.18 kernel series, which can be installed from the SparkyLinux software repositories, along with LTS kernels like Linux 6.12 and 6.6.

Scribus 1.6.5 Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Released with Various Changes

Coming almost eight months after Scribus 1.6.4, the Scribus 1.6.5 release is here to improve the color eyedropper, update the PDF export functionality by fixing issues related to font rendering and exporting via Python, improve light/dark mode capabilities, and update the scripter functions.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 14th, 2025

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Mixxx 2.5.4 Open-Source DJ App Improves Support for Korg KAOSS DJ, Pioneer DJ CDJ

Coming more than three months after Mixxx 2.5.3, the Mixxx 2.5.4 release is here to improve support for the Korg KAOSS DJ controller by fixing scratching with the left wheel, the Numark NS6II controller by fixing a typo in the NS6II.PadMode, and the Pioneer DJ CDJ controller series by fixing broken initialization.

Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.19 Release Candidate

Today marks two weeks since the release of Linux kernel 6.18, which (as expected) will be an LTS branch supported for at least two years, until December 2027, and the merge window for Linux kernel 6.19 was opened, which means that it is time to test drive the Release Candidate (RC) versions during the next couple of months.

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Toradex Luna SL1680 SBC Features Synaptics SL1680 SoC with 8 TOPS NPU, Starts at $105

The Luna SL1680 is built around the Synaptics SL1680 system-on-chip, which integrates a quad-core Arm Cortex-A73 CPU running at up to 2.1 GHz. For machine learning workloads, the SoC includes a dedicated neural processing unit delivering up to 8 TOPS of dense INT8 inference performance. Memory configurations support up to 4 GB of LPDDR4 RAM and up to 256 GB of onboard eMMC storage, enabling systems to operate without removable media.

RISC-V-based ESP32-P4 handheld integrates AMOLED display and LoRa

Measuring about 63 × 109 × 22 mm, the T-Display P4 is built around the ESP32-P4, which combines a dual-core RISC-V CPU running at up to 360–400 MHz with an additional low-power RISC-V core operating at 40 MHz.

HealthyPi 6 provides open-source biosignal acquisition for research and education

The platform is built around a tri-core processing architecture. The main controller is STMicroelectronics’ STM32H757, combining an Arm Cortex-M7 core running at up to 480 MHz with a Cortex-M4 core at 240 MHz for real-time signal processing tasks.

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Zorin OS 18 Might Be The Way Out Of Microsoft's AI Nightmare

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 02, 2025

The rise of AI and AI integration is looming high over the landscape, and many users are not enjoying this new layer of what some would consider spyware. Zorin OS 18, a Linux distro, may be the way out of the Microsoft Recall and CoPilot nightmare. Linux in general might be the way out for many, but Zorin OS 18 is one of the distros that makes it easier for newbie users to get into the Linux world.

I review countless Windows laptops on this site, and I love a lot of them when it comes to the hardware. But, like many in my audience, I too have become frustrated with the level of AI intrusion Microsoft is heaping on the user. So I recently switched one of my laptops to Zorin OS 18 and one of my desktops to Zorin OS 18. In this article, I’m going to provide a few reasons why you might consider switching to Linux if you’re concerned with privacy and with the direction Microsoft’s AI integration is headed.

This is not a step-by-step guide on how to install Zorin OS 18 or any Linux distro; there are tons of those on the web. This is just a list of reasons why you might consider this move. I suspect that many will not make the move because it does involve some work and some relearning in the process. We’ve all become very comfortable with convenience, and companies know this. But, to those who do choose to make the switch to a Linux distro, best of luck, and good on you!

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