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RISC-V compute module brings ESP32-P4 to Raspberry Pi CM4/CM5 carriers

The SCINTIX P4 is a compact compute module developed by RELOC around Espressif’s ESP32-P4 microcontroller, using the 55 × 40mm form factor of Raspberry Pi CM4 and CM5 modules. It combines dual-core RISC-V processing with an ESP32-C6 wireless companion, Ethernet, and MIPI display and camera interfaces for embedded control and HMI applications.

(Updated) 16-TOPS AI SBC with SATA 3.0 runs on octa-core Sophgo BM1688

Orange Pi has published hardware details for the OrangePi O1, a 90 × 70mm SBC based on the Sophgo BM1688 processor. It pairs eight Arm Cortex-A53 cores with a RISC-V C906 coprocessor and a 16-TOPS INT8 TPU, along with up to 16GB of LPDDR4/LPDDR4X memory.

Compact AI workstation runs Ubuntu on Jetson AGX Thor with dual 10GbE

The MINIX T4000/T5000 is a compact AI workstation based on NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Thor platform, combining Blackwell GPU architecture with Arm Neoverse-V3AE processors. The system supports up to 128GB of LPDDR5X memory, dual 10GbE networking, PCIe 4.0 NVMe storage, and Ubuntu 24.04 for local AI inference and development.

Agilex 2X FPGA portfolio supports PCIe 7.0 and QuartusIQ AI design tool

Agilex 2X is Altera’s latest FPGA and SoC portfolio, consisting of four device families for applications ranging from industrial control to high-performance computing. The first announced family, Agilex 27, incorporates 256Gbps transceivers, PCIe 7.0 support, and a distributed HyperFlow data network. The company has also released QuartusIQ, an AI-assisted development tool integrated into Quartus Prime Pro 26.3.

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Fedora Linux 45 Is Now Available for Download with GNOME 51 and KDE Plasma 6.8

Coming six months after Fedora Linux 44, the Fedora Linux 45 release is powered by the Linux 7.2 kernel series and features the latest GNOME 51 desktop environment by default for the flagship Fedora Workstation edition, and the latest KDE Plasma 6.8 desktop environment by default for the Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop flavor.

GIMP 3.2.8 Image Editor Restores Support for Offset as a Non-Destructive Filter

Coming almost two months after GIMP 3.2.6, the GIMP 3.2.8 release adds DPI information when copying an image to the clipboard, restores Offset as a non-destructive filter, adds the ability to cancel font loading in the middle when quitting GIMP early, and improves Dot to Dot support to work better even on integer scaling.

aerynOS 2026.11 Is Out with GNOME 51, KDE Plasma 6.8, COSMIC 1.11, and Budgie 10.10

Coming three months after aerynOS 2026.08, the aerynOS 2026.11 release is powered by the Linux 7.2 and Linux 6.18 LTS kernels, and features the latest and greatest GNOME 51 desktop environment by default on the live ISO, along with support for KDE Plasma 6.8 and COSMIC 1.11, and, for the first time, Budgie 10.10 desktop.

Audacity 4.0.2 Audio Editor Restores Automatic Saving During Recording

Coming a month after Audacity 4.0.1, the Audacity 4.0.2 release restores automatic saving during recording, restores trim, clear selection, and zoom shortcuts, adds PgUp and PgDown timeline scrolling, improves playback latency from input meter display, improves the status bar layout in narrow windows, and improves file importing on Linux.

Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.4 Release Candidate

Two weeks have passed since the release of Linux kernel 7.3, which is already arriving in the stable repos of your favorite distros, which means that the merge window for Linux kernel 7.4 is now closed, so it’s time to test-drive the Release Candidate (RC) versions over the next couple of months, every Sunday afternoon.

Budgie 10.10.4 Desktop Environment Released with More Improvements

Coming a month after Budgie 10.10.3, the Budgie 10.10.4 release overhauls panel automatic hiding and dock mode as hidden panels now stay above windows and reappear when you move the mouse to the screen edge, panels set to hide no longer reserve screen space, and a new Super+T shortcut shows the panel in full-screen apps.

Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.7 Is Out with Support for Ubuntu 26.10

Coming seven months after Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.6, the Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.7 release introduces support for recent GNU/Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu 26.10, while dropping support for older, unsupported Linux distros, including Ubuntu 24.10, Fedora 42, Mageia 9, and openSUSE Leap 15.6.

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Linux Kernel 7.2 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 7.3

Linux kernel 7.2 was released on August 16th, 2026, introducing new features like cache-aware load-balancing support, initial HDMI 2.1 FRL support to the AMDGPU driver, support for devres-based management of ACPI notify handlers, initial CRI platform support for the Intel Xe driver, and Rust support for the IBM System/390 (S/390) architecture.

PorteuX 2.9 Released with Linux 7.3, KDE Plasma 6.8, GNOME 51, and COSMIC 1.11

Coming more than two months after PorteuX 2.8, the PorteuX 2.9 release is powered by the latest and greatest Linux 7.3 kernel series and features the latest KDE Plasma 6.8.2, GNOME 51.1, COSMIC 1.11, Xfce 4.20, LXQt 2.4, Cinnamon 6.6.9, MATE 1.28.2, and LXDE 0.11.1 desktop environments as standalone flavors.

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  1. The Last 'Dilberts' or Some of the Last Salvaged (Comic Strips Which Disappeared Shortly After They Had Been Published)
    Around the time the creator of Dilbert went silent he published some strips mocking TikTok and usage of it
  2. IBM Paying the Price for Treating Workers Badly and Discarding Real Talent (Because It's "Expensive")
    IBM is dead man walking
  3. Projection Tactics - Part III: Silencing Inconvenient Voices Online
    If X gets banned in the UK, it'll be hard to see what the spouse says in public
  4. Reminder That Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Is Not Free, And It's Because of IBM
    software freedom just 'gets in the way'
  5. Under IBM, in Order to Game the Stock Market, Red Hat Resorted to Boosting the Biggest Ponzi Scheme in Human History
    This is what IBM turned Red Hat into
  6. What Will Happen to GAFAM After the US Defaults Rather Than Bails Out the Market?
    Or tries to topple every government that doesn't play by its rules?
  7. EPO People Power - Part XXXIV - Bad Optics for the European Union (for Failing to Act and Tolerating Cocaine Use in Europe's Second-Largest Institution)
    There are principles in laws which tie awareness with complicity

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  8. Still Condoning Child Labour and Exploiting Unpaid Children Developers as PR Props (to Raise Monopoly Money)
    These people lack morals. So they project.
  9. "Security, AI or Quantum" on "the IBM Titanic"
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  10. Hours Ago The Register MS Published Microsoft Windows SPAM "Sponsored by Intel." The Fake 'Article' Says "AI" 34 Times.
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  11. EPO People Power - Part XXXV - Where Else Will Corruption and Substance Abuse be Tolerated?
    We need to raise standards
  12. Status and Capital
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  13. Turbulence Ahead
    I last rebooted my laptop in 2023
  14. Google News Rewards Plagiarism With LLMs (About Linux, Too)
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  16. Gemini Links 14/01/2026: The Ephemerality of Our Digital Lives and "Summer of Upgrades"
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  17. Outsourcing on Microsoft's Agenda, Offshoring Also
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  18. Links 13/01/2026: 'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams Passes Away With Cancer, Ban on X/Twitter Considered for CSAM Profiteering
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  20. Revision handed Microsoft the keys to the distortion of the past/history
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  21. EPO's Central Staff Committee is Now Redacting (Self-Censoring) Due to Threats From the EPO "Mafia"
    "On the agenda: salary adjustment procedure for 2025 (as of January 2026)"
  22. "AI" (Slop) 'Demand' Isn't Growing, It's Fake, It's a Pyramid Scheme
    They try to resort to 'creative' accounting (fraudulent schemes like circular financing)
  23. Difficult Times at IBM and Microsoft Ahead of Mass Layoffs (Probably Before This Month's Results Unless Postponed to 'Prove' Rumours 'Wrong')
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  24. Canonical: Make Ubuntu Bloated (Debian With Snaps), Then Sell the 'Debloated' Version for a Fee
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  25. People Don't Want "Just Enough", They'll Look for Quality
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  26. Gemini Links 14/01/2026: 3D and Tiny Traffic Lights Pack
    Links for the day
  27. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  28. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, January 13, 2026
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  30. XBox's 'Major Nelson' Loses His Job Again, This Time in a Microsoft Mono Pusher
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Linux kernel 7.2 reached end of life and all users are now recommended to upgrade their systems to the latest Linux 7.3 kernel series as soon as possible.
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PorteuX 2.9 Released with Linux 7.3, KDE Plasma 6.8, GNOME 51, and COSMIC 1.11
PorteuX 2.9 Linux distribution based on Slackware is now available for download with Linux kernel 7.3, KDE Plasma 6.8, GNOME 51, COSMIC 1.11, and various improvements.
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TUXEDO Nano Pro Gen15 Mini Linux PC Launches with Intel CPU, Up to 128 GB RAM
TUXEDO Computers unveils the TUXEDO Nano Pro Gen15 mini PC with a fast Intel processor, a wide range of internal and external ports, and up to 128 GB of DDR5 RAM.
OpenShot 4.1 Video Editor Is Out with Native ARM64 Linux Builds and Text Editing
OpenShot 4.1 open-source video editor is now available for download with native text editing, native Linux ARM64 builds, CLI automation, and more.
IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 205 is available for testing
IPFire protects networks all over the world, from home offices in Brazil to schools in Romania and companies in Japan
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Wine 11.21
The Wine development release 11.21 is now available
A Linux Maintainer Wrote the NSA Into the Kernel Before Snowden
A chip no one could check was picking the numbers behind your keys. One Linux developer took that power away.
Kwi Is a New Ghostty-Based GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator for KDE Plasma
Meet Kwi, a new Ghostty-based GPU-accelerated terminal emulator app for the KDE Plasma desktop environment that promises up to 35x faster performance, a more modern UI, and better protocol support.
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