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MX Linux 25.1 Is Out with Dual-Init Support, Debian 13.3 Base, and Linux 6.18 LTS

After a quick, one-week beta testing phase, MX Linux 25.1 is now available for download based on the latest Debian 13.3 “Trixie” operating system and featuring the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel on the standard ISOs and Linux 6.18 LTS on the AHS (Advanced Hardware Support) ISOs.

Mozilla Now Offers an Official Firefox RPM Package for RPM-Based Linux Distros

Mozilla already provided a DEB binary package for Debian-based systems, so they’re now offering the same native package installation of Firefox for RPM-based systems, making it a lot easier for users of RPM-based distributions to update their Firefox installations to the latest version on the day of the release.

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Amarok 3.3.2 Brings Improvements to User Interface, Audio Backend, and More

Coming more than five months after Amarok 3.3.1, the Amarok 3.3.2 release introduces the ability to show the “added to collection” time in the tag dialog when available and adds support for opening items in the playlist with a single click and adding them to the playlist in the collection browser with a double click.

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MultiCM Flasher enables parallel programming of Raspberry Pi Compute Modules

The MultiCM Flasher is designed for programming up to seven Compute Modules in parallel, with support for mixed module generations using a single firmware image.

BentoIO CMX0 IO-Carrier Board adds low-profile platform for Raspberry Pi CM5

The CMX0 supports both Compute Module 5 Lite and eMMC variants, with a microSD card socket provided for Lite modules. Compute Module 4 is not supported.

ESP32-E22 debuts with tri-band Wi-Fi 6E and dual-mode Bluetooth

ESP32-E22 integrates tri-band Wi-Fi 6E support across the 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz bands, marking Espressif’s first product to enable operation in the 6 GHz spectrum.

Zen 5 x86 Bedrock RAI300 delivers 50 TOPS AI in fanless IPC

The Bedrock RAI300 is powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370, integrating 12 Zen 5 CPU cores and 24 threads with boost clocks up to 5.1 GHz. The processor also combines an RDNA 3.5-based Radeon 890M GPU with an XDNA 2 NPU delivering up to 50 TOPS of AI performance.

Banana Pi’s BPI-CM6 compute module runs on SpacemiT K1 RISC-V processor

The BPI-CM6 adopts a 40 × 55 mm form factor and uses board-to-board connectors compatible with the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, allowing it to be used with existing CM4-style carrier boards, according to Banana Pi’s documentation.

Axiomtek Previews Jetson Thor T5000/T4000 Developer Kit for Robotics Systems

The platform is shown with Jetson Thor T5000 or T4000 modules, offering up to 2070 TFLOPS of compute performance. Axiomtek notes support for software frameworks such as NVIDIA Isaac, Holoscan, and Metropolis, with capabilities aligned with sensor fusion, autonomous systems, and edge inference use cases.

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Huge Gains for GNU/Linux Thus Far in 2026

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 20, 2026,
updated Jan 20, 2026

The "stable" measure of GNU/Linux "market share" in desktops and laptops, based on statCounter (i.e. Web requests that are spied on), says that GNU/Linux gained about 0.5% in "share" in the past month alone. It's not an all-time high only because more than a year ago statCounter measured GNU/Linux at close to 18% in India. It now sits at 6.88%. https://analytics.usa.gov/ shows similar figures (4%+ for GNU/Linux overall or 6%+ if one culls mobile platforms) █

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