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ODROID-H5 is a low-power x86 SBC with 10GbE and four M.2 slots

Hardkernel has introduced the ODROID-H5, a new x86 single-board computer based on Intel’s Core i3-N300 processor. The board updates the ODROID H-series with onboard 10GbE networking, four M.2 expansion slots, DDR5 memory support, and a revised HSIO configuration intended for storage, networking, and accelerator expansion.

Internet Society

An Open Fiber Data Standard to Make the Internet for Everyone

Remember when taking public transport meant searching for a timetable or worse, trudging out to a bus stop to find the schedule? When you had to rely on experience to figure out whether the 22 or the 15 bus or the subway would get you to your destination faster?

Tor Project blog

New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.14

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

A new way to fund internet freedom

Launching today at internetfreedom.torproject.org and as an Onion Service, the campaign is the first-ever Web3-native crowdfunding initiative dedicated to the internet freedom ecosystem. The campaign accepts contributions in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Zcash (ZEC), Monero (XMR), and Golem (GLM), and benefits 10 nonprofit projects working across privacy, censorship circumvention, secure communications, and public-interest digital infrastructure. An initial $115,000 USD matching pool supported by Cake Wallet, Zcash Community Grants, Logos, and Octant -- with additional ecosystem participation expected throughout the campaign -- will amplify donations made through June 18th, 2026, using a participatory matching model designed to reward broad community participation.

9to5Linux

Nitrux 6.1 Is Now Available for Download, Powered by Linux Kernel 7.0

Powered by the latest and greatest Linux 7.0 kernel series, patched against the Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, Fragnesia, and ssh-keysign-pwn vulnerabilities, and featuring CachyOS patches, Nitrux 6.1 ships with Hyprland 0.55.1 featuring Lua-based configuration, the Vicinae Raycast-inspired focused launcher, and updates to Waybar, Hyprlock, and Wlogout.

Tails 7.8 Anonymous Linux OS Patches Recent Kernel Flaws, Removes Thunderbird

Coming almost a month after Tails 7.7, the Tails 7.8 release is a small update but an important one, as it ships with an updated Debian kernel patched against recent security vulnerabilities that could allow an application in Tails to gain administrative privileges, such as Copy Fail, Dirty Frag, or Fragnesia.

Firefox 152 Enters Public Beta Testing with Many Changes and Improvements

Firefox 152 continues to modernize the Firefox settings by adding icons in front of each subcategory, renaming the Home section to “Home and startup”, and moving the Sync section under the General section.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.26.4 Drivers Add Support for New Printers

HPLIP 3.26.4 adds support for new printers, including HP LaserJet Pro MFP 3106sdw and HP LaserJet Pro MFP 3105sdw, HP Envy 6500e series and HP Envy 6500 series, as well as HP OfficeJet Pro 9730, HP OfficeJet Pro 9730e, HP OfficeJet Pro 9720, HP OfficeJet Pro 9720e, HP OfficeJet Pro 8130e All-in-One, and HP OfficeJet Pro 8130 All-in-One series.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 Released with Optional Command-Line AI Assistant

Highlights of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.2 include an optional command-line AI assistant called goose that can be installed from the extensions repository for faster and more responsive access to insights and commands, color output support to the RHEL command-line assistant, and customer-controlled security in image mode.

HP Is the Latest to Sponsor the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS)

This comes as great news after Dell and Lenovo announced earlier this month their support for the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS), which provides a portal for device firmware updating on Linux-based operating system via the fwupd software.

Wireshark 4.6.6 Is Out with Updated Protocol Support and Bug Fixes

Wireshark 4.6.6 is here three weeks after Wireshark 4.6.5 to update support for the BACapp, BPv7, DB/IB GDS DB, Kafka, MACsec, PFCP, RF4CE, ROHC, RTPS-VT, SAPHDB, and SIP protocols, and update support for the JSON and VeriWave capture files.

Ardour 9.5 Open-Source DAW Released with Chord Editing and Quantization

Coming almost three months after Ardour 9.2, the Ardour 9.5 release is here to introduce chord editing and quantization, and a Cubase-style cross cursor for MIDI editing to the pianoroll interfaces, along with the ability to open multiple MIDI regions in the same pianoroll interface and edit one region while looking at notes of other regions.

Mozilla Thunderbird 151 Enables OAuth Sign-In with Account Auto-Configuration

Highlights of Thunderbird 151 include the enablement of Thundermail OAuth sign-in with account auto-configuration, support for sorting tasks by created or modified date, and the ability to override the OAuth provider details for EWS (Exchange Web Services) accounts.

Canonical Launches Ubuntu Core 26 with Live Kernel Patching, Optimized Updates

Based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon), Ubuntu Core 26 introduces new features like live kernel patching, enhanced hardware-backed protection for mission-critical deployments, optimized OTA updates that are now 90 percent smaller, precise Linux builds, and up to 15 years of security maintenance.

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Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0 LTS Released with GNU Linux-Libre 6.8 Kernel, MATE 1.26

posted by Marius Nestor on Apr 11, 2026,
updated Apr 14, 2026

AComing more than three years after Trisquel GNU/Linux 11.0 LTS, the Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0 LTS release is based on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) operating system series, it’s powered by the GNU Linux-libre 6.8 kernel by default, and features the MATE 1.26.2 desktop environment.

The default software selection includes Abrowser 148 as the default web browser, Icedove 140 as the default email client, and LibreOffice 24 as the default office suite. If you have hardware issues with the default kernel, you can even install the GNU Linux-libre 6.17 as a HWE (Hardware Enablement Stack) kernel from the repos.

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J Self adds more:

Trials and Trisquelations

Trisquel version 12 (Ecne) officially launched on April 11, 2026, a little over three years after the release of version 11 (Aramo). In the modern tech landscape, three years between releases might sound like an eternity. But to me, that kind of pacing isn't a flaw - it's a feature.

When it comes to my operating system, I have a strict hierarchy of needs: First, it must be 100% free software. Second, it needs to be incredibly, predictably boring.

I want a stable, long-term support (LTS) environment where package versions are frozen at release. I don't want to wake up, run an update, and find out that a shiny new software version just broke my workflow. I want my OS to get out of my way so I can actually focus on my work. Trisquel has met those exact needs for me since I first started using it in 2010, and Ecne continues that proud tradition.

But producing a "boring" and stable OS is anything but easy. Behind the scenes, it requires a staggering amount of work to keep the system secure, modern, and uncompromisingly free.

The "Trisquelations"

Between the release of Aramo and Ecne, the core Trisquel package-helpers repository recorded nearly 400 commits. What's incredible is that just 7 contributors shouldered this massive undertaking.

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The fully free Linux OS Trisquel gets a major update with version 12.0 Ecne

Trisquel GNU/Linux, a free operating system aimed at home users, small enterprises, and educational centers, released version 12.0. The release, codenamed Ecne, is declared production-ready and builds on the previous version, Aramo, with changes to packaging, the kernel, security, and available software.

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