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Alpine Linux 3.24 Released with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and COSMIC Desktops

Powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.18 LTS kernel series, Alpine Linux 3.24 introduces support for the latest GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and COSMIC desktop environments, as well as support for the Sway 1.12 tiling Wayland compositor and a drop-in replacement for the i3 window manager for X11.

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RISC-V edge box packs dual GbE, CAN, and 4G/5G support

Bit-Brick’s EPC1000 is an industrial edge computing system built around the SpacemiT K1 RISC-V processor. The platform is intended for applications including industrial IoT, smart transportation, agriculture monitoring, environmental sensing, and edge analytics.

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Muzi Works’ SuperBase Kit is a portable Meshtastic device built around the company’s Base System platform. The handheld unit offers LoRa connectivity, GNSS positioning, a digital compass, and a rechargeable battery in a compact enclosure with a navigation pad and square-format OLED display.

Sea Five Uses Dual ESP32-C5 Modules for GPS-Enabled Wardriving

HackerBox has released Issue 0127, titled “Sea Five.” The kit showcases Espressif’s ESP32-C5 wireless SoC and centers around a custom dual-microcontroller platform designed for wireless scanning, GPS positioning, and portable data logging. The hardware platform supports dual-band Wi-Fi connectivity, GNSS positioning, onboard storage, and battery-powered operation.

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I stopped being afraid of Linux terminal commands once Claude started explaining them

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on May 07, 2026

Quoting: I stopped being afraid of Linux terminal commands once Claude started explaining them —

Here is a fact-based summary of the story contents:

I recently turned my RUST-server mini PC into a fully blown Linux machine running Linux Mint. The learning curve hasn't been anywhere near as substantial as I would have expected, and even though I haven't had to use the terminal as much as people led me to believe I would, there have still been a few things that I wanted to try with it. But as someone considering switching from Windows 11 to Linux full-time, the terminal can be an incredibly scary piece of kit to mess around with.

That's when I turned to Claude. If I had questions about things like setting up my own self-hosted instance of Inbox Zero, I could ask this AI assistant any question, no matter how dumb it might sound. Suddenly, I'm no longer as scared to test things out in the terminal as I was just a few days ago.

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