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Blue Pill-Style STM32C5 Board Adds Oberon-2 Firmware Support

Norwegian-based Tenko has released an open-hardware development board based on STMicroelectronics’ STM32C5 microcontroller family. The compact board follows the familiar Blue Pill form factor while adding USB-C power, onboard USB-to-UART connectivity, and an alternative firmware environment based on Oberon-2.

ESP32-C6 Home Automation Kit with ESPHome and Modular Sensors

Apollo Automation has launched the ESPHome Starter Kit, a modular smart-home development platform built around an ESP32-C6 board and designed to let users create ESPHome devices without soldering, breadboards, or writing code. The kit operates locally and can be used independently or integrated with Home Assistant.

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Advancing the Safer Internet Initiative for Everyone

When we launched the Safer Internet Initiative earlier this year, our message was clear: connectivity is essential, but it is not enough. Everyone needs to feel safe, protected, and empowered when they go online.

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KDE Frameworks 6.29 Released with Various Improvements and Bug Fixes

The monthly KDE Frameworks releases continue, and KDE Frameworks 6.29 is here to add an icon for Android app bundle files in the Breeze icon theme, improve the fancy Kirigami tab bars in QML-based apps to switch the active tab when scrolling over them or using a tab-switching keyboard shortcut, and improve the visual fidelity of small icons in Kirigami-based apps.

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.11 Adds Support for Multi-Frame Compressed Images

Coming almost two months after Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.10, the Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.11 release introduces support for newer multi-frame compressed images, the ability to lock the drive exclusively on Linux and Windows while writing so nothing else can interfere, and a proper “Erase/Format” command.

KDE Announces “Bulletproof” KDE Suite with Three Years of Support

Since the KDE Project dropped LTS support for the KDE Plasma desktop environment despite some demand from people, they teamed up with Linux hardware vendor Kubuntu Focus and Techpaladin Software to provide three years of bug and security fixes for the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment series through Kubuntu 26.04 LTS.

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Only Those Who Never Give Up Will Pick Up a Prize

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 18, 2026,
updated Jul 18, 2026

Rianne has reminded me that today is our Monthsary, exactly 2 months ahead of our anniversary, and this coming December it'll be 15 years since we first met. Ahead of the potential consolation prize the national broadcaster is full of the same pessimism that brings down team spirit, but in our habitat we maintain in high spirits as we fight on for justice and for truth, not just for abused women. It's just how we are. It's also how GNU/Linux grew from 0% in the 1980s to about 8% (in desktops/laptops) in 2026 (or 100% in supercomputers with similar numbers in servers and devices).

Don't give up. Don't capitulate. People who do this cannot accomplish big things. Patience and perseverance almost always pay off. █

Image source: Harry Kane

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