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IBASE IB966 3.5-inch SBC with Panther Lake and up to 180 TOPS

IBASE has announced the IB966, a 3.5-inch SBC based on Intel Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” processors, with up to 180 TOPS of aggregate AI performance, 128GB of DDR5-7200 memory, dual 2.5GbE and three M.2 slots.

Raspberry Pi 5 cluster runs Qwen3-30B-A3B at 15 tokens/s on CPU

Hellomatik has published a study and a modified distributed-llama implementation for running the Qwen3-30B-A3B language model across four Raspberry Pi 5 boards. Using only the boards’ Arm Cortex-A76 CPUs, the cluster reached a reported decode throughput of 15.143 tokens per second, without GPU or NPU acceleration or CPU overclocking.

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KDE Gear 26.08.2 Released with More Improvements for Your Favorite KDE Apps

Coming a month after KDE Gear 26.08.1, the KDE Gear 26.08.2 update is here to fix poorly legible selection text with certain styles and color schemes, keep the style chosen for a special folder, and refresh the default zoom level when previews are toggled in the Dolphin file manager.

Ubuntu Summit for Ubuntu 26.10 Takes Place on November 12-13, 2026

The Ubuntu Summit 26.10 event will take place next month, November 12-13, 2026. Ubuntu Summit is Ubuntu’s biggest event of the year, where developers and users gather together to discuss the features of the next major version of Ubuntu, attend various workshops, and see presentations of all kinds of products.

OpenVPN 2.7.8 Released with Security and Bug Fixes, Various Improvements

Coming a month after OpenVPN 2.7.7, the OpenVPN 2.7.8 release makes certificate validation stricter regarding NULL bytes in strings, which might break existing installations if such certificates exist and OpenSSL builds are used, and updates the OpenSSL builds to use the last field when handling certificates with duplicate fields.

NVIDIA 615.78.08 Linux Graphics Driver Improves Support for The Last of Us Part II

Coming a month after NVIDIA 615.71.09, which was the first release in the NVIDIA 615 series, the NVIDIA 615.78.08 update enables the NVreg_UseKernelSuspendNotifiers=1 option by default, and adds support for revision 3 of the VK_NV_low_latency2 Vulkan extension to improve latency and stutter with vkd3d-proton, particularly when Frame Generation is enabled.

Multiple Security Issues Patched in XOrg Server 21.1.25 and Xwayland 24.1.14

The fixes include CVE-2026-88812, an XKB SetGeometry TextDoodad double free that can lead to heap corruption, potentially enabling arbitrary code execution or denial of service (crash), and CVE-2026-93515, a present extension cross-window notify use-after-free that can lead to denial of service (crash) or potentially information disclosure.

Debian 14 “Forky” Artwork Proposals Are Now Open for Submission

This is the moment for aspiring artists and designers who want to display their work in front of millions of Debian users to submit their best artwork for the upcoming Debian 14 (codename Forky – continuing the “Toy Story” naming) operating system series, due for release in mid-2027.

Canonical Beefs Up Security for Ubuntu 26.10 with Slimmed-Down GRUB, Linux 7.3

Ubuntu 26.10 (codename Stonking Stingray) is scheduled for release next week, on October 15th, 2026, with the latest and greatest GNOME 51 “A Coruña” desktop environment, the unreleased Linux 7.3 kernel series (yes, Ubuntu 26.10 will ship with an RC (Release Candidate) kernel), OpenSSL 4.0, OpenSSH 10.5, and Rust-based core utilities.

Raspberry Pi OS Updated with Battery and Squeekboard Dock Widgets

Based on the latest Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series and powered by Linux kernel 6.18.50 LTS, the new Raspberry Pi OS release ships with battery and squeekboard widgets for the new dock, support for automounting encrypted drives, Control Centre debug code, and new, better-quality Raspberry Pi menu icons.

Debian Trixie-Based Raspberry Pi Desktop Is Now Available for PC and Mac

The wait is finally over, and you can download an updated Raspberry Pi Desktop ISO image that you can install on your x86_64 (not ARM) laptop or desktop computer, or on a 64-bit Mac. The latest Raspberry Pi Desktop release is based on Debian 13 “Trixie,” and it’s powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.12 LTS kernel series.

GNOME 52 “Terengganu” Desktop Environment Is Scheduled for March 17th, 2027

With GNOME 51 “A Coruña” being released last month and slowly making its way into the stable software repositories of popular GNU/Linux distributions, such as openSUSE Tumbleweed, Fedora Linux, Ubuntu, and Arch Linux, the GNOME devs have started work on the GNOME 52 release.

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Durian Has Grown Up (Faster Than Peanut)

He had an advantage, he trusts humans

Waste of the Court’s Money

We didn’t start this

Lazy Panda Pan Asian Surviving OK

Lazy Panda still open

Litigation Update

t is a matter of public record (as of today) that another Order was issued. It was issued by the joint head of the media and communications list at the UK’s High Court. As is already known to the opposing party, we’re not unrepresented in the case because of Legal Aid and pro bono advice from a “leading specialist in defamation, privacy, and data protection law.”

Sunbathing One Last Time

Gettint cold, sun low

Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Conflicts of Interest

Hard to pretend it ain’t happening

Envy is a Terrible Motivator

“Up” is elusive

Motion to Put “Reform UK” Out of Business Still in Progress (CR-2026-007405)

Will Reform UK disband this year, then reappear in a new shell?

Brett Wilson LLP v Schestowitz

They are hijacking Americans’ cases, using American money

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 24, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

Updates:

  1. Northern Africa: GNU/Linux Measured at Around 5%
    by Clownflare
  2. SLAPP Censorship - Part 159 Out of 200: Telling Courts False Information and Spoon-feeding Them Insults, Hoping or Expecting Them to Repeat These Insults
    When lawyers trick courts into repeating something false
  3. "AGI" is Decades Old and It Never Found a Viable Business Model or Real, Actually Useful Use Cases
    I keep reminding people of local firms (right here in Manchester) doing the same thing the media now calls "AGI"...

New:

  1. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 23, 2026
    IRC logs for Sunday, August 23, 2026
  2. Gemini Links 23/08/2026: Turning 60, PineTime, and Simulation Hypothesis
    Links for the day
  3. Will Your "Modern" New Car Still be on the Road in 2060?
    Are people now expected to change a car as often as they replace a mobile phone and, if so, how fast would costs add up?
  4. The Sniff Test
    Be sceptical of "CoCs"
  5. Cloudflare Sees a Quarter of Requests in China Coming From GNU/Linux Today
    Will 23% ever be the average for GNU/Linux rather than a mere peak?
  6. You Can Lose Some Battles and Still Win the War
    Winning or losing isn't something for a scoreboard
  7. GNU/Linux Usage Measured at 23% in Russia Today
    the average was almost 10%
  8. Things Not to Fear Missing Out on
    Life is too short to pay attention to social control media
  9. Gemini Links 23/08/2026: Exercising Again, Tackling Phone Addiction, and Putting Graal Online Back Online
    Links for the day
  10. PIPs and Lawsuits: On the Future of IBM Trying to Spit Out Its Own Staff at Minimal Cost
    "I'd rather be laid off than be put on a PIP"
  11. France: GNU/Linux Averaging at 7%, Peaked at 14% Today
    When will 14% be the average?
  12. Links 23/08/2026: Water Crises, Illegal Tariffs, and Carney Confronts US Over Patent Imperialism
    Links for the day
  13. Links 23/08/2026: Slop "Children's Stories Contain Bizarre Patterns" and "Butterflies at the One Garden"
    Links for the day
  14. Microsoft is in Double Trouble in Singapore
    Android+GNU/Linux+ChromeOS are near 20%
  15. The Slop Industry Bribed the Media to Pretend It Has Something New and Revolutionary. Now It Bribes Politicians Too. Anything to Avoid Scrutiny and Regulation.
    borrowed money has long been used to bribe the media
  16. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  17. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 22, 2026
    IRC logs for Saturday, August 22, 2026
  18. Microsoft to Its Workers in April-May: You're Too Old, Go Away. Microsoft in August: Young People, Go Away.
    What does this company even sell anymore?
  19. Clownflare Data US-Centric
    We are assuming that for national security reasons not many sites in Chinese (or based in China) outsource their traffic to Clownflare
  20. Gemini Links 22/08/2026: Broken Car, Devuan, and Thundermail
    Links for the day

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