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System76 Teases COSMIC Theme Constellations for Its COSMIC Desktop

After Frosted Glass, System76 is now working on another cool feature that will probably boost the adoption of the COSMIC desktop environment amongst Linux users. The feature is called COSMIC Theme Constellations and consists of bundled themes with wallpaper, accent colors, icons, and fonts.

GStreamer 1.28.9 Multimedia Framework Adds Support for mpph264enc Encoder

Coming a month after GStreamer 1.28.8, the GStreamer 1.28.9 release adds 24-bit support to the level element, support for the mpph264enc (Rockchip) encoder to webrtcsink, and enables cross-compilation with sysroot for Rust plugins in the Meson build.

Calibre 9.18 Open-Source E-Book Manager Adds New Tool to Make Books Accessible

Coming two weeks after Calibre 9.17, the Calibre 9.18 release adds a new tool to make e-books accessible and check for accessibility problems, and adds support for viewing color previews in the e-book editor as an underline and allows Ctrl-clicking on colors to change them using a color wheel.

Sigil 2.8.5 Open-Source EPUB Editor Released with Modern CSS Parsing

Sigil 2.8.5 is here to replace the outdated CSS parser with a modern, spec-compliant parser based on Lexbor, and adds support for AVIF and JPEG XL images, along with support for polyfilling JPEG XL images in the Preview window using a URL scheme handler and the JPEG format.

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Enzo Loses His Mojo

Arsenal happy

“Sacrifices”

You live once, make it count

After Two Consecutive Losses in the PL

Back to winning streak? (In PL, not CL)

Manchester City Council Report Card – Part 5 – Private Businesses, Not Public Services

For profit, against citizens?

Manchester City Council Report Card – Part 4 – Moving Towards “Network States” With Corporations, Not Public Servants

Like G4S in Manchester

Techrights at 20

Soon

Transnational Swatting

Need to raise awarness among ministers

Another SLAPP: “Russian billionaire Vitaly Orlov lawsuit against the Barents Observer is absurd and dirty”

Reproduced in full for more exposure and to make censorship harder

Finding New Whistleblowers

Promising times ahead

Manchester City Council Report Card – Part 3 – Unfriendly Staff

“Customer Service” 101 is something like “Customer is Always Right”

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Home Assistant-compatible board pairs ESP32-S3 and ESP32-P4

Crowd Supply has introduced a campaign for LocalDot, an open-hardware board developed by AAElectronics that converts third-generation Amazon Echo Dots into Home Assistant voice devices. The 83 × 37mm PCB uses an ESP32-S3 and ESP32-P4 for connectivity and audio processing while retaining the original microphones, speaker, buttons, and LEDs.

ESP32-P4 development boards combine RISC-V with Wi-Fi 6 or PoE

SparkFun today launched two ESP32-P4-based IoT RedBoards, offering either dual-band Wi-Fi 6 through an ESP32-C5 companion or wired Ethernet with Power over Ethernet. Both boards feature dual-core RISC-V processing, 32MB PSRAM, 16MB flash, MIPI camera and display connectors, and Arduino-style expansion headers for embedded and HMI applications.

ESP32-S3 USB dongle adds microphone, IR and hardware security

LILYGO has expanded its T-Dongle lineup with the T-Dongle S3 Plus, an ESP32-S3 development board housed in a transparent USB flash-drive enclosure. The device combines a 0.96-inch color display, 16MB flash, 8MB PSRAM, and microSD storage with additional features including a microphone, infrared functionality, and an optional hardware security chip.