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PipeWire 1.4.3 Brings netJACK2 Changes, Improves ALSA audio.channels Support

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Banana Pi’s BPI-Forge1 is a compact single-board computer based on the Rockchip RK3506J SoC, designed for digital multimedia processing, intelligent voice interaction, and real-time audio applications. The board supports a range of embedded use cases through its integrated audio and display subsystems, peripheral connectivity, and small form factor.

AAEON EPIC-RPS7 Targets Compact Industrial Control with 14th Gen Intel Core Support

AAEON has introduced the EPIC-RPS7, a 4″ industrial SBC aimed at cost-sensitive applications like industrial control, PLC automation, and remote monitoring. It supports 12th to 14th Gen Intel Core processors (up to 65W TDP), bringing high performance to space-limited deployments.

Radxa ROCK 4D with RK3576 SoC, PCIe Gen2 x1, Gigabit Ethernet, and PoE Support Starts at $30

Radxa has introduced a single-board computer with a form factor similar to the Raspberry Pi 3, powered by the octa-core Rockchip RK3576 system-on-chip. Key features of the new ROCK 4D include PCIe Gen2 expansion, Gigabit Ethernet with PoE support, and broad I/O compatibility.

ASUS IoT Unveils RUC-1000 Series with 600W GPU Support and Up to 4000 TOPS at Computex 2025

ASUS IoT has announced the RUC-1000 series at Computex 2025, introducing what it describes as the world’s first 2U 19-inch rugged edge AI GPU computer with PCIe 5.0 support for up to 600W GPUs. Designed for edge AI deployments in industrial environments, the new series includes the RUC-1000G and RUC-1000D models, offering performance scalability and ruggedized reliability for machine vision, video analytics, and smart automation.

SiFive and Red Hat Collaborate to Bring RHEL 10 to RISC-V Development

SiFive has announced a new collaboration with Red Hat to deliver a developer preview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 for the RISC-V architecture. The initial support is available on the SiFive HiFive Premier P550 development platform, giving developers a path to build and test enterprise and cloud workloads on RISC-V hardware.

AMI Aptio V Firmware Powers Radxa Orion O6 at COMPUTEX 2025

AMI has announced that its Aptio V UEFI Firmware will power the Radxa Orion O6 demo platform at COMPUTEX Taipei 2025. Described as the “World’s First Open Source Armv9 Motherboard,” the compact Orion O6 Mini ITX board is designed for AI, edge computing, and multimedia-intensive workloads.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 22, 2024

Fair, Forth of July, Cotton Candy stand

Updated This Past Day

  1. Gemini Links 21/07/2024: Last of Old Computer Challenge and Forth Language
    Links for the day
  2. Links 21/07/2024: Climate, Politics, and More Squashed Patents
    Links for the day
  3. Only a Quarter of Web Requests in Micronesia Traced Back to Microsoft Windows (It Used to be Well Over 95%)
    Micronesia has over half a million people in it
  4. Your F.U.D. is Already Showing, Microsoft
    That talking point is quickly spreading so that CrowdStrike discussions become about "Linux" instead of Windows
  5. Andrew Feinstein on Why Freeing Julian Assange is About the Freedom of the Press in General
    Feinstein points out that truth itself is being challenged by people who value power, not truth, and typically seek to do things like sell arms and start proxy wars
  6. In Palau, Windows Has Fallen to 16%
    15 years ago Windows was at 98%
  7. Gemini is Blossoming and More Capsules Are Self-Signing, Rejecting the Defunct and Falsely-Marketed Certificate Authority (CA) Model
    Gemini is still very fast, not only because objects are lightweight but the protocol itself - i.e. the underlying logic - is as simple as it needs to be and only as complex as it must be
  8. Gemini Links 21/07/2024: New Garden and New Gemini Arrivals
    Links for the day
  9. Links 21/07/2024: Extreme Heat and Fortescue Layoffs
    Links for the day
  10. GNU/Linux Lifted Up 0.03% Closer to 4.5% "Market Share" (or 50% More Than a Year Ago)
    How many businesses and homes are permanently giving up on Windows after recent days' events?
  11. High Adoption Rates for GNU/Linux in Albania, According to statCounter
    Albania has been a central point of some GNOME and diversity scandals
  12. It'll Soon Be Half a Decade Since COVID-19's Breakout, We Still Need Verified Facts (Not Corporate Dogma) and Proper Media Reporting
    COVID-19 has meant different things to different people
  13. For the First Time, Microsoft's "Market Share" in North Macedonia Falls to Only a Quarter
    Microsoft only has Windows
  14. Evan Versus Julian
    Published by Julian Assange's wife some hours ago
  15. What The Internet Can Achieve When Put in the Hands of the Good People and Not Censored by the People Who Already Control the Mass Media
    albeit Wikileaks put that in social control media owned and controlled by oligarchs
  16. IRC Proceedings: Saturday, July 20, 2024
    IRC logs for Saturday, July 20, 2024
  17. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  18. [Meme] Hate Speech
    This is also what makes TikTok so dangerous
  19. Shark-infected Water on the Web
    Don't turn Gemini into another "Web"
  20. OpenHarmony, HarmonyOS Next, Deepin, Kylin, and openKylin: How China's Various Manoeuvres Away From Windows Get Covered in the West
    Kylin was openly based on Ubuntu
  21. WikiLeaks Wonders: Major Leaks That Shook the Worlds
    Published 14 hours ago

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Sunday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-07-15 to 2024-07-21
    3481 /n/2024/07/16/Microsoft_Layoffs_and_Entire_Unit_Termination_Diversity_Equity_.shtml
    1792 /n/2024/07/17/Billions_of_Computers_Run_Linux_and_Many_Use_Debian_or_a_Deriva.shtml
    1517 /n/2024/07/17/Red_Hat_Keeps_Behaving_Like_a_Microsoft_Reseller_for_Proprietar.shtml
    1328 /n/2024/07/21/High_Adoption_Rates_for_GNU_Linux_in_Albania_According_to_statC.shtml
    1310 /n/2024/07/16/Backlash_and_Negative_Press_After_Microsoft_Tells_Diversity_Equ.shtml
    1148 /n/2024/07/17/Microsoft_s_Bing_Falls_to_Fourth_in_the_Europe_Asia_Based_Turke.shtml
    1141 /n/2024/07/17/UEFI_Secure_Boot_Once_Again_Bricking_PCs_and_Fake_Security_Mode.shtml
    1076 /n/2024/07/21/For_the_First_Time_Microsoft_s_Market_Share_in_North_Macedonia_.shtml
    1056 /n/2023/12/01/New_Report_Provides_Numerical_Evidence_That_Google_Hired_Too_Ma.shtml
    1027 /n/2024/07/14/Microsoft_Windows_Down_to_23_in_Spain.shtml

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