Orange Pi has unveiled the Orange Pi 4 Pro, a compact single-board computer designed for high-performance edge applications. It integrates an octa-core Allwinner A733 processor, a 3 TOPS NPU, and supports up to 16 GB of LPDDR5 memory, combining AI acceleration with a wide range of expansion interfaces. This SBC features the same SoC found […]

Currently on Linux if you are putting the system into hibernation, there isn’t a way to interrupt it and cancel it if you change your mind, even with most systems taking a number of seconds to successfully hibernate. But a new patch series sent out this weekend would introduce that capability…

Following below is an attempt Arch Linux LVs reconfiguration in Post-installation phase. Original LVs layout configuration cannot be changed during archinstall active state. After archinstall finishes up we are going to switch to terminal session via “exit” option rather then reboot .

In September, a group of long-time maintainers of Ruby packaging tools
projects had their GitHub privileges for revoked by nonprofit corporation Ruby Central
in what many people are calling a
hostile takeover. Ruby Central and its board members have issued
several public statements that have, so far, failed to satisfy many in
the Ruby community. In response, some of the former contributors to
RubyGems are working on an alternative service called gem.coop. On October 17, ownership
of the RubyGems and
Bundler
repositories was handed over to the Ruby core team, even though those projects had never been part of core Ruby
previously. The takeover and subsequent events have raised a number of
questions in the Ruby community.

After several years of development, SuperTuxKart 1.5 has been officially released today for this free, open-source, and cross-platform kart racing game, a major update that brings new features and improvements.

The ATO 2025 conference may be in the books, but the organization has more events planned before year’s end—and new events are already on its 2026 dance card.

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LunarG in August announced KosmicKrisp as a Vulkan-to-Metal driver for a better Vulkan API experience on Apple macOS devices compared to the likes of using MoltenVK as another Vulkan-on-Metal adaptation. As of today the KosmicKrisp driver for Vulkan 1.3 on Apple devices is now in the Mesa 26.0 codebase…

AMD is hosting an AI Day out in San Francisco today and as part of those festivities today they announced the ROCm Core SDK 7.9 SDK paired with TheRock build and release infrastructure system they have been crafting…

Forgejo 13.0, a self-hosted Git forge software, introduces new moderation tools, improved Actions, and global two-factor authentication enforcement.

Importing modules in Python is ubiquitous; most Python programs start
with at least a few import statements. But the performance impact
of those imports can be large—and may be entirely wasted effort if the
symbols imported end up being unused. There are multiple ways to lazily
import modules, including one in the standard library, but none of them are
part of the Python language itself. That
may soon change, if the recently proposed
PEP 810 (“Explicit lazy
imports”) is approved.

I am very proud to share the news that Experience AI has been recognised as a laureate for the 2025 UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education.

What is Experience AI?

Experience AI is a free educational programme that helps teachers and students learn about artificial intelligence (AI). It was developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation in partnership with Google DeepMind and includes lessons, classroom resources, and hands-on activities to help students develop a foundational understanding of AI technologies, their social and ethical implications, and the role that AI can play in their lives.

It is based on original research into AI literacy and highlights real-world applications of AI technologies, including through videos featuring research scientists that help to bring the lessons to life for students. 

Since we launched the first Experience AI resources in April 2023, they have been used to teach over 2 million students, and that number is growing fast. 

This reach is possible thanks to a global network of Experience AI education partners who work with us to localise and translate the resources and deliver large-scale teacher training in their regions. 

UNESCO recognition

Experience AI was one of four laureates of the prestigious global Prize selected by the Director-General of UNESCO, based on recommendations from an independent, international jury. The jury commended the programme for its strong ethical foundation and wide international reach. 

This year, marking its 20th anniversary, the Prize focused on the theme ‘Preparing learners and teachers for the ethical and responsible use of artificial intelligence’.

The Prize was awarded at a ceremony at the University of Bahrain attended by the Director-General of UNESCO, Ministers of Education of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and members of the Raspberry Pi Foundation and Google DeepMind teams.

I want to say a heartfelt congratulations and thank you to everyone who has worked on Experience AI so far. It has been a fantastic, collaborative effort from colleagues across the Foundation, Google DeepMind, and all of our partner organisations. 

I also want to pay tribute to all of the teachers — all over the world — who have engaged so enthusiastically with Experience AI, for helping us develop the materials, including testing them in your classrooms and providing such thoughtful feedback, and for everything you do, every day, to inspire your students. This recognition is for all of your hard work, diligence, and care. Congratulations and thank you.

Experience AI is provided at no cost to schools, teachers, or students thanks to generous funding from Google.org. We are also very grateful to Broadcom Foundation, which has provided additional funding to support the programme. 

What next for Experience AI? 

We are exceptionally proud to have received this recognition for Experience AI, but we aren’t complacent. Equipping all young people, and their teachers, with a foundational understanding of AI technologies is one of the most urgent challenges facing all education systems.

We have made a great start, and we know there is much more to be done. That’s why we have lots of important updates and developments coming soon, including: 

• Updating and improving the current lessons: We are finalising an update to the resources to respond to feedback from teachers and students, including significant improvements to make them more accessible. These will be published early in 2026. 
• Expanding the range of lessons: Alongside the updates to the existing resources, we are developing new lessons. This will include lessons designed for both younger and older learners, as well as integrated lessons that enable teachers to bring AI concepts and skills into subjects such as science, language, and the arts. 
• Updated and improved professional development: We are also updating and improving the training that we offer to teachers, including both online courses and webinars, and in-person training delivered through the global network of education partners. 
• AI chatbot for educators: We recently integrated a chatbot into the Experience AI website. Powered by Gemini 2.5, this is intended as a tool to help teachers navigate and understand the concepts and lessons. This is an early experiment and we’d love to get your feedback, so please give it a try and let us know what you think. 
• Expanding the global network of partners: We currently have partners supporting teacher professional development in 25 countries, from Malaysia to Mexico. Over the coming year we will be launching partnerships in at least 15 more countries. If your organisation is interested in becoming a partner, you can let us know by filling in this form.

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digiKam 8.8 has been released today for this powerful, open-source, free, and cross-platform digital photo management solution that introduces new features and improvements.

For those wondering how the AMD 3D V-Cache performance with the Ryzen 9 9950X3D is looking on Linux relative to Microsoft Windows, a few weeks back I carried out some comparison benchmarks of Windows 11 25H2 against Ubuntu Linux both the Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS release and an Ubuntu 25.10 development build using both the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and Ryzen 9 9950X3D processors.

GIGABYTE has announced the AI TOP ATOM personal AI supercomputer designed for on-premises AI development. The compact system is powered by the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GB10 Superchip and delivers supercomputer-level performance within a 1-liter chassis. The AI TOP ATOM integrates a 20-core Arm processor (10 Cortex-X925 and 10 Cortex-A725 cores) paired with 128 GB of […]

Catch up on the latest Linux news: LMDE 7, Zorin OS 18, Mobian 13, Alacritty 0.16, GNOME 49.1, Firefox 144, a possible malware incident on Xubuntu, GIMP’s new official Snap package, and more.

It looks like the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel could land initial Tenstorrent vendor support and provide initial support for the Blackhole SoC with the initial Blackhole P100/P150 PCIe accelerator cards…

Well this wasn’t on my bingo card for 2025… There is now yet another NTFS file-system driver for Linux. There’s long been the read-only NTFS driver in the Linux kernel, the more capable NTFS FUSE driver in user-space, and then in recent years the NTFS3 driver that was upstreamed to the Linux kernel by Paragon Software. NTFS3 offers read/write support and other improvements over the prior kernel driver. Now there is “NTFSPLUS” as a new driver with read/write support and claiming to offer better performance and features than NTFS3…

Earlier this month Intel Linux graphics driver engineers began posting the initial Intel Xe3P graphics enablement code with a focus on the integrated graphics to be found with Nova Lake. Xe3P will also later be found in Intel discrete graphics cards like Crescent Island and more. That very early Intel Xe3P code is now expected to be merged as part of the Linux 6.19 kernel as what will be the first Linux kernel release of 2026…

A clean and minimal KDE Plasma 6 setup using the Utterly Nord Light Solid theme with Papirus orange icons and a soft wallpaper. This video also shows how to fix the Global Menu turning black when two applications are open. Perfect for those who love a bright, elegant, and simple Linux desktop.

A Reddit user reports that Xubuntu.org may have been hacked, serving a ZIP file containing a Trojan instead of the real installer.