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Femtofox Pro v1 LoRa and Meshtastic development board runs Linux-based Foxbuntu OS on Rockchip RV1103 SoC
The Femtofox Pro v1 kit is a compact, low-power LoRa and Meshtastic development board running Linux specially designed for Meshtastic networks. Built around the Luckfox Pico Mini (Rockchip RV1103) SBC, this compact development platform supports USB host/device functionality, Ethernet, WiFi over USB, GPIO interfaces, I2C, UART, and a real-time clock (RTC).
Is OSAID to Blame for OSI’s Latest Election Misstep?
Inquiring minds want to know if a potential candidate’s opposition to OSI’s Open Source AI Definition is the reason it pulled a previously unknown time zone rule out of a magic hat to deny his nomination.
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How to Fix the “Error Establishing a Redis Connection” Error?
In this tutorial, we will explain everything about the most known Redis error in WordPress, known as Error establishing a Redis connection error, and the possible solutions to fix it. This issue may be caused by improperly installed and configured Redis service, misconfiguration in the wp-config.php file, network issues, plugin conflicts in WordPress, etc. In the next paragraphs, we will first explain Redis and how to fix the problems so your website is accessible again. We will use Ubuntu 24.04 OS and assume you already have a working WordPress installation. Let’s get started!
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Ubuntu 25.04 Features and Release Date: Here’s What You Need to Know
Here are the best Ubuntu 25.04 features..
Valve Snuck The Lenovo Legion Go S Controller Support Into The Linux Kernel
Valve is supporting Lenovo with the Legion Go S gaming handheld running their Arch Linux based SteamOS. Beyond the fanfare at CES, Valve has been collaborating with Lenovo on engineering resources for ensuring the Legion Go S is running well with SteamOS and in turn the mainline Linux kernel. It turns out from a recent sneaky patch, Valve quietly added support to the Linux kernel for what ended up being the Lenovo Legion Go S controller/input handling…
I Wish My Parents Would Ditch Windows (But They Never Will)
Being the family on-call tech support guy can become a little draining at times, and usually when my parents call me there’s a 50-50 chance it’s going to be computer-related, but looking back at the past few years of familial troubleshooting, it’s not their fault: it’s Windows!
Pichai and Zuckerberg Aren’t Musk, But That Doesn’t Keep Them From Trying
It’s not pretty when Trump’s personality starts to rub off onto tech billionaires who don’t really deserve their wealth, but will pay any price to hold onto it.
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Wine 10.2: Better Thread Handling, Wow64 Upgrades, and More
Wine 10.2 offers better gaming and app support with vkd3d 1.15, dynamic Wow64 mode, thread priority tweaks, and Bluetooth updates.
AMD Preparing New GPU Support For Their Kernel Graphics Driver In Linux 6.15
AMD has sent out their initial pull request of “new stuff” for their AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD compute driver of feature additions they want to make for the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel. Most notable from this week’s submission to DRM-Next is preparing a lot of new GPU hardware support…
OneXPlayer Linux Driver Catching Up To The Windows Monitoring Driver
OneXPlayer produces a line of handheld gaming consoles powered by AMD or Intel SoCs. These devices ship with Windows out-of-the-box but given they are x86_64 software have worked alright with Linux and there’s been a OneXPlayer Linux driver for supporting sensor readings and other device-specific information from these handhelds. In a big patch series this weekend, that OneXPlayer Linux driver is catching up to its official Windows counterpart…
PeaZip 10.3 Archive Manager Improves Integration with GNOME and KDE Plasma
PeaZip 10.3 was released today as the latest stable version for this open-source, free, and cross-platform archive manager introducing various new features and enhancements.
Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Files
Files is a file management app for file browsing, media consumption, storage clean-up and offline file transfer. We recommend the best free and open source alternatives for Linux.
SVT-AV1 3.0 Released With Faster CPU-Based AV1 Encoding
SVT-AV1 as the open-source, CPU-based AV1 encoder that was started by Intel software engineers and now led by the Alliance for Open Media is out this week with the big SVT-AV1 3.0 release. Here’s some details on SVT-AV1 3.0 as well as some initial performance benchmarks for this speedy AV1 encoder, especially on modern Intel and AMD processors…
Mesa’s Venus Now Exposes Vulkan 1.4 Support
The Mesa Venus driver code for use with VirtIO-GPU for exposing accelerated Vulkan API support within virtualized environments (VMs) now is advertising Vulkan 1.4 API support…
Fedora & FlatHub story – Alas, it ain’t 1986 anymore
Normally, I try to avoid Internet drama, so to speak, but something rather interesting caught my eye this week. The OBS Studio maintainers raised an issue with Fedora regarding their use of an unofficial OBS Studio Flatpak package. Naturally, the “incident” created quite a bit of furor in the Linux community.
Hands-on: Ueli is a launcher you can use on Windows, macOS, and Linux — and it’s pretty good
I’ve talked about a few app launchers in the past and how they fundamentally change how I use my PC. Specifically, for Windows, I absolutely love Flow Launcher, and on macOS, Raycast is the way to go. And while the Raycast developers are promising a Windows version will come in the future, there are also some cross-platform solutions out there.
Niri 25.02 Wayland Compositor Brings Tabbed Columns, Shadows, and More
Niri 25.02 scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor brings tabbed columns, customizable shadows, drag-and-drop scrolling, screencast highlights, and more.
4 Ways to Make a File in the Linux Terminal
I’m a Linux terminal fan, always on the lookout for ways to perform common operations directly from the command line. One such operation I often perform in the terminal is the quick creation of a file. Several Linux commands allow us to create files without leaving the terminal.
Wine Staging 10.2 Adds Support For AF_UNIX Sockets
Following Friday’s release of Wine 10.2, Wine Staging 10.2 is out for testing as this more experimental/leading-edge version of Wine that is shipping with 300+ extra patches for testing…