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Elon to Open Source X’s Codebase. Believe It When Git Happens
20+ hour, 34+ min ago (178+ words) Elon Musk, the once and future king of Xitter, has announced that the software driving the anti-social site is going open source. In Trump-like fashion, he made the announcement not through some kind of official X channel, like a press…...
M5StampS3 BAT Module Combines ESP32-S3 and Battery Management
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (240+ words) M5Stack has added the M5StampS3 BAT, a compact embedded module based on the ESP32-S3 platform with integrated battery power management. The module is intended for IoT and low-power applications requiring wireless connectivity and flexible GPIO access in a small form factor. The module…...
ESP32-P4-PC board from Olimex offers HDMI and MIPI support
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (316+ words) The ESP32-P4-PC is an embedded development board based on Espressif’s ESP32-P4 RISC-V processor. Developed by Olimex and measuring 90 x 60 mm, the board provides HDMI output, MIPI CSI and DSI interfaces, Ethernet, USB host ports, audio, storage, and expansion headers in a…...
Seven Years After, Stallman Is Still Stallman
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (476+ words) The event was organized by LibreTech Collective, an open-focused Georgia Tech student organization, and took place at Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business “In other words, your modified version must be free in the same way — free and copyrighted. This…...
Wayback 0.3 Preview Arrives With Fedora and Alpine Availability
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (255+ words) Wayback 0.3, a X11 compatibility layer that allows running X11 desktop environments using Wayland, is now available in Fedora 42/43 and Alpine Linux stable repositories. Wayback, a new, experimental compatibility project part of the FreeDesktop.org ecosystem aiming to run traditional X.Org servers on…...
KDE Gear 25.12 Apps Collection Delivers Holiday Updates Across Apps and Tools
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (278+ words) KDE has released Gear 25.12, a holiday-season update that brings improvements across its applications and tools. Here’s what’s more important to note. Itinerary receives one of the largest updates, adding more extractors for railway companies and events, along with automatic location…...
LILYGO Expands T-Beam Series With New 1W LoRa GPS Board
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (326+ words) LILYGO has introduced the T-Beam 1W, an ESP32-S3 development board that combines LoRa connectivity, GNSS positioning, an OLED display, and SD card storage. It follows the familiar T-Beam layout while adding a higher-power LoRa front end for long-range communication tasks. The system…...
Solar-powered PV PI HAT delivers continuous off-grid operation for Raspberry Pi projects
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (397+ words) Kickstarter recently featured the PV PI, a solar charging HAT designed to power Raspberry Pi and other 5V single board computers from a 12V LiFePO4 battery. The add-on enables continuous 24/7 off-grid operation through MPPT-based solar charging and intelligent power management. Developed by Melbourne-based…...
Open Source and EVerest Are Driving the Future of EV Charging
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (757+ words) EVerest is an open source firmware stack for EV charging stations, whose purpose is to “ensure that every car works with every charger with every charging app and network.” It’s also a Linux Foundation project, under the umbrella of LF…...
How To Move Waydroid Window Position Easily
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (44+ words) n this video, I’ll show you how to move the Waydroid window to any position on your Linux desktop. By default, Waydroid might feel fixed or limited, but with a simple tweak you can easily drag and place it anywhere…...