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Initial support for Rockchip’s RK3576 has landed in Linux kernel 6.12, a new System-on-a-Chip (SoC) introduced earlier this year. With the main target being industrial applications, it is less of a powerhouse than the RK3588, but it still reuses many components.

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wttr.in is a console-based weather forecast service that offers lots of options including various information representation methods. These include terminal-oriented ANSI-sequences for console HTTP clients, HTML for web browsers, or PNG for graphical viewers.

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The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the December 2024 issue. With the exception of a brief period in 2009, The PCLinuxOS Magazine has been published on a monthly basis since September, 2006. The PCLinuxOS Magazine is a product of the PCLinuxOS community, published by volunteers from the community. The magazine is led by Paul Arnote, Chief Editor, and Assistant Editor Meemaw. The PCLinuxOS Magazine is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share-Alike 3.0 Unported license, and some rights are reserved. All articles may be freely reproduced via any and all means following first publication by The PCLinuxOS Magazine, provided that attribution to both The PCLinuxOS Magazine and the original author are maintained, and a link is provided to the originally published article.

In the December 2024 issue:

* 2024 Holiday Gift Guides

* ICYMI: New Spear-Phishing Attacks From Russian Hackers

* How To Install The Typst Compiler Locally On PCLinuxOS

* Inkscape Tutorial: Inkscape 1.4 Released!

* Tip Top Tips: Accented Characters In Plasma/Qt

* PCLinuxOS Recipe Corner: Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff

* And much more inside!

This month’s cover was created by parnote.

Download the PDF (5.6 MB)

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GStreamer 1.24.10 multimedia framework released with bug fixes, 40+ security improvements, and enhanced stability.

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RustDesk 1.3.3 open-source remote desktop adds mobile clipboard, Mac arm sound, “untagged” address filtering, and GPU improvements.

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Khronos Group unveils Vulkan 1.4, bringing 8K rendering, dynamic features, and streamlined cross-platform development.

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A Runtime provides the necessary libraries and environment for Flatpak applications to run. This tutorial explains which flatpak applications use a specific runtime in Linux.

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The open-source community, especially fans of lightweight desktop environments, has something exciting to look forward to: the Xfce 4.20 pre-release 2 is finally here, gearing up for the stable release on December 15.

The post Xfce 4.20 Pre2 Unveiled: Stable Release Just Around the Corner appeared first on Linux Today.

Some of the highlights of the Linux 6.13 kernel series include support to run Linux in a protected virtual machine (a.k.a. realm) under the Arm CCA and the user Guarded Control Stack (GCS), support for 6-node sub-NUMA clustering on Intel, a new ACPI backlight quirk for Apple MacbookPro11,2 and Air7,2, and a new feature in the character device uAPI to notify the user-space about changes triggered by in-kernel users.

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Coming more than four months after Qt Creator 14, the Qt Creator 15 release is here as a hefty update that introduces a visual refresh for enhanced usability with new light and dark themes that feature higher contrast and optimized spacing. Users can switch between the new themes from Preferences > Environment > Interface > Theme.

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The monthly Nitrux release cycle continues and Nitrux 3.8 is here with the latest and greatest Linux 6.12 kernel by default and better support for NVIDIA users by enabling NVIDIA Dynamic Boost and the creation of NVIDIA device nodes, along with new udev rules for NVIDIA hardware.

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7-Zip 24.09 open-source file archiver enhances compression with larger default dictionaries, new hash checksums, improved APM/HFS support, and bug fixes.

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Lutris 0.5.18 open-source game manager for Linux brings default dark theme, advanced search tags, new game sources, DXVK v2.4 support, and more.

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Proxmox Backup Server 3.3 brings faster backups, “push” sync jobs, removable data stores, webhook notifications, and more.

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LXD 6.2 system container manager rolls out with GPU passthrough via CDI, enhanced VM migration, TLS fine-grained access, and more.

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Calibre 7.22 ebook manager introduces improved Read Aloud features, system tray restart action, and bug fixes for Windows, macOS, DOCX, and PDF input.

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Arch Linux 2024.12.01 is out now as the first Arch Linux ISO snapshot to include the latest and greatest Linux 6.12 kernel series by default, which should give you a boost when detecting hardware, especially on newer devices but also older ones where previous Arch Linux ISOs didn’t detect some of your components.

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After 18 years on Ubuntu, OpenStreetMap (OSM) migrates its servers to Debian 12 Bookworm for a faster, more stable mapping experience.

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We got a lot of cool news this week, starting with the Firefox 133 web browser and Cinnamon 6.4 desktop environment, and continuing with the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, elementary OS 8, Ubuntu Touch OTA-7, NixOS 24.11, Armbian 24.11, and the first RC of the upcoming Linux 6.13 kernel.

On top of that, this week brought us a new KDE Plasma 6.2 point release, new Mixxx and HandBrake releases, as well as a new Arch Linux ISO snapshot. Below you can check out this week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package downloads released this past week in the 9to5Linux weekly roundup for December 1st, 2024.

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NixOS 24.11 “Vicuna” has been released with over 8100 new packages, GNOME 47, Plasma 6.2, and Darwin SDK updates. Here’s more on that!

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