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Fossery Tech :debian: :gnome:

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

GNOME 48 "Bengaluru" released with dynamic triple buffering to boost the performance on low-end GPUs, Wayland color management protocol support, new Adwaita fonts, HDR (High Dynamic Range) support, new Wellbeing feature with screen time tracking, new Display Control utility, new windows centered by default, OSD notifications for headphone connections, new Papers app as the default document viewer, notifications grouped by apps, improvements to Nautilus and Software, Loupe got image editing support etc.:
9to5linux.com/gnome-48-bengalu

Serpent OS changes name to AerynOS, because of "serpent" having a negative association:
9to5linux.com/ikey-dohertys-se
(Instead of a "negative" name, now it has a name that's hard to spell correctly, judging from how many people spell Python incorrectly lol)

Fedora 42 Beta available with new KDE edition (not spin anymore!), COSMIC spin, refreshed Anaconda installer, DNF5 improvements etc.:
betanews.com/2025/03/18/fedora

Kali Linux 2025.1 released with Xfce 4.20, KDE Plasma 6.2, refreshed theme, new keyboard shortcuts, kernel update, new partition layout etc.:
9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2025-

Lead developer of the Dash to Panel GNOME extension quits due to drama around the animated heart icon with a donation message:
news.itsfoss.com/dash-to-panel
(Linux isn't Linux without a drama each week...)

PINE64 RISC-V tablet (PineTab-V) gets new Debian-based distro, new accelerometer, a fix for a slow charging issue, an LED status indicator light, and a unique identifier for the PineTab-V in the EEPROM:
news.itsfoss.com/pinetab-v-upg

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#WeeklyNews#News#Linux
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Brad Linder

Pine64’s RISC-V tablet now ships with a Debian-based Linux distro and improved hardware

The PineTab-V is a 10.1 inch tablet with a 1280 x 800 pixel IPS LCD display, 8GB of LPDDR4 memory, 128GB of eMMC storage, and a detachable keyboard with backlit keys.

What really makes it different from most tablets though is that it’s powered by a RISC-V processor rather than an ARM or x86 chip. Pine64 began selling the tablet to developers and early adopters in 2023, and now the company […]

#debian #linux #linuxTablet #pine64 #pinetab #pinetabV #riscV #riscVTablet #tablet

Read more: liliputing.com/pine64s-risc-v-

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immibis
I started writing a little adventure game specifically for the #pinetab 2 with a low abstraction level. Not bare metal, but directly using a Linux DRM framebuffer, evdev inputs, etc. No X or Wayland or game engines or libraries (programmer art is currently compressed with some shitty RLE and will be vectorized, inspired by [Another World](https://fabiensanglard.net/another_world_polygons/index.html))

It occurred to me that for rooms that are taller than they are wide, I could make the user rotate the device into portrait mode. Since I'm writing something for a very specific device and able to rely on its capabilities.
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Brad Linder

Lilbits: Google without Chrome, Rabbit R1 gets (a little) more useful, and Pine64’s new camera

The US Department of Justice wants to break up Google. After launching to horrible reviews earlier this year, the Rabbit R1 is getting a little more useful through software updates. Pine64 stuck a 2MP camera on the end of a tiny computer with a RISC-V and ARM processor. And Google may be done with tablets… again.

Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.

The US Department of Justice wants to force Google to spin off Chrome, make other changes [Techmeme]

If you’ve seen any tech news today, you’ve probably seen this one. But the long and short of it is that the US government alleges that Google has violated antitrust laws by leveraging its Chrome web browser, Android mobile operating system, and Google search engine to create a sort of inescapable Google experience.

Google Chrome

One proposed solution? Make Google sell off its web browser and maybe even its mobile operating system. But it’s unclear to me what that would actually mean for the general public that uses these apps and services – it would certainly be a setback for Google that could theoretically lead to increased competition.

But a big part of the reason Google offers Chrome and Android for free is that they’re bundled with Google search and other apps in a way that helps Google make a LOT of money from advertising. Would an independent Chrome browser be a financially viable product? I guess that depends on who buys it and what changes they implement. This is all hypothetical until a judge rules early next year though.

Teach mode, Rabbit’s tool for automating R1 tasks, is now available to all users [Engadget]

The Rabbit R1 is inching closer to living up to its potential. The long-promised “teach mode” is now available in beta, allowing users to train the R1 to interact with websites on their behalf. Theoretically this opens the door to doing things like ordering groceries for you, but right now the simplest functions are things that it’d probably be easier to do manually.

Android will soon instantly log you in to your apps on new devices [Ars Technica]

Restore Credentials

When you set up a new Android phone, odds are that you’ll have the chance to import your apps and data from your old phone. One thing that you normally still need to do though, is login to most of your apps. But Google has introduced a new Restore Credentials feature that could save you the trouble… assuming third-party developers update their apps to use the feature.

November Update: Something Borrowed Something New [Pine64]

Pinecam

The company behind the PinePhone, PineBook, PineTab, and PineNote line of hacker-friendly products is returning to putting out monthly progress/status updates. The latest brings news of a new PineCam featuring a SG2000 RISC-V + ARM processor and a 2MP camera. The RISC-V powered PineTab V has also received a small hardware update: it now has an accelerometer and status LED as well as some bug fixes.

Google Cancels Pixel Tablet Development [Android Authority]

I’d take this with a grain of salt, because Google has been making tablets in one form or another on and off for more than a decade. Yesterday Android Headlines reported that Google was still planning to release a Pixel Tablet 2 in 2025, but that the tablet after that had been canceled. Now Android Authority reports that BOTH tablets are canceled. Not only will there not be a Pixel Tablet 3, but there won’t be a Pixel Tablet 2. 

Keep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Bluesky or @bradlinder@fosstodon.org on Mastodon. You can also follow Liliputing on Threads, Facebook, and X.

#android#antitrust#chrome
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Hippo 🍉

@shakil_tcs it's...okay, but there are better options if you're a power notetaker? It has vector drawing (in a propriety format though) and handwriting recognition, brushes, etc. but no layers. I bought it mainly because of the integration, and also Kobo is known to give software updates with imorovements even decades later.

TBH, if I knew the was going to be running a reasonable mainline Linux so soon, I'd probably have gone with that instead (along with ) :pine64:

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Luigi311

I wanted to document more of what the experience is like using a #mobilelinux device. What exactly are you guys interested in seeing. I have an initial version for the #pinephone so let me know if you want more things added. I will be adding in more of my devices like the #pinephonepro #librem5 #pinetab 2+V and the #furilabs flx1 when that arrives.

blog.luigi311.com/pinephone/

Luigi311Pine64 Pinephone | Luigi311Information about the Pine64 Pinephone, its features and limitations.
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