PineTime Pro will be a bigger, faster, more capable open source smartwatch More than six years after Pine64 introduced a cheap smartwatch designed to run open source firmware, the company is preparing to launch a new model. The PineTime Pro isn't a replacement for the original PineTime (which is still available for $27). But it brings a bunch of upgrades that could make it a better platform for users that want a better screen or support for more complex software.

PineTime Pro will be a bigger, faster, more capable open source smartwatch #Infinitime, #OpenHardware, #Pine64, #Pinetime, #PinetimePro, #Smartwatch, #Waspos, #Wearables

Introduction to the PineTime Pro How is your day/night going RSS readers? In this blog post we go in depth on the new PineTime Pro hardware and share some pre-production information from JF.

Introduction to the PineTime Pro

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#PineTime #Pine64

Governments need to adopt Matrix responsibly It’s great to see another European government, this time Belgium, using the Matrix open standard as the foundation for digitally sovereign communications. Matrix enables digital sovereignty through de...

💚 Belgium has launched Beam, its nationwide Matrix-based communications platform!

🪧 Digitally sovereign communications need to be adopted sustainably to ensure the success of digital commons.

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Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576 H.264 and H.265 video decoders gain mainline Linux support - CNX Software Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576 get mainline Linux support for H.264 (AVC) and H.265 (HEVC) hardware video coders thanks to work from Collabora.

Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576 H.264 and H.265 video decoders gain mainline Linux support

www.cnx-software.com/2026/02/27/r...

#Linux #OpenSource #Rockchip #RK3588 #RK3576 #EmbeddedLinux

New blog post : A Week with #OpenClaw: My Experience as a Tech Tinkerer

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RK3588 and RK3576 video decoders support merged in the upstream Linux Kernel Rockchip VDPU381/VDPU383 support is now upstream in Linux, adding mainline H.264/HEVC decode, robust IOMMU reset recovery, and more!

Big news for #Rockchip users: Upstream #Linux now supports VDPU381 and VDPU383 hardware decode! This brings mainline H.264/HEVC acceleration, improved IOMMU-reset recovery, and new HEVC V4L2 controls that work with Vulkan Video! 🚀

Details here: col.la/videodecoders

#LinuxKernel #OpenSource

Gentoo Linux Begins Codeberg Migration In Moving Away From GitHub, Avoiding Copilot - www.phoronix.com/news/Gentoo-Starts-Codeb...

My DIY low-power 6 SSD NAS based on the Quartz64 ARM board ARM SBCs have been around for a few years now. They were made popular and accessible mostly by the RaspberryPi released in 2012. I’ve been enjoying building countless projects around these boards : we...

If you're interested, here is a link to the previous build of this NAS : pine64.org/2022/06/03/m...

I moved my #Pine64 #quartz64 NAS to my #minirack !

I designed (using #FreeCAD) a 100% custom shelf for the power supply, the SATA controller and the SBC and 3D printed it.

This is the first time I design a 3D model! I don't even own a 3D printer! It's not perfect, but I'm happy with the result!

#FOSDEM LET'S GOOOOOO!

Thank you for letting us know in advance!
I was planning on coming from Liege by train, but I guess I'll try to find an alternative in case there's no train at all :/

Release InfiniTime 1.16 "Starfruit" · InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime The mills of InfiniTime grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine. It has been nearly 400 days since our last release, but there has been continuous steady progress over this time, bringing us ...

Link to the release note : github.com/InfiniTimeOr...

We've eleased #InfiniTime 1.16.0 for your #PineTime!

It's packed with new features, bugfixes and improvements : heart rate measurements in the background, step counter history, new calculator app and pride flag watch face, improved terminal watch face and many more!

Meet Pebble Round 2 - the most stylish Pebble ever

$199 on rePebble.com

Samsung brings ads to US fridges Samsung’s ‘screens everywhere’ initiative is morphing into ads everywhere.

This sucks so much www.theverge.com/news/780757/...

Pebble 2 Duo is in mass production! Pebble 2 Duo is in mass production!

The first 400 finished production Pebble 2 Duos were packaged up today! Their next stop in a few days is our fulfillment center and then shipped to you! Full update on the blog: ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-...

Thank you very much to our manufacturing partners at @seeedstudio.com and Foxconn!

It even runs @jetbrains.com #CLion very reasonably!

I've just installed "generic" #Fedora 42 workstation on my #OrangePi5+ thanks to #EDK2 and it works very well out of the box (display, GPU, Ethernet, USB).

How come this thing is not more widely used? This is the user experience I would like to see on more ARM SBCs!

github.com/edk2-porting...

Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2 The ultimate way to connect Z-Wave devices to Home Assistant.

We did it. Z-Wave is back and stronger than ever 💪

For 2 years we've been working crafting the best possible Z-Wave experience. Best in class antenna, support for brand new Z-Wave Long Range (also Europe!) and seamless migration from chips as old as 2013.

Check our blog post for the full story:

Join Codeberg e. V.

Last week: "Oh no, GitHub's CEO says embrace AI or leave the profession."

This week: "Oh no, GitHub's CEO is leaving."

Next week, "Oh no, GitHub..."

Let's channel this angst into a more productive alternative: https://join.codeberg.org/

#Codeberg #GitHub

A photo of a digital watch with a tuning knob on the front and earbud headphones plugged into the side. Next to it is the wristwatch with the back removed, revealing the batteries inside, along with tiny surface-mount components and a small black integrated circuit.

In 1983, Philips produced the first FM radio receiver on a chip, leading to products such as the FM radio wristwatch. Let's look at the tiny silicon die inside this chip and see how it works. 1/N

Vintage Plasma Display Shows Current Rad Levels Hackaday Article

Vintage Plasma Display Shows Current Rad Levels

Posted a big Pebble update! ericmigi.com/blog/july-pe...

My very first computer was a 486DX4-100 with 64MB RAM and SCSI hard drives that my dad salvaged from his work
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Memories...