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Been updating Ron the Robot code, making it a little easier to work with over hotspots and Bluetooth. If you have a Kitronik robot and want to extend its functionality, I've got a lot of low-level code in place to make that easy:

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RobotServer

Functions for running a command server on a Pico W

20 years ago I used to receive endless comments and e-mails from people complaining about Linux being communist. Now I receive weekly complaints from people who claim Linux is fascist. I guess people like to group together things they don't understand under one unified umbrella.

Google is limiting Android source code releases to twice a year in 2026:

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I put my Kitronik buggy robot in a plastic container and added tiny wooden paddles. Now I have a remote controlled boat. The code for piloting it is available in my repository:

Codeberg.org

RobotServer

Functions for running a command server on a Pico W

Canonical is packaging AMD drivers for AI processing:

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Fedora has settled the debate on accepting contributions from LLM agents:

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New features are available in KDE 6.5.0:

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Fedora is under pressure from Red Hat to adopt more AI tools:

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OpenBSD 7.8 and Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 should be arriving any day....

Kubuntu 25.10 ships with Plasma 6.4 which uses Wayland by default:

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