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Armbian 25.2 Released With New Boards Supported, Kernel Upgrades

([Operating Systems] 55 Minutes Ago Armbian 25.2)


Armbian 25.2 is now available as the newest feature release for this Debian-based Linux distribution focused on providing a great ARM experience as well as a growing number of RISC-V boards.

Armbian 25.2 supports a number of newer single board computers including the Rock 2A and 2F, NanoPi R3S, Retroid Pocket RP5, RPMini, Rock 5T, GenBook, MKS-PI, SKIPR, Armsom CM5, NextThing C.H.I.P, and Magicsee C400 Plus.

Armbian 25.2 also brings improved Rockchip RK3588 SoC support, wireless driver enhancements, moving a number of targeting to Linux 6.6 LTS or Linux 6.12 LTS kernels, updated U-Boot bootloader, and a variety of other improvements.

Downloads and more details on the Armbian 25.2 Linux distribution release via [1]Armbian.com .



[1] https://www.armbian.com/newsflash/armbian-v25-2/


phoronix

Ever wondered about the origins of the term "bugs" as applied to computer
technology? U.S. Navy Capt. Grace Murray Hopper has firsthand explanation.
The 74-year-old captain, who is still on active duty, was a pioneer in
computer technology during World War II. At the C.W. Post Center of Long
Island University, Hopper told a group of Long Island public school adminis-
trators that the first computer "bug" was a real bug--a moth. At Harvard
one August night in 1945, Hopper and her associates were working on the
"granddaddy" of modern computers, the Mark I. "Things were going badly;
there was something wrong in one of the circuits of the long glass-enclosed
computer," she said. "Finally, someone located the trouble spot and, using
ordinary tweezers, removed the problem, a two-inch moth. From then on, when
anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it." Hopper
said that when the veracity of her story was questioned recently, "I referred
them to my 1945 log book, now in the collection of the Naval Surface Weapons
Center, and they found the remains of that moth taped to the page in
question."
[actually, the term "bug" had even earlier usage in
regard to problems with radio hardware. Ed.]