Open Hardware Roundup: Raspberry Pi, ESP32 Projects, and Linux Firmware Updates
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Roy Schestowitz
Summary
A roundup of open hardware and modding news covering Raspberry Pi projects, ESP32 developments, and various other open-source hardware topics. The article includes updates on COSMIC 1.0.16 desktop environment with OpenRC support for Bluetooth, and Fwupd 2.1.5 Linux firmware updater with Elan touchscreen support.
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Coming only two weeks after fwupd 2.1.4, the fwupd 2.1.5 release introduces support for updating the firmware on Elan touchscreens, adds support for installing the database update
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