NVIDIA Blackwell Support Coming Together For NVK Vulkan In Mesa
Merged for the current Linux 6.16 cycle was initial NVIDIA Blackwell GPU support with the Nouveau open-source driver. NVIDIA Blackwell GPU support was tacked onto the existing Nouveau kernel driver rather than having to wait for the new "NOVA" driver a...
AMD Platinum Sponsor of DebConf25
We are pleased to announce that AMD has committed to sponsor DebConf25 as a Platinum Sponsor. The AMD ROCm platform includes programming models, tools, compilers, libraries, and runtimes for AI and HPC solution development on AMD GPUs. Debian is an of...
Accelerating data science with Apache Spark and GPUs
Apache Spark has always been very well known for distributing computation among multiple nodes using the assistance of partitions, and CPU cores have always performed processing within a single partition. What’s less widely known is that it is poss...
Cut data center energy costs with bare metal automation
Data centers don’t have to be power-hungry monsters. With smart automation using tools like MAAS, you can reduce energy waste and operational costs, and make your infrastructure greener, without sacrificing performance or flexibility.
Ubuntu 25.10 Snapshot 2 is Now Available to Download
The second monthly snapshot of Ubuntu Questing Quokka (which will formally become Ubuntu 25.10 when released on October 9 2025) is now available for testing. Last month Canonical’s engineers announced plans to change development builds building throu...
Mesa 25.2 RADV Driver Merges Support For AV1 Vulkan Video Encode
Published last November as part of Vulkan 1.3.302 was the VK_KHR_video_encode_av1 extension for adding AV1 video encoding to the Vulkan Video API. Ahead of next quarter's Mesa 25.2 release, the open-source Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" has merged its AV1...
Build the future of *craft: announcing Starcraft Bounties!
Our commitment to building a thriving open source community is stronger than ever. We believe in empowering impactful contributions, and today, we’re excited to launch a new pilot initiative that puts this vision directly into your hands: the Starcra...
Ubuntu 25.10 Snapshot 2 Released
Last month Canonical announced plans for releasing monthly Ubuntu Linux development snapshots and was followed by the Questing Snapshot 1 release in the road toward Ubuntu 25.10. Out today is the Questing Snapshot 2 release for incorporating the latest...
