Spotify Controls: GNOME Shell Extension Ideal for Music Addicts
GNOME Shell shows now playing info in the notification shade, out of view but there when you want to check in. Most users like this approach, but perhaps you don’t? Personally, I do like seeing media info (album art, artist name, track title) in the ...
Meet Canonical at OCX 2024 in Mainz, Germany
OCX 2024 is a dynamic and inclusive event hosted by the Eclipse Foundation; every year it brings together diverse open source communities from around the world. This year’s gathering features EclipseCon, the flagship conference, and two exciting new ...
AMD Announces Commitment To "Open Security Technologies"
After the AMD Advancing AI Event yesterday where they launched AMD 5th Gen EPYC processors, Instinct product updates, and new high-end networking gear, they also put out a blog post to affirm their "commitment to open security technologies in the data ...
KDE neon Users Can Now Upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04
KDE neon users can now upgrade to rebase their systems on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. For those unfamiliar with it, KDE neon is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that is something of a reference platform for KDE Plasma. It’s available in User, Testing, Unstab...
Canonical Releases Ubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole
The latest release of Ubuntu delivers a cutting edge kernel and enhanced desktop security. 10 October 2024 Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 24.10, codenamed “Oracular Oriole,” available to download and install from ubuntu.com/downloa...
Key Challenges for Managing an OSPO in the Enterprise
Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) are becoming increasingly important as organizations across industries adopt open source software to drive innovation, collaboration, and cost-effectiveness. However, running an OSPO is not without its challenges. T...
Valkey is now included in Ubuntu
This inclusion in Ubuntu 24.10 and 24.04 LTS marks a significant step forward – enabling simpler availability and continuous supportability for Valkey, the open source, in-memory data store, in the Ubuntu ecosystem.
Gaming on Fedora Asahi Remix
Better support for gaming on Fedora Asahi Remix has been a long standing user request. Today at XDC 2024, we announced the preliminary availability of our game playing toolkit, integrating x86 emulation with MS Windows compatibility. This toolkit, with...
AMD Launches EPYC 9005 "Turin" Server Processors
AMD is using their Advancing AI event today to announce 5th Gen EPYC "Turin" processors. With up to 192 cores / 384 threads per socket, 17% IPC uplift, AVX-512 with a full 512-bit data path, and the Zen 5 architectural improvements, these new EPYC 9005...
