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Ubuntu 24.10 may have only just been released, but development on the next version is getting underway and the codename for Ubuntu 25.04 revealed. Since codenames are alphabetical (as of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS; restarted at ‘A’ with 17.10) it means the Ub...

Ubuntu 24.10 may have only just been released, but development on the next version is getting underway and the codename for Ubuntu 25.04 revealed. Since codenames are alphabetical (as of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS; restarted at ‘A’ with 17.10) it means the Ub...

It was just last week that Python 3.13 saw its official release with many great features from a new interactive interpreter to an experimental JIT and removing the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) in the experimental free-threaded build mode. Python 3.14 ...

Building off the existing Linux support for GPU Direct RDMA / Peer-To-Peer DMA functionality, a set of patches were posted by NVIDIA today enabling this P2P DMA support to also work for device-private pages...

VirtualBox 7.1.4 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with initial support for Linux kernel 6.12 and other changes. Here's what's new! The post VirtualBox 7.1.4 Adds Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.12 and Other Linux Cha...

Back in March for GDC, Microsoft excitingly announced the official releases of Direct3D 12 Work Graphs for "enabling new types of GPU autonomy" for allowing more rendering work to be offloaded to the GPU. While this greater GPU-driven rendering with Wo...

KDE Plasma 6.2.1 is now available as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment series. Coming soon to a GNU/Linux distro near you! The post KDE Plasma 6.2.1 Improves Support for XWayland Games, Fixes Various Bugs app...

Fwupd 2.0.1 Linux firmware update utiltiy is now available for download with a new API to allow GNOME Firmware to record devices for emulation and other changes. Here's what's new! The post Fwupd 2.0.1 Adds API to Allow GNOME Firmware to Record Devices...

Intel and AMD have jointly announced the creation of an x86 ecosystem advisory group to bring together the two companies as well as other industry leaders -- both companies and individuals such as Linux creator Linus Torvalds...

Apache Spark is a popular framework for developing distributed, parallel data processing applications. Our solution for Apache Spark on Kubernetes has made significant progress in the past year since we launched, adding support for Apache Iceberg, a ne...

Clonezilla Live 3.2 open-source and free disk cloning/imaging tool is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.11. Here’s what’s new! The post Clonezilla Live 3.2 Disk Imaging/Cloning Tool Is Out Powered by Linux Kernel 6.11 appeared fi...

Solus 4.6 distribution is now available for download powered by Linux 6.10 and featuring updated GNOME, KDE Plasma, Budgie, and Xfce editions. Here's what's new! The post Solus 4.6 “Convergence” Released with Mesa 24.2, Experimental Software Center...

Last week when launching the AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" processors, on the same day AOCC 5.0 was quietly released as the newest version of AMD's Zen-focused compiler derived from LLVM/Clang. With not only adding AMD Zen 5 "znver5" support but also additiona...

Following last week's release of Ubuntu 24.10, today Canonical announced a developer preview of an Ubuntu 24.10 Linux build targeting Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite laptops...

Generative artificial intelligence has grown extremely rapidly, attracting investment and sparking developer interest and creativity. Companies see generative AI as a route to building innovative services and revolutionizing their industries. However,...

I like Instagram as much as the next guy. I check in daily on my carefully curated feed of folks I follow and then work hard not to doomscroll the day away. One of my favorite follows is an adorable Corgi (aren’t they all adorable?) named Parsnip. ...

A report by cloud security company Tenable discovered that 74% of companies surveyed had exposed storage or other misconfigurations. This is a dangerous open door to cybercriminals. Overall, cloud security is getting worse. The availability and qualit...

LLVM's modern Fortran compiler "flang-new" has now been renamed to "flang" for next year's LLVM 20 update...

Solus 4.6 is out as the newest version of this popular desktop Linux distribution that is known for its default Budgie desktop while also shipping with other desktop options...

Intel engineers have released the oneAPI Deep Neural Network Library "oneDNN" version 3.6 release that serves as the building blocks for deep learning software like ONNX Runtime, OpenVINO, Apache MXNet, Apache SIGNA, and optionally by PyTorch and Tenso...