Open Source

NVIDIA Launches $249 "Gen AI Supercomputer" With Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit
NVIDIA today announced the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit as their "most affordable generative AI Supercomputer" with this upgraded Jetson Nano offering 1.7x better GenAI performance while also costing less than its predecessor. This new product ...
2024-12-17 09:00
Linux 6.1 LTS Kernel To Receive An Extra Year Of Support
Greg Kroah-Hartman has decided to extend the Linux 6.1 LTS planned lifespan from four to five years...
2024-12-17 06:41
Fedora Atomic Desktops For POWER PPC64LE To End Due To Finding No Users
While Fedora is often times eager to introduce new spins and other variants as well as supporting a comprehensive set of CPU architectures, it doesn't always drive new users. In the case of atomic versions of Fedora Linux for desktop use on POWER hardw...
2024-12-17 06:29
Intel IFS For Clearwater Forest & VSEC For Panther Lake Land In Linux 6.13
Merged yesterday as part of "fixes" to the Linux 6.13 were new Intel support additions for their next-generation Core Ultra and Xeon processors...
2024-12-17 06:14
Qt 6.9 Beta Released With New Toolkit Features
Qt 6.9 beta is out today as the first test release for this updated Qt6 toolkit...
2024-12-17 05:56
JavaScript is still number one – JetBrains report
JavaScript is the most-used programming language, according to JetBrains’ State of Developer Ecosystem Report 2024. But the languages with the most promising growth prospects are TypeScript, Rust, and Python, the report says. This year’s report fo...
2024-12-17 02:42
Kali Linux 2024.4 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11, GNOME 47, and New Hacking Tools
Kali Linux 2024.4 ethical hacking and penetration testing distribution is now available for download with Raspberry Pi 500 support, new tools, GNOME 47 support, and more. Here's what's new! The post Kali Linux 2024.4 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11, GN...
2024-12-17 00:41
Ubuntu brings comprehensive support to Azure Cobalt 100 VMs
Ubuntu and Ubuntu Pro support Microsoft’s Azure Cobalt 100 Virtual Machines, featuring their new 64-bit Arm processors. With over 95% of packages compiled for this architecture, users can deploy a wide range of workloads—from application servers to...
2024-12-17 00:17
Microsoft Recall screenshots credit cards and Social Security numbers, even with the “sensitive information” filter enabled
Microsoft’s Recall feature recently made its way back to Windows Insiders after having been pulled from test builds back in June, due to security and privacy concerns. The new version of Recall encrypts the screens it captures and, by default, it h...
2024-12-16 23:36
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Aerospike Vector Search adds self-healing live indexes
Real-time database provider Aerospike has updated its Aerospike Vector Search database extension for powering generative AI applications. The update offers new indexing and storage capabilities for real-time accuracy, scalability, and ease of use for ...
2024-12-16 21:51
State of the Word 2024: Legacy, Innovation, and Community
On a memorable evening in Tokyo, State of the Word 2024 brought together WordPress enthusiasts from around the world—hundreds in person and millions more online. This event marked the first time State of the Word was hosted in Asia, reflecting the pl...
2024-12-16 21:28
Fedora Linux Grappling With New vs. Old Intel Hardware Support For Compute Stack
Fedora is among the Linux distributions that package up the Intel Compute Runtime stack to make it easy to run OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero workloads on Intel graphics hardware via the distribution package manager and without having to jump through any...
2024-12-16 20:45
Linux Mastodon App Tuba Adds Post Scheduling, Drafts + More
A new version of Tuba, the open-source Mastodon client for Linux desktops, is out – and it’s a whopper! Tuba 0.9.0 delivers a wide array of new features, enhancements, and general finesse touching nearly every aspect of the client’s top-tier Fedi...
2024-12-16 20:36
Hyprland 0.46 Wayland Compositor Brings Several New Features
Hyprland 0.46 is out today as the newest update to this Wayland compositor that is packing in many new features ahead of the holidays...
2024-12-16 20:22
Decentralized AI: A Path Toward an Open and Human-Centered Future
In August, I had the pleasure of speaking on the topic of decentralized computing, the failed promise of the Internet, the emergence of autonomous AI agents, and the upcoming launch of LF Decentralized Trust. My presentation was deeply personal, inspi...
2024-12-16 17:25
Xfce 4.20 Released, This is What’s New
Christmas has arrived early for fans of the Xfce desktop environment with the release of a major new version. Two years in development, Xfce 4.20 is the latest stable release of this lightweight desktop environment.  A clutch of new features, visual ...
2024-12-16 15:26
Xfce 4.20 Desktop Released, This is What’s New
Christmas has arrived early for fans of the Xfce desktop environment, with the release of a major new version. Two years in development, Xfce 4.20 serves as the latest stable release of the revered lightweight desktop environment. New features, visua...
2024-12-16 15:26
Xfce 4.20 Released with New Features, Settings + More
Christmas has arrived early for fans of the Xfce desktop environment, with the release of a major new version. Two years in development, Xfce 4.20 serves as the latest stable release of the revered lightweight desktop environment. New features, visua...
2024-12-16 15:26