Open Source

GPU Switching: A Multi-GPU Game Changer
Users of openSUSE can now rely on the built-in switcherooctl tool for GPU switching, which is already integrated into our distributions with major desktop environments like GNOME and KDE Plasma. This is a game changer because it eliminates the need for...
2024-12-09 10:00
Rust-Based, Memory-Safe PNG Decoders "Vastly Outperform" C-Based PNG Libraries
Video and image encoders/decoders written in the Rust programming language for its memory safety guarantees is often viewed as one of the compelling areas for the programming language to better protect against malformed/malicious content especially wit...
2024-12-09 09:05
Why business teams must stay out of application development
In the last 10 years of building WaveMaker, the one thing we always hear are user expectations that low code will miraculously allow business users to develop feature-rich applications. Well, it can, but it most certainly shouldn’t. I’ll tell you ...
2024-12-09 09:00
Surveying the LLM application framework landscape
Large language models by themselves are less than meets the eye; the moniker “stochastic parrots” isn’t wrong. Connect LLMs to specific data for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and you get a more reliable system, one that is much less likel...
2024-12-09 09:00
Why AI coding assistants are best for experienced developers
Generative AI has hit the mainstream with software developers. According to a recent GitHub survey, more than one million developers actively use GitHub Copilot. More importantly, these developers increasingly use AI as “a new building block in deve...
2024-12-09 09:00
The 2024 LLVM Developers’ Meeting Videos Now Online
For those wishing to kick off the new week with some interesting technical videos and are into compiler tech, the video recordings from the 2024 LLVM Developers' Meeting are now online...
2024-12-09 08:36
The state of Falkon: KDE’s browser is much better than you know
It’s no secret that I am very worried about the future of Firefox, and the future of Firefox on Linux in particular. I’m not going to rehash these worries here, but suffice to say that with Mozilla increasingly focusing on advertising, Firefox’ n...
2024-12-09 08:27
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Unofficial Windows 11 mobile is possible even on select budget phones with a free utility
Back in December 2019, Microsoft finally killed off Windows 10 Phone as it announced the end of support. The company’s grand plans with Lumia and Windows Phones sadly never became the success it needed to be in order to be able to compete with the ...
2024-12-09 08:23
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ASUS TUF GAMING X670E PLUS Seeing Linux Sensors Support
For those with the ASUS TUF GAMING X670E PLUS as a ~$230 USD AM5 motherboard for Ryzen 7000/9000 series processors, this desktop motherboard is seeing support tacked onto the asus-ec-sensors hardware monitoring driver so you can enjoy working sensor re...
2024-12-09 06:48
Glibc 2.41 Adds C23's sinpi / cospi / tanpi Functions
Ahead of the GNU C Library "glibc" 2.41 release due out around early February, more C23 features are being finished up. The latest crossing the finish line is support for C23's sinpi, cospi, and tanpi trigonometric functions...
2024-12-09 06:36
openSUSE Touts Improved Multi-GPU Switching Support
Te openSUSE project shared today that there is enhanced multi-GPU switching support to enjoy now with openSUSE Linux...
2024-12-09 06:19
Raspberry Pi 500 Launches Along With Raspberry Pi Monitor
Launched four years ago was the Raspberry Pi 400 as the Raspberry Pi 4 adapted for a keyboard form factor. Launching today is the Raspberry Pi 500 for upgrading that keyboard computer using the Raspberry Pi 5 internals. An official Raspberry Pi Monitor...
2024-12-09 05:51
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: December 8th, 2024
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for December 8th, 2024, brings news about NVIDIA 565, Nitrux 3.8, Linux 6.12 LTS, GNOME 47.2, Linux 6.11 and 4.19 EOL, OBS Studio 31.0, Alpine Linux 3.21, Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” default theme, as well as all the l...
2024-12-08 23:32
OBS Studio Update Adds New Features, Drops 22.04 Support
For high-quality screen recording and streaming from the desktop nothing comes close to matching the power and versatility of cross-platform and open-source OBS Studio – this weekend a new version went live. What’s new in OBS Studio 31.0? A slate o...
2024-12-08 23:29
Linux 6.13-rc2 Released With An Initial Batch Of Fixes
Linus Torvalds just issued Linux 6.13-rc2 with an initial serving of bug/regression fixes following last week's Linux 6.13-rc1 release that capped off the feature-packed Linux 6.13 merge window...
2024-12-08 17:16
Linux EFI Zboot Abandoning "Compression Library Museum", Focusing On Gzip & Zstd
The Linux kernel EFI Zboot code for carrying the Linux kernel image for EFI systems in compressed form is doing away with its "compression library museum" of offering Gzip, LZ4, LZMA, LZO, XZ, and Zstd compression options to instead just focus on Gzip ...
2024-12-08 09:50
Ubuntu flash-kernel Package Looks To Drop Support For Old ARM Hardware
The flash-kernel package is used for putting the Linux kernel image and initramfs in the boot location for embedded devices that aren't able to boot directly from /boot. The flash-kernel package is particularly important for older ARM hardware while no...
2024-12-08 06:51