Qualcomm wants to buy Intel
On Friday afternoon, The Wall Street Journal reported Intel had been approached by fellow chip giant Qualcomm about a possible takeover. While any deal is described as “far from certain,” according to the paper’s unnamed sources, it would repr...
Ubuntu 24.10 Beta Released, Available to Download
A beta of Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ is now available to download – a day later than planned! Developers and non-developers alike can download the beta to try the new features in Ubuntu 24.10, check compatibility, and flag any issue f...
Ubuntu 24.10 Beta is Now Available to Download
A beta of Ubuntu 24.10 ‘Oracular Oriole’ is now available to download, giving developers and enthusiasts the chance to test and assess and the changes before October’s stable release. Developers and non-developers alike can download t...
JavaScript community challenges Oracle’s JavaScript trademark
In an open letter published September 16, Node.js and Deno creator Ryan Dahl, JavaScript creator Brendan Eich, and several other leading members of the JavaScript community have accused Oracle of abandoning the JavaScript trademark and urge the compan...
GNOME 46.5 Released with Mutter and GNOME Shell Improvements
GNOME 46.5 is now available as the fifth maintenance update to the GNOME 46 desktop environment series with more bug fixes and improvements. Here's what's changed since GNOME 46.4. The post GNOME 46.5 Released with Mutter and GNOME Shell Improvements a...
The Fastest AArch64 Linux Distribution On The 192-Core AmpereOne
When it comes to the question of the fastest x86_64 Linux distribution the answer is very easy with Intel's Clear Linux. But what about in the AArch64 world? When having the AmpereOne server in the lab curiosity got the best of me and I ran benchmarks ...
Cloud architects: Try thinking like a CFO
When I ran architecture teams, I gave one piece of advice that often surprised people: “We need to think like CFOs and not CIOs.” I voiced this reminder whenever the work veered away from, “What business value are we seeking?” toward, “Who h...
