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Ubuntu 25.04 Begins Preparations For GIMP 3.0
With GIMP 3.0-RC1 out for testing since earlier this month, the hope is that GIMP 3.0 stable will in fact ship in time for the release of Ubuntu 25.04 next April. The current GIMP 3.0 release candidate is working its way to Debian Unstable and in turn ...
2024-11-26 09:00
AMD I3C Controller ACPI Support Added To DesignWare Driver In Linux 6.13
The I3C subsystem updates were submitted for the Linux 6.13 kernel on Monday and include support for another I3C HCI controller used on AMD systems...
2024-11-26 08:26
3K Lines Of New Rust Infrastructure Code Head Into Linux 6.13
Overnight the Rust for Linux lead developer Miguel Ojeda submitted the big set of Rust infrastructure/toolchain updates for the Linux 6.13 holiday kernel...
2024-11-26 06:37
Linus Torvalds Improves Futex Code To Improve User-Space Accesses
In between managing all of the pull requests being submitted during this two week long merge window for the Linux 6.13 kernel, Linus Torvalds has merged some of his own code this cycle...
2024-11-26 06:16
Linux 6.13 RDMA Changes Headlined By NVIDIA's New Data Placement Ordering Feature
The RDMA subsystem updates were sent out last Friday for the ongoing Linux 6.13 kernel cycle. Most notable with the RDMA updates is the NVIDIA Mellanox "MLX5" network driver introducing a new Data Direct Placement (DDP) feature to further help with per...
2024-11-26 06:00
USPTO petitioned to cancel Oracle’s JavaScript trademark
Deno Land, maker of the Deno runtime for JavaScript, has petitioned the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to cancel Oracle’s ownership of the JavaScript trademark. The petition argues that Oracle has abandoned the trademark, because ...
2024-11-26 01:41
Warp, the AI-infused Terminal, Relaxes Its Login Requirement
If you were put off trying the Warp terminal app on Ubuntu (or another Linux distro) due to the account and login requirement, there’s good news. The team behind the Rust-based, AI-infused terminal tool has relented on the requirement that users sign...
2024-11-25 23:48
Leaving big tech behind: Murena’s /e/OS on the Fairphone 5
There are so many ecological, environmental, and climate problems and disasters taking place all over the world that it’s sometimes hard to see the burning forests through the charred tree stumps. As at best middle-income individuals living in this c...
2024-11-25 21:57
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PHP updates DOM API
PHP 8.4.1, an update to the longstanding server-side web scripting language, has been released with features including an updated DOM API that makes it easier to work with HTML5 documents. Accessible from php.net, PHP 8.4.1 was released November 21. T...
2024-11-25 21:25
AMD Talks Up Imminent ROCm 6.3 With Big Performance Gains, New Features
Either due to a mistimed blog post or other factors, a big feature article is out talking up the new ROCm 6.3 features... But the updated ROCm 6.3 open-source GPU compute software doesn't appear to actually be released yet at all their usual sources. I...
2024-11-25 20:33
Huwa: From a WhatsApp group to sharing Palestinian olive oil with the world
Diane Sooyeon Kang is a food and travel photographer and writer with a passion for storytelling. She has traveled the world extensively, working with esteemed publications and brands. You can find more of her work at dianeskang.com. A vibrant spread ad...
2024-11-25 18:32
La Humita: 20 years of authentic Ecuadorian flavors in Chicago
Diane Sooyeon Kang is a food and travel photographer and writer with a passion for storytelling. She has traveled the world extensively, working with esteemed publications and brands. You can find more of her work at dianeskang.com. When Nestor Correa ...
2024-11-25 18:18
Diaspora: Where Southern, West African and Caribbean traditions come alive in Chicago
Diane Sooyeon Kang is a food and travel photographer and writer with a passion for storytelling. She has traveled the world extensively, working with esteemed publications and brands. You can find more of her work at dianeskang.com. For Rob Carter, fou...
2024-11-25 17:41
Shopping for everyone? We’ve got you covered with the Fakespot Holiday Gift Guide 2024
When it comes to gifting, it’s the thought that counts, right? Then why does it feel so terrible when your creative, thoughtfully chosen gift ends up being a total dud? We’re talking glitching karaoke machines, pepper grinders that dump full pepper...
2024-11-25 17:36
ASF’s New President: Evolving the Foundation’s Future Through Global Collaboration
By: Ruth Suehle, ASF President Today I am honored to step up as the Apache Software Foundation’s new president and am appreciative of David Nalley’s service in the role over the last four years. It’s an extremely interesting time in the history o...
2024-11-25 17:01
The Apache Software Foundation Announces New President
Open source veteran and former Executive Vice President Ruth Suehle named ASF President Wilmington, DE – November 25, 2024 – The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 320 active open s...
2024-11-25 17:00
Linux 6.13 PCI: AMD Enables PCIe TPH For Zen 5 Servers, Intel Adds PCIe Cooling Driver
Sent out today were the big set of PCI subsystem updates ready to be merged for the Linux 6.13 kernel. Most notable of the PCI updates is PCI Express TLP Processing Hints (TPH) with that kernel support worked on by AMD engineers as part of one of the n...
2024-11-25 16:17
Linux 6.13 KVM Eliminates An "Awful Idea", Many x86_64 Improvements
The KVM changes were merged yesterday for Linux 6.13 in further enhancing the open-source virtualization stack...
2024-11-25 14:49
GCC 15 Ends Support For Altera Nios II Embedded Processors
The GCC 15 code compiler that is releasing as stable in the early months of 2025 has removed all support for the Altera Nios II CPU target...
2024-11-25 13:29