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Bits from the DPL
Dear Debian community, this is Bits from DPL for October. In addition to a summary of my recent activities, I aim to include newsworthy developments within Debian that might be of interest to the broader community. I believe this provides valuable insi...
2024-11-07 00:00
.NET vector data abstractions library now available in preview
Microsoft has introduced its Microsoft.Extensions.VectorData.Abstractions library, now in preview. The library provides abstractions to help integrate vector stores into .NET applications and libraries. The vector data abstractions library, introduced...
2024-11-06 21:37
Notepad gets “AI”
Nothing is sacred. With this update, we are introducing the ability to rewrite content in Notepad with the help of generative AI. You can rephrase sentences, adjust the tone, and modify the length of your content based on your preferences to refine you...
2024-11-06 21:16
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‘Package confusion’ attack against NPM used to trick developers into downloading malware
Application testing company Checkmarx has warned developers to be on the lookout for malicious NPM packages, after discovering a new attack that employs typosquatting to impersonate two popular packages. Part of a much larger campaign against NPM, in ...
2024-11-06 21:08
AMD ROCm 6.2.4 Released With Radeon PRO V710 Support & Documentation Updates
AMD ROCm 6.2.4 is out today as the newest point release for this Radeon and Instinct open-source GPU compute stack...
2024-11-06 20:41
Tracing Your Kubernetes Ingress Traffic
Learn to trace Kubernetes ingress traffic with the NGINX OpenTelemetry Module. This example includes setup, configuration, and traffic analysis to improve app diagnostics and performance.
2024-11-06 19:01
GIMP 3.2 Will Aim To Be Out Within One Year Of GIMP 3.0
Following the GIMP 3.0-RC1 tagging, the GIMP project has now put out their lengthy write-up outlining many of the new features to enjoy with this first release candidate of the much anticipated GIMP 3.0. Plus there is a few words about future releases ...
2024-11-06 16:22
Fresh Take On Linux Uncached Buffered I/O "RWF_UNCACHED" Nets 65~75% Improvement
Linux I/O expert and block/IO_uring maintainer Jens Axboe of Meta has recently revisited his patches around uncached buffered I/O. Back in 2019 the "RWF_UNCACHED" effort was started by Axboe to address a throughput cliff in performance once the page ca...
2024-11-06 15:02
systemd 257-rc1 Released With A Ton Of New Features & Changes
Systemd 257-rc1 is out today as a big feature update for this release that brings many new features and other refinements to this key piece of the Linux operating system stack...
2024-11-06 12:47
Designing Canonicals Figma libraries for performance and structure
How Canonical’s Design team rebuilt their Figma libraries, with practical guidelines on structure, performance, and maintenance processes.
2024-11-06 10:53
Designing Canonical’s Figma libraries for performance and structure
How Canonical’s Design team rebuilt their Figma libraries, with practical guidelines on structure, performance, and maintenance processes.
2024-11-06 10:53
Dataframes explained: The modern in-memory data science format
Most people are familiar with data in the form of a spreadsheet, with labeled columns of different data types such as name, address, age, and so on. Databases work the same way, with each table laid out according to a strict schema. Dataframes are str...
2024-11-06 09:00