Open Source

Tabnine AI agents generate, validate code for Jira issues
AI coding assistant Tabnine has added two AI agents that integrate with the Atlassian Jira project management platform, one for generating code from requirements outlined in Jira issues and one for validating code for those requirements. Unveiled Sept...
2024-09-26 17:08
Unauthenticated RCE Flaw With CVSS 9.9 Rating For Linux Systems Affects CUPS
There's been much speculation since this morning over a reported "severe" unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) flaw affecting Linux systems that carries a CVSS 9.9.9 score... The embargo has now lifted with the details on this nasty issue...
2024-09-26 16:10
COSMIC DE Alpha 2 Released, This is What’s New
Chocks away —British saying, don’t stare at me weirdly— as the second alpha of System76’s homegrown COSMIC desktop environment has been released. To make it easy for us all to try out the latest improvements a second alpha build of Pop!...
2024-09-26 15:30
Update on ASF’s brand evolution
In July we announced that the ASF would be evolving our corporate logo and brand system to represent the “community over code” ethos we are known for, and ensure people feel welcome and included. In August, the ASF Board formed a Logo Project Manag...
2024-09-26 15:29
COSMIC Alpha 2 Released with Bluetooth Settings, Much-Improved File Manager
COSMIC Alpha 2 desktop environment is now available for public testing with new Bluetooth settings, a new Gallery feature in files, new density options, and other changes. Here's what's new! The post COSMIC Alpha 2 Released with Bluetooth Settings, Muc...
2024-09-26 15:28
Intel Xeon 6980P vs. AMD EPYC Power Efficiency / Performance-Per-Watt Benchmarks
Earlier this week in the launch-day Intel Xeon 6980P Granite Rapids review/benchmarks I unfortunately wasn't able to provide any CPU power consumption and performance-per-Watt benchmarks due a Linux kernel issue and the minimal time ahead of launch for...
2024-09-26 13:52
PostgreSQL 17 Released With AVX-512 Optimization & Up To 2x Better Write Throughput
PostgreSQL 17 is out today as the newest annual feature release to this widely-used SQL database server. Notable with PostgreSQL 17 is having an AVX-512 optimized bit_count function along with several other heavy hitting performance optimizations...
2024-09-26 10:38
DXVK 2.4.1 Improves Support for God of War, GTA: San Andreas, and Other Games
DXVK 2.4.1 Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine is now available for download with improvements for several games. The post DXVK 2.4.1 Improves Support for God of War, GTA: San Andreas, and Other Games appeared first o...
2024-09-26 10:30
5G mobile networks: A driver for edge computing
Recently, a striking report published by Omdia and Canonical highlighted that 86% of communication service providers (CSPs) are optimistic about the future of edge computing on telco networks.  This is a market that is expected to grow substantial...
2024-09-26 10:29
System76 Releases COSMIC Alpha 2 Desktop Packages
Following the release of the COSMIC Alpha desktop in early August, System76 is closing out September by issuing the second alpha release of their Rust-based open-source desktop environment...
2024-09-26 10:19
Linux 6.12 Brings 9p Network USB Gadget Driver To Ease Embedded Device Development
The USB/Thunderbolt subsystem updates were submitted today for the Linux 6.12 kernel merge window along with the other areas of the kernel overseen by Greg Kroah-Hartman. A new USB driver is the 9p network gadget driver that has been in development for...
2024-09-26 09:00
How to use generics in your Java programs
Introduced in Java 5, generics enhance the type safety of your code and make it easier to read. This helps you avoid runtime errors like the ClassCastException, which happens when you try to cast objects to incompatible types. In this tutorial, you’...
2024-09-26 09:00
What’s next for Azure API Management?
API management was important a decade ago; it’s now essential. Cloud-native development models use APIs to link microservices into distributed applications, with some services used by more than one application in different ways. By putting in an API...
2024-09-26 09:00
3 great new features in Postgres 17
The PostgreSQL Global Development Group has officially released Postgres 17, marking another milestone for the community, developers, and EDB, the leading contributor to PostgreSQL code. As the reigning DB-Engines database of the year and the most des...
2024-09-26 08:45
How to get LLM-driven applications into production
Many organizations are building generative AI applications driven by large language models (LLMs), but few are transitioning successfully from prototypes to production. According to an October 2023 Gartner survey, 45% of organizations are currently pi...
2024-09-26 08:30
RISC-V Wires Up More Kernel Features With Linux 6.12
The RISC-V architecture updates have been submitted for the Linux 6.12 kernel cycle. More RISC-V CPU ISA extensions are being supported along with enabling some additional kernel features for this CPU architecture...
2024-09-26 07:05
VirtIO Vsock Performance To Improve With Linux 6.12
The VirtIO Vsock guest/host communication interface using virtual sockets will see better performance with the in-development Linux 6.12 kernel...
2024-09-26 06:39
DXVK 2.4.1 Released With Many Improvements, More Robust Direct3D 8
It's been nearly three months since the last DXVK release for this Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 implementation built atop Vulkan for Steam Play (Proton) / Wine. That changed today with Philip Rebohle having just released DXVK 2.4.1...
2024-09-26 06:26