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Genode-Based Sculpt OS 24.10 Introduces Multi-Monitor Support
Sculpt OS for what has been working to become a general purpose operating system built off the original Genode is out with a new feature release...
2024-11-02 08:44
Intel Lands VVC VA-API Hardware Decoding Into FFmpeg
Intel has integrated VVC VA-API hardware accelerated decoding support into the widely-used FFmpeg multimedia library...
2024-11-02 06:49
KDE Will Nicely Notify You When Apps Are Being Killed Due To Out-Of-Memory
KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly development summary of interesting KDE changes in closing out October...
2024-11-02 06:30
Vulkan 1.3.301 Released With New Extension For HDR Vivid
Vulkan 1.3.301 was published on Friday with the lone new extension this release being a rare contribution from Huawei adding HDR Vivid support with VK_HUAWEI_hdr_vivid...
2024-11-02 06:20
Xfce 4.20 Pre1 Pre-Release Published For Testing
Right on schedule for releasing the Xfce 4.20 desktop in December, the "Pre1" pre-release was posted on Friday for testing...
2024-11-02 06:03
Google confirms Android 16 is coming earlier than usual, developer preview begins soon
In a major shift of its release cycle, Google has revealed that Android 16 will be released in Q2 of 2025, confirming my report from late last month. Android 16 is the name of the next major release of the Android operating system, and its release in...
2024-11-02 00:47
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Sculpt OS 24.10 released with multi-monitor support
Genode’s rapid development carries on apace. Whilst Genode itself is a so-called OS Framework – the computing version of a rolling chassis that can accept various engines (microkernels) and coachwork of the customer’s choice – they also have an...
2024-11-02 00:30
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Overcoming data inconsistency with a universal semantic layer
According to Gartner, bad data costs organizations $12.9 million a year. As a result, data leaders for decades have been searching for a single source of truth for their business intelligence (BI) and analytics to ensure that everyone bases business d...
2024-11-02 00:21
Steam On Linux Marketshare Hits 2.0% For October, AMD CPU Use By Linux Gamers Approaches 75%
Earlier this year and through July Steam on Linux was enjoying above a 2% marketshare thanks to the success of the Arch Linux powered SteamOS and Steam Deck offerings. But then for August and September Steam on Linux use was below 2%. After a 0.13% ris...
2024-11-01 20:12
Google releases differential privacy software for JVM
Google has released PipelineDP4j, a differential privacy solution that allows developers to execute highly parallelizable computations using Java as the baseline language, while providing guarantees that personal information is kept private and secure...
2024-11-01 19:35
Overlooked cloud sustainability issues
Cloud sustainability is a funny topic. It’s like dental care; everyone agrees it’s important, but who wants to discuss the particulars? It’s much more fun to talk about the new “shiny keys” of IT: AI and its endless possibilities. Cloud sust...
2024-11-01 15:59
Wine 10.0 Release Plans Aim For Mid-January Release
Wine project leader Alexandre Julliard has laid out plans for releasing Wine 10.0 around mid-January as the annual stable release for this open-source software to run Windows applications and games on Linux and other platforms...
2024-11-01 13:28
Download the AI in the Enterprise (for Real) Spotlight
Download the November 2024 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World.
2024-11-01 13:00
After Ticketmaster’s data breach, it’s time to secure your info
Still in its “anti-hero” era, Ticketmaster has users reeling from a data breach last May, when a hacker group claimed to have stolen data from more than 500 million people. The breach coincided with Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, one of the biggest to...
2024-11-01 13:00
Download the AI in the Enterprise (for Real) Spotlight
Download the November 2024 issue of the Enterprise Spotlight from the editors of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World.
2024-11-01 13:00
Ubuntu's Great Mainline Kernel PPA Hasn't Been Working Since Mid-September
One of the very convenient features for Ubuntu Linux users who want to run the very newest upstream kernel releases or simply test a new kernel build for verifying bug fixes or functionality has been the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA. It's been around for...
2024-11-01 11:54
Charmed Kubeflow vs Kubeflow
Why should you use an official distribution of Kubeflow? Kubeflow is an open source MLOps platform that is designed to enable organizations to scale their ML initiatives and automate their workloads. It is a cloud-native solution that helps developers ...
2024-11-01 10:31
Valve Engineer Fixes Massive Performance Issue For RADV Driver With AMD FSR2 Sample
With the upcoming Mesa 24.3 release there is a huge improvement coming for those using the RADV Radeon Vulkan driver with the AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 sample app...
2024-11-01 10:26
Valve Engineer Fixes Massive Performance Issue For RADV Driver With AMD FSR2
With the upcoming Mesa 24.3 release there is a huge improvement coming for those using the RADV Radeon Vulkan driver with games leveraging AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2...
2024-11-01 10:26