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Mozilla Thunderbird 136 Released with New “Appearance” Panel in Settings
Mozilla Thunderbird 136 open-source email client is now available for download with a new "Appearance" settings UI and other changes. Here's what's new! The post Mozilla Thunderbird 136 Released with New “Appearance” Panel in Settings appeared firs...
2025-03-04 23:23
Why fastDOOM is fast
How much faster is fastDOOM than regular Doom on a decked-out 486 from 1993? 30% faster without cutting any features! On a demanding map like doom2’s demo1, the gain is even higher, from 16.8 fps to 24.9 fps. That is 48% faster! I did not suspect th...
2025-03-04 23:10
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Redox continues adding dynamic linking support
These months are coming and going way too fast, for a whole variety of reasons, so we’ve got another month of improvements for Redox, the operating system written in Rust. I February, January’s work on dynamic linking continued, adding support for ...
2025-03-04 23:00
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Thunderbird Release Channel Update
The monthly Release channel is ready to help you move from annual to monthly updates in Thunderbird. This update lets you know how to switch from the annual update (ESR) to monthly updates (Release), why you might have to wait, and what features you’...
2025-03-04 20:17
Meet the Fedora Project Mentors for Google Summer of Code 2025
The Fedora Project is excited to participate in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025. This continues our commitment to fostering open-source contributions and mentoring new contributors. As an organization deeply rooted in collaboration and innovation, Fe...
2025-03-04 17:29
WordPress 6.8 Beta 1
WordPress 6.8 Beta 1 is ready for download and testing! The scheduled final release date for WordPress 6.8 is April 15, 2025. Your help testing Beta and RC versions over the next six weeks is vital to ensuring the final release is everything it should ...
2025-03-04 17:09
AMD ZenDNN 5.0.1 Released To Help With EPYC Inferencing For Recommender Systems & LLMs
Released last year shortly after the EPYC 9005 "Turin" processor launch was ZenDNN 5.0 for Zen 5 optimized CPU inferencing with the likes of PyTorch and TensorFlow. ZenDNN 5.0 delivers up to a 400% performance uplift according to AMD engineers. Out tod...
2025-03-04 16:35
Google multibillionaire Brin demands employees work 60 hours a week on autocomplete tools
Over the past few years, the tech industry has gone from cushy landing pad for STEM grads to a cesspit of corporate greed, where grueling hours are commonplace, and layoffs could strike at any moment. Unfortunately for employees of Alphabet, the parent...
2025-03-04 15:36
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Firefox 137 Enters Public Beta Testing with HEVC Playback Support on Linux
Firefox 137 web browser is now available for public beta testing with HEVC playback support on Linux and other changes. Here's what's new! The post Firefox 137 Enters Public Beta Testing with HEVC Playback Support on Linux appeared first on 9to5Linux -...
2025-03-04 15:36
LLVM/Clang 20.1 Released With AMX-AVX512, AMX-FP8, AVX10.2, AMD GFX950 & Much More
LLVM 20.1 was just tagged in Git as the first stable version of the LLVM 20 compiler stack including sub-projects like the Clang 20 C/C++ Compiler...
2025-03-04 15:25
Install FreePBX and Asterisk on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for security patches until 2036
Deploying FreePBX and Asterisk on a single Ubuntu virtual machine in a public cloud is an ideal solution for personal users and small to medium-sized businesses with voice over IP (VoIP) and fax over IP (FoIP) needs. This setup costs nothing, is scalab...
2025-03-04 14:35
Certification as a strategy: How Ubuntu & SystemReady boost hardware competitiveness
Canonical and MediaTek enhance reliability, accelerate market entry and reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for ODMs through Ubuntu Certified Hardware and Arm SystemReady programs  The hardware ecosystem is evolving rapidly, presenting a continuous c...
2025-03-04 14:31
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on Azure: how to stay secure after standard support ends
As standard support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ends on May 31, 2025, Azure users must choose between upgrading to a newer version or enabling extended security with Ubuntu Pro to ensure continued compliance and protection against vulnerabilities.
2025-03-04 12:59
Firefox 137 Beta Now Available With VA-API Accelerated H.265/HEVC On Linux
With Firefox 136 released, Mozilla has promoted Firefox 137 to its beta phase...
2025-03-04 11:51
Intel Finds More Women Getting Involved In Open-Source, Maintainer Burnout Continues
Intel has been running an annual open-source developer survey and they recently wrapped up their survey for 2024 and today published the results to provide various insight into the health of open-source development...
2025-03-04 10:54
ExpressVPN Adds A GUI To Their Linux App
There are a number of NetworkManager VPN plug-ins for different virtual private networking providers as a great way for setting up VPN access from the Linux desktop. But for those interested in using ExpressVPN with their official Linux client, they no...
2025-03-04 10:07
Improving intelligent document processing with generative AI
One of the earliest digital transformation drivers was digitalization, in which organizations converted paper-based processes to digitized workflows. In ideal circumstances, paper documents became web or mobile forms, and workflows replaced handoffs. ...
2025-03-04 09:00
Why genAI-powered intelligent document processing is a big deal
One of the earliest digital transformation drivers was digitalization, in which organizations converted paper-based processes to digitized workflows. In ideal circumstances, paper documents became web or mobile forms, and workflows replaced handoffs. ...
2025-03-04 09:00
Does Microsoft’s Majorana chip meet enterprise needs?
Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip is billed as the company’s first quantum computing processor. The excitement surrounding this million-qubit dream, with its unique architecture and reliance on exotic materials like indium arsenide, seems like a watersh...
2025-03-04 09:00
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Linux GPU Compute Performance
Ahead of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 graphics cards seeing retail availability tomorrow, today the review embargo expires on the GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition graphics cards. I've been testing out the GeForce RTX 5070 under Linux and today have a numbe...
2025-03-04 09:00