PineNote (a Linux-Powered e-Ink Tablet) is Coming Back
Pine64 has confirmed that its open-source e-ink tablet is returning. The PineNote was announced in 2021, building on the success of its non-SBC devices like the PinePhone (and later Pro model), the PineTab, and PineBook devices. Like most of Pine64’s...
Pine64’s Linux-Powered E-Ink Tablet is Making a Return
Pine64 has confirmed that its open-source e-ink tablet is returning. The PineNote was announced in 2021, building on the success of its non-SBC devices like the PinePhone (and later Pro model), the PineTab, and PineBook devices. Like most of Pine64’s...
Ubuntu powers Azure’s confidential AI offering
Microsoft Azure’s confidential virtual machines, powered by Ubuntu and featuring NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs, offer enhanced security for AI workloads. Discover how this technology addresses data privacy concerns in sectors like healthcare, finance,...
OpenAI previews Realtime API for speech-to-speech apps
OpenAI has introduced a public beta of the Realtime API, an API that allows paid developers to build low-latency, multi-modal experiences including text and speech in apps. Introduced October 1, the Realtime API, similar to the OpenAI ChatGPT Advanced...
How to protect your privacy online like a Twitch streamer
How do Twitch streamers connect with so many people on the internet while keeping their personal lives private? For those unfamiliar, Twitch streamers are content creators who broadcast live to audiences in real-time, covering everything from gaming ...
Nobody knows what happened within the MMC Association in 1998
In 1999, some members from the MMC Association decided to split and create SD Association. But nobody seems to exactly know why. ↫ sdomi’s webpage I don’t even know how to summarise any of this research, because it’s not only a lot of informat...
Some Intel Linux Driver Maintainers Have Left The Company
With the recent Intel layoffs and early retirement / buyout packages, I have been curious to see what impact it will have on the open-source/Linux software engineers at the company. There's at least a few driver maintainers that have unfortunately depa...
State Of The Bird: Thunderbird Annual Report 2023-2024
We’ve just released Thunderbird version 128, codenamed “Nebula”, our yearly stable release. So with that big milestone done, I wanted to take a moment and tell our community about the state of Thunderbird. In the past I’ve done a recap focused ...
Schedule for openSUSE.Asia Summit is Published
The schedule for this year’s openSUSE.Asia Summit is out and features a diverse lineup of talks highlighting advancements in open-source and with the project. This year’s event takes place in Tokyo, Japan, and is a two-day event running from Nov. 2...
Intel Xeon 6980P SNC3 vs. HEX Clustering Mode Performance
With the Intel Xeon 6900P "Granite Rapids" processors that launched last week there are SNC3 and HEX clustering modes for these new processors. The default Sub-NUMA Clustering 3 (SNC3) mode for the three compute dies while the HEX mode is like SNC1 mod...
Xfce 4.20 Aiming For Release In December
A roadmap/schedule has been published for the lightweight Xfce 4.20 desktop. If all goes well this next iteration of the Xfce desktop will be out before Christmas...
Docker tutorial: Get started with Docker
Containers are a lightweight way to make application workloads portable, like a virtual machine but without the overhead and bulk typically associated with VMs. With containers, you can package apps and services and move them freely between physical, ...
