Why Upstart from Ubuntu failed
Upstart was an event-based replacement for the traditional System V init (sysvinit) system on Ubuntu, introduced to bring a modern and more flexible way of handling system startup and service management. It emerged in the mid-2000s, during a period whe...
FFmpeg Adds AMD AMF Decoder, FSR-Based Upscaling
Landing this week in the FFmpeg open-source library that is widely-used by multimedia applications was NVIDIA video acceleration improvements for Blackwell GPUs. Over on the AMD side, there are also some interesting changes to have been merged this wee...
TuxTape: a kernel livepatching solution
Geico, an American insurance company, is building a live-patching solution for the Linux kernel, called TuxTape. TuxTape is an in-development kernel livepatching ecosystem that aims to aid in the production and distribution of kpatch patches to vendor-...
What you need to know about developing AI agents
Imagine developing an API for the generative AI era. This API would support natural language input, leverage intelligence from large language models, automate decisions by integrating with SaaS and enterprise systems, and enable business process orche...
Public cloud providers are missing the mark with AI
Microsoft’s recent earnings call painted a sobering picture. Despite the company’s aggressive push into artificial intelligence and substantial investments in infrastructure, growth numbers fell short of expectations. As CEO Satya Nadella attempte...
Linux 6.15 Looks Like It May Try Again With EXECMEM_ROX Support
Initially merged back for the Linux 6.13 kernel was EXECMEM_ROX support for module text on x86_64 systems. With this caching of large ROX pages it can help with lowering TLB instruction pressure and enhancing performance. But this EXECMEM_ROX support t...
