Rust resumes rise in popularity
Rust, the fast and memory-safe programming language born out of Mozilla, has resumed its rise up the monthly Tiobe index of programming language popularity, although it still has not cracked the index’s top 10. Rust returned to 13th place in the Oct...
The best new features and fixes in Python 3.13
Python 3.13 has just been released. This article presents a rundown of the most significant new features in Python 3.13 and what they mean for Python developers. Major new features in Python 3.13 Here’s a rundown of the biggest new features in Pyth...
WPGraphQL is Canonical
Happy to announce that WP GraphQL is becoming canonical on WordPress.org. I could say more, but I’ll let Jason tell his story.
FEX 2410 Released With New JIT Optimizations
FEX 2410 is out as the newest monthly update to this open-source emulator that allows running Linux x86/x86_64 binaries on Linux AArch64 (ARM 64-bit) systems, including for games and software like Steam. With FEX 2410 there are yet more fixes as well a...
Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache Tomcat 11.0
Celebrates 25th Anniversary Since First Commit as an ASF Project DENVER – Community Over Code – Oct. 7, 2024 — The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 320 active open source proj...
Development start of Leap 16.0
Hello everyone! I’d like to announce the start of development and the public availability of what we currently refer to as Leap 16.0 pre-Alpha. Since this is a pre-Alpha version, significant changes may occur, and the final product may look very diff...
KDE Plasma 6.2 Released, This is What’s New
A new major update to the KDE Plasma desktop has been released, and it’s jam-packed with new features, enhancements, and performance-focused improvements. Serving as the third release in the new 6.x series, KDE Plasma 6.2 builds on the foundations in...
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 6th, 2024
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for October 6th, 2024, brings news about Firefox 131, Linux Mint 22.1 release date, FFmpeg 7.1, fwupd 2.0, Audacious 4.4.1, qBittorrent 5.0, Ardour 8.8, NetworkManager 1.50, Firefox 132 beta, as well as all the latest distr...
5 ways data scientists can prepare now for genAI transformation
Until recently, data scientists and analysts’ primary deliverables were data visualizations, machine learning models, dashboards, reports, and analytical insights used for storytelling. Now, with genAI capabilities, data scientists are called to exp...
Open source isn’t going to save AI
“You don’t want AI only in the hands of a few companies.” Thus spake Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue, suggesting that open source will come to the rescue of AI. It’s a nice thought, but one that has exactly zero historical precedent. Yes, open ...
macOS 15.0 now UNIX 03-certified
You have to wonder how meaningful this news is in 2024, but macOS 15.0 Sequoia running on either Apple Silicon or Intel processors is now UNIX 03-certified. The UNIX 03 Product Standard is the mark for systems conforming to Version 3 of the Single UNIX...