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Open-source LLaVA challenges GPT-4
A team of researchers from Stanford, UW-Madison, and Columbia have rolled out LLaVA, a fresh, open-source AI platform that poses a challenge to GPT-4, especially when it comes to visual and linguistic capabilities. The best part? It’s free for anyone to use. So, what’s the scoop on LLaVA? Well, it merges CLIP, which is an… Read more
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Higher Quality AV1 Video Encoding For Radeon Graphics On Linux
For those making use of GPU-accelerated AV1 video encoding with the latest AMD Radeon graphics hardware on Linux, the upcoming Mesa 23.3 release will support the high-quality AV1 preset for offering higher quality encodes. Merged this week to Mesa 23.3 are the RadeonSI Video Core Next (VCN) changes for supporting the high quality AV1 encoding… Read more
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Fedora x Slimbook Colab
The Fedora Project and Slimbook have teamed up to introduce the Fedora Slimbook, a modern ultrabook that combines high-end technology with user-friendly features. Slimbook, known for its dedication to quality, innovation, and support for the Linux community, has partnered with the Fedora Project to offer users a unique computing experience. The Fedora Slimbook showcases a… Read more
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SerenityOS: Love letter to 90’s Unix
As we continue on with the series in which I take a different OS for a spin every month I am afraid, dear reader, that this month I have a confession to make. Our subject here isn’t a Daily Driver at all, and it’s not the fault of the operating system in question. Instead I’m… Read more
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Wine 8: use Win10 on a Linux Machine
How to use Windows software in Linux: With the release of Wine 8, the Windows replica for Linux has matured again and enables more Windows programs. In most cases, however, additional work is necessary to set up Windows programs. Wine is not an emulator like Qemu or a virtualization environment like Virtualbox, but a runtime… Read more
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GNOME Linux systems exposed to RCE attacks
A memory corruption vulnerability in the open-source libcue library can let attackers execute arbitrary code on Linux systems running the GNOME desktop environment. “libcue”, a library designed for parsing cue sheet files, is integrated into the Tracker Miners file metadata indexer, which is included by default in the latest GNOME versions. Cue sheets (or CUE… Read more
