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Can Raspberry Pi Run Linux? What You Need To Know
So you’re on the hunt for a single-board computer (SBC) for your embedded systems or networking projects. In your search, you’ve probably run across dozens of recommendations pointing to the Raspberry Pi, and it’s for good reason. This board may be small at 85 by 56 mm, but it’s pretty mighty and versatile. In fact,…
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Intel’s Software Optimizations for Xeon CPUs
Intel’s Linux Software Optimizations Still Pay Off For Xeon 6700E “Sierra Forest” E-Core CPUs. When testing Intel’s aggressive software Linux optimizations shipped by way of their in-house Clear Linux distribution, I am most often testing it on their high core count Xeon processors with AVX-512… Over the years in dozens of Phoronix articles there have…
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This week in KDE: Everything, I think
We spent an enormous amount of time working on bug-fixing and polishing tasks for Plasma 6.1 this week. It was a big release, and there were some rough edges around the new edit mode. So we put quite a bit of time into making it integrate more seamlessly with the other existing modes, and generally…
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Arch Linux’s Text-Mode Installer Gets Experimental LVM Support
Archinstall 2.8.1 is now available as the latest update to Arch Linux’s menu-based installer. The Archinstall 2.8.1 text-mode installer for the popular Arch Linux distribution was released today as a hefty update introducing initial LVM support and many other improvements. Archinstall 2.8.1 is the first release of Arch Linux’s installer to offer LVM (Logical Volume…
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LF forms trust for advancing decentralisation
The Linux Foundation has announced plans to establish the Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust (LF Decentralized Trust), a new umbrella organisation aimed at supporting the advancement of decentralised technologies. Building on the foundation’s existing blockchain and digital identity projects, LF Decentralized Trust will encompass the Hyperledger project portfolio and host new open source software, communities, standards,…
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Open Source Libre Chat – all LLMs for all
Open Source LibreChat Offers More Than Just Extra LLMs!LibreChat levels the field for generative AI, allowing users to pick their favorite AI providers, services, and integrations. With an interface inspired by ChatGPT, LibreChat offers an “enhanced” ChatGPT clone, an open source alternative with AI model selection as a main feature — while also providing additional…
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