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Framework 13 & 16 Added To ChromeOS Platform Driver In Linux 6.10
The Framework 13 and Framework 16 AMD Ryzen powered laptops make use of an NPCX embedded controller that rely on the ChromeOS open-source embedded controller (EC) firmware. With the Linux 6.10 kernel the Chrome OS “cros_ec_lpc” driver is being extended to support these latest Framework upgradeable laptops. The cros_ec_lpc is for leveraging the LPC interface…
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Meta Releases Open Source React Compiler
The React Compiler makes it possible to optimize code for performance. Meta has been using the compiler for more than a year. Meta released an open source compiler for React on Wednesday at the React Conference, which was held in Las Vegas and live-streamed. Joe Savona, a member of the React team at Meta and…
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Why Learn Linux?
As someone who has been in the IT industry for more than 20 years, I love to answer this question. At the time of the writing of this article, I am 45 years old, 30 of those years I have had contact with computers, being MS-DOS the first OS I ever learned and used daily,…
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Arch Linux To Officially Support ARM/RISC-V
Looks Like Arch Linux Is Going To Officially Support ARM/RISC-V. Arch Linux is making better efforts to support newer architectures. Arch Linux is a versatile distribution for experienced users. However, officially, it only supports x86-64 architecture. Other distributions have been making progress to support various newer architectures, including ARM and RISC-V. Whether it is Ubuntu…
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HF unveils Open Source LeRobot
Hugging Face has unveiled “LeRobot,” a new machine learning model trained for real-world robotics applications. LeRobot functions as a platform, offering a versatile library for data sharing, visualization, and training of advanced models. LeRobot aims to provide models, datasets, and tools for real-world robotics in PyTorch. The goal is to lower the barrier for entry…
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Linux Distros Ban AI-made Code
Linux distros ban ‘tainted’ AI-generated code — NetBSD and Gentoo lead the charge on forbidding AI-written code. Not all FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) developers want AI messing with their code. Coming out of the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community this week, we have a Gentoo Wiki post and an update to…
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