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Linux Kernel First RC of 6.9
First release candidate of Linux kernel 6.9 looks ‘fairly normal,’ says Torvaldscomment bubble on black.Improved workqueues mean the end of tasklets is looming at long last. Linus Torvalds just announced the first RC of 6.9 on the Linux Kernel mailing list, saying it “looks to be fairly normal”, although it’s a recordbreaker in size. He…
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Orange Pi Neo Handheld with AMD Ryzen 7
Orange Pi Neo finally has its price revealed. The Linux gaming handheld with AMD Ryzen 7 7840U will cost $499, while the AMD Ryzen 7 8840U configuration will go for $599. We also got to know the tentative release timeline, which is Q2 2024. Best known for its broad SBC lineup, Orange Pi revealed its…
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Open Source Summit in Seattle
Join The Linux Foundation at Open Source Summit North America, going LIVE April 16-18 in Seattle, Washington! Register by April 7 to save US$150 – and be part of a community creating cutting-edge solutions and propelling innovation. Haven’t Decided Yet? Here are 5 Reasons Why You Can’t Miss This! Reduced registration fees are available starting…
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OSS Use Driven by Cost Cutting
Saving money, rather than innovation or modernization demands, is now the leading reason why organizations use open source software, according to OpenLogic’s latest report. Innovation and modernizing the technology stack are no longer the top reasons organizations use open source software, according to a new survey. Instead, what is old is new again, as saving…
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xAI open sources ‘Grok’
Developers and researchers can use the ‘weights and architecture’ that power X’s Grok chatbot for free in their own projects. On March 11th, Elon Musk said xAI would open source its AI chatbot Grok, and now an open release is available on GitHub. This will allow researchers and developers to build on the model and…
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Linux 6.9: first to ten million Git objects?
Linus Torvalds has released version 6.8 of the Linux Kernel. “So it took a bit longer for the commit counts to come down this release than I tend to prefer,” Torvalds wrote on the Linx kernel mailing list on Sunday, “but a lot of that seemed to be about various selftest updates (networking in particular)…
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