Tag: technology
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CISA to Re-do C/C++ Projects with Rust
So, so many lines of memory-unsafe routines in crucial open source, and unsafe dependencies. The US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has analyzed 172 critical open source projects and found that more than half contain code written in languages like C and C++ that are not naturally memory safe. What’s more, projects written…
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Open Source Challenger to VS Code Appears
Open Source ‘Eclipse Theia IDE’ Exits Beta to Challenge Visual Studio Code. Some seven years in the making, the Eclipse Foundation’s Theia IDE project is now generally available, emerging from beta to challenge Microsoft’s similar Visual Studio Code editor, with which it shares much tech. The Eclipse Theia IDE, part of the Eclipse Cloud DevTools…
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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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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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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…
