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Linux and open-source documentation is a mess: Here's the solution
Simply telling someone to RTFM is not an answer when the manual is outdated, unreadable, or nonexistent. We need to improve the quality of our documentation, and the way to do that is simple.
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AlmaLinux Adds New Hardware Certification Program
AlmaLinux wants to be taken seriously by enterprise hardware vendors.
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How open source is steering AI down the high road
At Open Source Summit China, Jim Zemlin highlights the Linux Foundation's most significant contributions to AI development.
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♪ I use Arch btw ♪ - Linux Song
Pretty much the first distro that has an actual song about it. Eat your heart out, Ubuntu! :-)
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AlmaLinux Makes In-Place Upgrades Easier for CentOS Users
Thanks to the AlmaLinux OS Foundation's ELevate project, disgruntled CentOS users can easily migrate to AlmaLinux and even Scientific Linux.
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Can AI even be open source? It's complicated
AI can't exist without open source, but the top AI vendors are unwilling to commit to open-sourcing their programs and data sets. To complicate matters further, defining open-source AI is a messy issue that has yet to be settled.
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A new White House report embraces open-source AI
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration supports open-data models - but acknowledges the risks. Here's how it plans to navigate the technology's pros and cons.
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Could eBPF Save Us From CrowdStrike-Style Disasters?
In the aftermath of the CrowdStrike Windows security fiasco, security experts and developers alike are looking for a safer way to run low-level security programs. One possible solution is eBPF.
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Open Source is not a business model; it never was
It never will be. But, it's a great development model.
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I've tried a zillion desktop distros - it doesn't get any better than Linux Mint 22
Linux Mint's latest release continues its tradition of excellence. It's easy to learn and use, faster than Windows, and runs on a thrift-store PC. What more can you ask for?
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Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source
The United States remains reluctant to work with open source, but European countries are bolder.
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Meta inches toward open source AI with new LLaMA 3.1
Is Meta's 405 billion parameter model really open source? Depends on who you ask. Here's how to try out the new engine for yourself.
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OpenELA Liberates Red Hat Enterprise Linux Source Code
OpenELA has automated its process so that new enterprise Linux sources are available just days after each release of new versions of RHEL.
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Nvidia finally open sources some of its GPU drivers. How to tell what's under your hood
A welcome step toward a more open ecosystem for Linux users and developers, the upcoming R560 driver release also puts Nvidia in a better position to compete with AMD. It's about time.
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Bringing Open Source Standards to Electric Vehicle Charging
Standardization is essential for electric vehicles to become affordable and accessible to everyone. Once more, open source is helping.
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What's New With the Just-Released Linux 6.10 Kernel
This mid-year 2024 kernel upgrade brings a host of exciting features and improvements that enhance performance, security, and hardware support across various platforms.
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The graying open source community needs fresh blood
Deep experience of the older tech crowd is nothing short of vital, yet projects need new devs to move forward
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How open source attracts some of the world's top innovators
Some of the best and brightest work in open source. Who are these people? How did they get there? Where do they see open source going next?
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Open Source AI: What About Data Transparency?
AI uses both code and data, and this combination continues to be a challenge for open source, said experts at the United Nations OSPOs for Good Conference.
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Larry Finger made Linux wireless work and brought others along to learn
Remembering Finger, 84, who learned as he went and left his mark on many.
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