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Darwin would understand microkernels. We need microkernels that understand Darwin. Opinion The IT industry is not only full of sharks, it has shark nature itself. It must keep moving forward to survive. Not all sharks are obligate ram ventilators, and not all IT changes all the time, but without innovation the sector would curdle and die.…

EchoEar is a compact AI development kit for voice interaction and edge AI applications. It targets use cases such as smart toys, voice-enabled speakers, and control systems. The device features a circular touch display, dual microphones with local wake-word detection and sound localization, and supports large model integration from OpenAI, Xiaozhi AI, and Gemini. The […]

Linus Torvalds just released Linux 6.17-rc7 as the last planned release candidate of the in-development Linux 6.17 kernel that is expected to go final next weekend...

The past few years Google engineers have been reimplementing Android's Binder driver in the Rust programming language. Binder is a critical part of Android for inter-process communication (IPC) and now with Linux 6.18 it looks like the Rust rewrite will be upstreamed...

Code was open-sourced this week and posted to the Linux kernel mailing list as a "request for comments" (RFC) for a multi-kernel architecture. This proposal could allow for multiple independent kernel instances to co-exist on a single physical machine. Each kernel could run on dedicated CPU Cores while sharing underlying hardware resources. This could also allow for some complex use-cases such as real-time (RT) kernels running on select CPU cores...

A patch queued into the PCI subsystem's "next" branch ahead of the Linux 6.18 merge window will uniformally expose the PCI device serial number of devices via sysfs for easy programmatic parsing...

This month, Shuttle Computers launched the SPCNV03, an ultra-compact edge computer based on the NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano. It delivers up to 40 TOPS of AI performance in a fanless aluminum chassis and carries EMC, Safety, and RoHS certifications for use in robotics, automation, video analytics, and smart city applications. The SPCNV03 is built on […]

Developers behind the Git distributed revision control system are debating whether to make Rust programming language support mandatory...

Rather than needing to parse package/history log files manually and akin to functionality provided by Red Hat's DNF, a merge request is pending to add a built-in history command for APT...

Canonical today released the Ubuntu 25.10 Beta as they work toward the stable Ubuntu 25.10 release in mid-October...

Nordic Semiconductor has announced the nRF54LM20A, a high-memory addition to its nRF54L Series of ultra-low power wireless SoCs. Built on the company’s 22 nm technology platform, the device provides developers with more resources to design advanced Bluetooth LE and Matter products for consumer, industrial, and healthcare applications. According to Nordic, the nRF54LM20A integrates a 128 […]

AAEON has introduced the Intelli i14 Edge, a compact AI vision system powered by Intel’s 14th Gen Core i9-14900T and NVIDIA RTX MXM modules. Designed to deliver workstation-level performance in a small, rugged form factor, the system targets robotics, autonomous platforms, and embedded workstations. According to AAEON, the Intelli i14 Edge is equipped with a […]

Linux 6.17 is an interesting time to carry out fresh file-system benchmarks given that EXT4 has seen some scalability improvements while Bcachefs in the mainline kernel is now in a frozen state. Linux 6.17 is also what's powering Fedora 43 and Ubuntu 25.10 out-of-the-box to make such a comparison even more interesting. Today's article is looking at the out-of-the-box performance of EXT4, Btrfs, F2FS, XFS, Bcachefs and then OpenZFS too.

As announced last month, PCI Express 8.0 is aiming for 256 GT/s speeds for allowing 1 TB/s bandwidth in an x16 configuration. In working towards the goals of PCIe 8.0, the PCI-SIG announced today that the v0.3 specification has been released to members...

This guide provides a step-by-step walk-through for integrating a uTrust FIDO2 security key (Identiv uTrust) with Fedora 42 to secure: Audience for this article The guide is intended for instructional cybersecurity labs and intermediate Fedora users. It prioritizes PIN + Touch verification for strong security. NOTE: Since misconfiguration can result in system lockout, readers should […]

Rust 1.90 is out today as the newest feature release for this popular programming language...

In the summer of 2025, Denmark’s government put forward a major policy change in its digital infrastructure: moving away from using Microsoft Office 365, and in part, open-source its operations with LibreOffice. Below is an original account of what this entails, why it matters, how it’s being done, and what the risks and opportunities are.

Why browse the web yourself when an AI sidekick can spoon-feed it to you? Now that it knows it won't be forced to sell its browser, Google is cramming AI into every vacant corner of Chrome it can find, whether you like it or not. …

One of the exciting elements of Intel's Xeon 6 Granite Rapids launch last year was introducing support for MRDIMMs alongside DDR5-6400 memory support. After the Xeon 6900P series debut I posted some of the first independent DDR5-6400 vs. MRDIMM-8800 benchmarks. One year later, today is a fresh look at the DDR5-6400 vs. MRDIMM-8800 performance for Granite Rapids with new/updated benchmarks, the latest Linux software improvements, and also looking at the impact on power and thermals of MRDIMM memory.

The Fedora Forge has been soft-launched for Fedora contributors to help modernize the development and collaboration tools around the Linux distribution...