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With this week's Computex announcement by AMD of the Ryzen AI 300 series laptop processors built atop Zen 5, one of the pleasant aspects has been several laptop models being announced already to be powered by either the Ryzen AI 9 365 or Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 flagship models. Some models are also already available for pre-order ahead of launch day.

A few weeks ago NVIDIA introduced their much anticipated R555 beta driver with NVIDIA 555.42.02 for Linux bringing Wayland explicit sync support, the GPU System Processor (GSP) firmware being used by default, and a variety of Wayland improvements. Today the NVIDIA 555.52.04 beta driver is out that offers additional fixes for the R555 series.

The Raspberry Pi AI Kit, a recent collaboration between Raspberry Pi and Hailo, has been launched to make artificial intelligence more accessible to enthusiasts and developers alike. Priced at $70, this kit integrates a powerful Hailo-8L AI accelerator module into the Raspberry Pi ecosystem, specifically designed for the Raspberry Pi 5.

Controversial free software developer Eric S Raymond has been spending a lot of time recently on the new Autodafe project as a means of free software projects from relying on Autotools. This "De-Autoconfiscation" has now led to the release of Autodafe 1.0 with the tool now being considered production-ready.

It's been another busy week with the open-source AMD Linux graphics driver stack with continued preparations around enabling support for next-generation RDNA4 graphics (as well as continued RDNA3+ / RDNA 3.5 tuning).

Scared of editing a config file? There'll soon be a GUI for that. The Windows Subsystem for Linux is due to receive a user interface for settings as well as management enhancements to make the platform more attractive to enterprise administrators.…

How to whitelist an IP in Fail2ban on Debian Linux. Fail2Ban is used to protect servers against brute force attacks. Fail2ban uses iptables to block attackers, so, if we want to add permanent IP address and never be blocked, we must add it in the config file.

Simon Ser today released Wayland 1.23 for this core Wayland code that brings some minor enhancements, bug fixes, and Wayland protocol clarifications...

Introduction Fedora (and other common Linux setups out there) offers you an array of tools for managing, monitoring, and understanding the system. Among these tools are a series of commands that begin with ls (for “list”). They provide easy insights into various aspects of the system’s hardware and resources. This article series gives you an […]

Canonical announced this morning an optimized Ubuntu 24.04 image for the Milk-V Mars, a "credit card sized" RISC-V single board computer...

Standard Notes is an open-source and completely encrypted notes app. This tutorial teaches you how to self-host your standard notes server on a Rocky Linux 9 machine.

Linux is renowned for its flexibility, security, and performance, making it the operating system of choice for developers, system administrators, and power users alike. However, the generic Linux kernel may not always meet the needs of users seeking maximum performance and responsiveness. This is where the Liquorix Kernel comes into play—a performance-optimized alternative that promises to supercharge your Linux system. In this article, we will explore what the Liquorix Kernel is, why you might want to use it, and how to install and configure it to get the best performance out of your system.

SkyByte: An Upcoming Mini DIY Drone Powered by ESP32 MCU with Smartphone Control The SkyByte, an upcoming Mini DIY Wi-Fi Drone powered by the versatile ESP32 microcontroller, is set to debut on Kickstarter soon. This compact, open-source drone is engineered to attract both tech enthusiasts and beginners, featuring control via a smartphone app.

This tutorial shows the installation of an Ubuntu 24.04 server in detail with many screenshots. The guide's purpose is to show the base installation of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS that can be used as a basis for our other Ubuntu tutorials here at howtoforge, like our perfect server guides.

Laravel is a web application framework based on PHP that is used to build enterprise and robust full-stack web applications. This tutorial will show you how to install Laravel on the Alma Linux 9 server.

Here's the tea, for all open sourcers inclined to drink it Opinion Oracle is dropping Terraform for OpenTofu, and IBM's CEO is talking up open source. What does all this mean for both programs? Here's what I see happening. …

The Redis move to a new license means it will no longer be considered open source software. This article will explain how to move from Redis to the alternative, Valkey. Background A few weeks ago, the company behind Redis published a blog post announcing that future versions of the Redis project were moving from BSD-3 […]

Because not everyone has time to be a tech guru Manjaro Linux is the DIY-spirited Arch Linux distro, but made easier – so that those still on their way to guru status will be able to say: "I run Arch, BTW."…

Among the numerous text processing tools available on the Linux shell, awk stands out for its power and versatility. Originally developed in the 1970s by Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan, awk is more than just a command - it's a complete programming language designed for processing and analyzing text files.

Enjoy some Noble Numbat novelty now – but excluding GNOME 46.1 . It comes a bit later than usual, but if you are running Ubuntu 23.10 Mantic Minotaur, you should start seeing prompts to upgrade to the new release.…