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Mozilla is excited about today’s new definition of open source AI, and we endorse it as an important step forward. This past year has been marked by more and more people recognizing the societal benefits of open source AI.

Apache Solr is an open-source search platform built on Apache Lucene, providing advanced full-text search, real-time indexing, and scalability for applications. It's used for building powerful search engines, supporting features like faceted search, query suggestions, and geospatial search.

While Firefox users have been recommending Chrome users to ditch their cursed web browser for Firefox as a strong ad-blocking alternative all over the Internet, the company itself apparently chose to not say a single word about this and avoid the opportunity to increase the number of its users.

After a long wait, the GNOME Project released today the beta version of the upcoming GNOME 47 desktop environment series, due out on September 18th, 2024.

The Milk-V Cluster 08 is an advanced full-stack RISC-V cluster designed to deliver high bandwidth and efficient computing across multiple nodes. In addition, the company has introduced two high-performance modules that are comparable in performance to the NVIDIA Jetson NANO and Xavier NX modules.

There are a few interesting bits of information as part of this week's updates from the Ubuntu Desktop Team Integration Squad.

GStreamer 1.24.7 multimedia framework rolls out with multiple bug fixes. Enhancements in qt6, rtspsrc, and more.

The very idea of an HDMI to screw terminal adapters maybe seem moronic at first, but in an era of programmable IOs (PIO), and high-speed serial transmit (HSTX), those could end up being useful for boards or modules based on Raspberry Pi RP2040 or RP2350 since they’ve all be shown to support DVI output through HDMI connectors.

With governments around the world increasingly warming up to the idea of open-source software being used in their offices. Local governments and public organizations in India have been no stranger to trying out open-source operating systems and tools in their workflows.

The Visual Studio Code Cloud IDE is an online version of Microsoft's popular Visual Studio Code (VS Code) editor, designed to provide a flexible and accessible development environment in the cloud. This guide will show you how to install Visual Code-Server on the Ubuntu 24.04 server with Nginx as a reverse proxy.

Ever wished you could use your Raspberry Pi 5, Android smartphone, or mini PC as a laptop? The CrowView Note, which hit Kickstarter last week, allows you to do precisely that.

NVIDIA released today the stable version of the NVIDIA 560 graphics driver series for Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris systems, which is the first release to use the open-source GPU kernel modules by default.

DeepComputing introduced the DC-ROMA RISC-V Pad II yesterday, described as a mobile terminal optimized for RISC-V development. This device is powered by the SpacemiT Key Stone K1 System-on-Chip and runs on Ubuntu Desktop 24.04, offering a flexible platform for software development and testing.

The latest NVIDIA Linux driver 560.35.03 solves DVI-HDMI issues and Plasma freezes, enhancing multi-monitor setups & Wayland performance.

Proton VPN's Linux application now supports the WireGuard protocol. This greatly improves Proton VPN speed and security on the Linux platform while also eliminating a major pain point for users.

Google engineer Qais Yousef has posted a set of 16 patches for the "Schedutil" scheduler utilization code within the Linux kernel to better manage system response time.

A critical bug in GitHub Enterprise Server could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a user account with administrator privileges and then wreak havoc on an organization's code repositories.

Discover a step-by-step guide to check your private and public IP addresses, including both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols, using CLI and GUI methods.

Learn how to install Google Chrome on various Linux distributions with this step-by-step tutorial, making the transition seamless and hassle-free.

Milk-V recently unveiled the technical specifications of the Milk-V Megrez, a RISC-V AI PC powered by the ESWIN EIC7700X System-on-Chip. This system supports LPDDR5 memory, features a PCIe x8 connector, and offers a variety of storage options, serving as a versatile platform for advanced computing tasks.