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OpenBLAS 0.3.32 is now available for this optimized open-source Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms "BLAS" library. Notable with the OpenBLAS 0.3.32 release is improving CPU auto-detection for newer Intel processors...
Back in February AMD engineers introduced a new GFX1170 GPU target in LLVM for their AMDGPU shader compiler and was marked with new "RDNA 4m" branding. It's part of the GFX11 family associated with RDNA3 but carrying this new "4m" branding. In follow-up commits they made further ISA changes distinguishing it from existing RDNA 3 GPUs. Now there are two more RDNA 4m targets being added...
KubeCon Europe is running this week in Amsterdam and NVIDIA used the event to talk up their open-source work around AI and newest open-source contributions...
The Firefox 149 update is now rolling out to users, adding a new split view feature, a free built-in VPN and a welcome Linux-specific change. Split View in Firefox lets you view two web pages side-by-side inside a single browser window, which is a cleaner approach than how you might have been doing this previously, i.e., snapping two separate browser windows against each other. With Split View (versus the old method) all your tabs stay together, there’s no duplicated window chrome eating up screen space and closing or rearranging the split won’t disturb the rest of your browsing session (no […]
No badge, no problem: from whurley’s keynotes to deep‑dive engineer sessions, much of All Things AI's lineup is streaming live for anyone who wants in. The post Sold Out ‘All Things AI’ Is Livestreaming So Everybody Who Wanted to Go Can Still Be There appeared first on FOSS Force.
The feature has already been merged into LibreOffice 26.8's development builds.
The project removes the birthDate field systemd added last week in response to age verification laws.
The GTK 4.0 toolkit released in December 2020 while the GTK3 toolkit has continued to be maintained given a lot of software still relying on that older version. GTK 3.24.52 was released yesterday and with this version it's now shifting its release cadence to just one new update per year...
DietPi, the Raspberry Pi OS alternative, now has Immich as an optional package.
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DietPi 10.2 adds Immich, Immich Machine Learning, uv, and RustDesk Client, alongside tool improvements, configuration updates, and multiple bug fixes.
Following today's article exploring the performance benefits of Intel Flexible Return and Event Delivery "FRED" with Panther Lake and also pointing out the rather obscure nature of FRED being disabled-by-default, an Intel Linux kernel engineer posted a patch to now enable FRED by default for better performance...
At Amsterdam's SecurityCon Europe, the Linux Foundation's OpenSSF adds new members and showcases progress on SLSA, Gemara, and AI security. The post OpenSSF Welcomes New Members as SLSA, Gemara, and AI Security Efforts Mature appeared first on FOSS Force.
Qt 6.11 introduces the Qt Canvas Painter for 2D rendering, the Task Tree module, and enhancements to graphs and 3D rendering.
A fun Linux crossword puzzle featuring systemd ctl commands like systemctl and journalctl. Perfect for testing and improving your Linux skills.
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