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You might have seen it done with Linux, or even FreeBSD — now roll your own read-only filesystem in NetBSD.

With this past weekend's release of Linux 6.11-rc7, the kernel changes for the week were larger than prior RCs and Torvalds was a bit hesitant on releasing v6.11 this coming Sunday due to the upcoming that takes place next week in Vienna, Austria.

A network interface is a software or hardware component that enables a Linux system to connect to a network. This connection allows your device to communicate with other devices over a network, whether it’s a local area network (LAN) or the broader internet.

Juno Computers have announced their latest Linux tablet, the Juno Tab 3, and it’s available to buy preloaded with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Which is great.

As is the case with many Linux users, I’ve spent time installing and using many different distributions over the years, but I still keep coming back to Fedora Workstation. Why? Because it’s simple, up-to-date, and it just works.

The X7433RE-IM-A is a 3.5” industrial single board computer designed for industrial applications, featuring the Intel Amston Lake System-on-Chip. It integrates Intel Deep Learning Boost and Advanced Vector Extensions 2 to enhance AI inference and accelerate workloads at the edge, specifically targeting IoT applications.

Minecraft is closing in on 15 years now, and so Mojang have given an update on where things stand and what their plans are for future development.

AI models for creating 3D game environments. Sounds exciting! Artificial intelligence has spread to many aspects of our daily lives; you have most likely interacted with an AI-powered product or service by now.

WonderCMS is a free and open-source CMS that uses text files as a database. It's also called a flat CMS, written in PHP, and doesn't require RDBMS like MySQL/MariaDB or PostgreSQL.

As part of the ongoing AmpereOne testing at Phoronix with the 192-core AmpereOne A192-32X flagship processor, I've been working on several different Linux distribution benchmarks with this Supermicro AmpereOne server.

Cloud computing has transformed the way businesses and individuals store, manage, and process data. At its core, cloud computing refers to the on-demand availability of computing resources—such as storage, processing power, and applications—over the internet, eliminating the need for local infrastructure.

AlmaLinux to further distinguish itself from other RHEL-based Linux distributions has announced a Certification Special Interest Group (SIG) and out of that is coming a AlmaLinux Hardware Certification Program.

Azure Linux is Microsoft's take on the open source operating system. It is primarily used for internal purposes, but could it become (yet another) distribution option? Directions on Microsoft analyst Mary Jo Foley suggests the distribution, tuned to be lightweight and secure, has the potential to reach a wider audience.

The MINIX U8K-ULTRA 8K UHD AI Media Hub Powered by Android is designed for video processing and high-resolution streaming. It is powered by the Amlogic S928X-K processor, supporting various video formats including AV1, VP9, H.265-10, AVS3, and AVS2.

Redox OS 0.9 has been released today as a big update to this from-scratch Rust-written open-source operating system.

The kind of thing the big names should be doing instead of working with proprietary vendors. OneFileLinux is a very different sort of distro that runs entirely from your UEFI system partition, without a bootable USB key or any other partitions on the disk.

With the Supermicro ARS-211M-NR R13SPD server that's in the lab for a few weeks for reviewing the AmpereOne A192-32X and delivering the first independent benchmarks of the AmpereOne 192-core AArch64 server processor, the AmpereOne benchmarks to date have been comparing to other Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC server platforms.

Teledatics’ HaloMax, recently featured on CrowdSupply, is a long-range wireless module designed for applications like smart agriculture, industrial control, and HAM radio.

The Rusting of Linux proceeds apace. Of course there are problems, some technical, some very human. Last week saw one of the leading Rusties sign off from the project, quoting "non-technical" barriers to progress. That'll be people, then.

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