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Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) gave AI a memory. Agents give it a job description. This captures where enterprise AI is today—the first wave focused on helping models say the right thing, but the next wave is about helping systems do the right thing.Generative AI (gen AI) has moved quickly from experimentation with large language models (LLMs) to a race to operationalize AI at enterprise scale. For many organizations, RAG was the first practical step, grounding model outputs in enterprise data and making gen AI usable in real business contexts. But enterprises don't run on answers, the

Following last month's GIMP 3.2 feature release that was followed by the GIMP 3.2.2 point release at the end of March, out now is GIMP 3.2.4 to ship more fixes to users of this open-source alternative to Adobe Photoshop and other imaging applications...

GIMP 3.2.4 Released With A Fix For Its XCF Code That Has Existed Since 1999  Phoronix

GIMP 3.2.4 Improves Text and Crop Tools, PDF Export, PSD Import, and More  9to5Linux

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 16, 2026 (Apr 13 – 19)  Linuxiac

Sruthi Chandran has been elected the new Debian Project Leader "DPL" after running unopposed in this year's elections...

A fix today for GNOME Shell's screen casting/recording service was merged after it was reported that H.264 recordings using the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) are around 18x larger than they should be like when using the VP8 software fallback...

I didn’t buy a Raspberry Pi or mini PC — I used this instead for my home server  MakeUseOf

I used a simple Linux command to watch what apps do to my files in real time  MakeUseOf

The PCI subsystem updates were merged this week for the Linux 7.1 kernel with a wide assortment of PCI(e) changes from new to old hardware...

Linux 7.1 Adds Some New PCIe Drivers While Nuking Some PCI Drivers  Phoronix

I own 3 PC gaming handhelds, and this is the one I barely use  MakeUseOf

M5Stack previews CardputerZero handheld Raspberry Pi CM0 system  LinuxGizmos.com

This simple CachyOS feature lets me use Windows without dual-booting  How-To Geek

Denuvo protection blocks access to Pragmata on Linux and Steam Deck.  GameGPU

Is OpenClaw the Linux Moment for AI?  HackerNoon

Linux has a built-in crash recovery trick, and more people should use it  MakeUseOf

Timur Kristóf of Valve's Linux graphics driver team is the one that worked on improving the old AMD Radeon GCN 1.0/1.1 graphics card support by making AMDGPU driver improvements so it could become the default for these Southern Islands and Sea Islands GPUs rather than the legacy Radeon kernel driver. That meant better performance, RADV Vulkan support out-of-the-box, and other benefits. More recently he finished AMDGPU improvements for Kaveri and other GCN 1.1 era APUs. Now Timur's out with some more fixes for helping select GCN 1.0 hardware...

Valve Developer Further Improves Old AMD GPUs: HD 7870 XT Finally Working On Linux  Phoronix

The sound subsystem changes were merged this week for Linux 7.1 that include some new hardware support and other useful additions...