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As AI workloads move from experimental prototypes into production environments, enterprises face a familiar challenge—how do you protect, manage, and govern these new components with the same rigor you apply to traditional software applications? A key piece of the puzzle lies in something your organization likely already uses extensively—containers, specifically Open Container Initiative (OCI) containers.What is the Open Container Initiative?The Open Container Initiative defines open specifications for image formats, container runtimes, and distribution, helping organizations avoid vendor

In the first part of this series, we discussed the messy and challenging work of fixing our foundation—standardizing on Red Hat OpenShift and cleaning up years of fragmented data. With that foundation in place, we faced a new challenge: how to integrate AI into how Red Hatters work without creating new internal barriers or security risks.Moving from policy to participationWhen gen AI first arrived, we made a mistake common to many enterprises: we led with a policy of "no." Our first move was to release a dense legal document so restrictive that it inadvertently discouraged people from explor

There are a lot of choices when it comes to container base images, so why should you select Red Hat Universal Base Image (UBI)? First of all, the code in Red Hat Universal Base Image is derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and the mission of RHEL is to be your source for safe and reliable Linux innovation that makes your workloads successful. Because all containers are Linux, and UBI is derived from RHEL, the same values apply to UBI, including:Innovate: Organizations are constantly looking to innovate quickly without friction and provide consistency from the data center to the edge b

Archinstall 4.0 is out today and just in time for the April 1 monthly refresh to the Arch Linux installer. With Archinstall 4.0, this Arch Linux OS installer is now using the Textual TUI library rather than the Curses library...

Archinstall 4.0 Released For Improved Arch Linux Installer Using Textual UI  Phoronix

Archinstall 4.0 Introduces New Textual TUI for Arch Linux Installer  Linuxiac

Archinstall 4.0 Arch Linux Installer Released with New Textual UI  9to5linux.com

Debian-Based Elive Linux Distro Is Back with First Stable Release in Seven Years  9to5linux.com

No internet? This 'survival computer' has everything you need offline - including AI  ZDNET

For those wanting to make use of Linux GPU compute software under Windows 11 by way of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2), AMD's ROCDXG "librocdxg" library is now deemed production-ready for delivering open-source ROCm compatibility with WSL...

AMD Improves GPU Support Under WSL With Production Open-Source ROCDXG  Phoronix

AMD Sends Out Linux Patches For Their Next-Gen AIE4 NPU  Phoronix

Hitting the mailing list today are patches providing initial support for AMD's next-gen NPU "AIE4" platform, complete with SR-IOV support...

8 Essential Linux Security Best Practices  wiz.io

While having the new System76 Thelio Mira in the lab I ran some benchmarks of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS vs. 26.04 development on that AMD Ryzen 9000 series powered desktop. Those results were interesting for how the Ubuntu performance has changed over the past two years, but even if drilling down to just the past six months there have been some nice gains on the AMD Zen 5 desktop. In this article is a look at how Ubuntu 26.04 in its near-final state is performing relative to Ubuntu 25.10 with this Ryzen 9 9950X desktop.

Ubuntu 26.04 Showing Nice Gains Over Ubuntu 25.10 On AMD Ryzen 9000 Series  Phoronix

Ubuntu 26.04 Showing Nice Gains Over Ubuntu 25.10 On AMD Ryzen 9000 Series  Phoronix

Coreboot 26.03 Open-Source Firmware Adds Full Support for Intel PantherLake SoCs  9to5Linux

I installed one Linux app I'd never heard of and it replaced three tools  MakeUseOf

Coreboot 26.03 was christened today as the newest quarterly feature release for this open-source system firmware implementation that strives to replace proprietary BIOS/firmware. Most notable with Coreboot 26.03 is full support for Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Panther Lake SoCs...