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Ubuntu Making Progress On Replacing initramfs-tools With Dracut

Phoronix - Fri, 02/14/2025 - 20:00
As a follow-up to the news from last October of Ubuntu considering Dracut to replace initramfs-tools for initrd generation, that work remains ongoing with some improvements since having been prepared for the upcoming Ubuntu 25.04 release but it remains overall an active affair...

GNOME Software May Eventually Drop RPM Support In Favor Of Flatpaks

Phoronix - Fri, 02/14/2025 - 19:37
Stemming from the ongoing discussion around the issues raised with Fedora's Flatpak package of OBS Studio and how Flatpaks should be prioritized within the GNOME Software app center/store, the future of RPM support within GNOME Software raised...

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Phoronix - Fri, 02/14/2025 - 19:30
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Vulkan 1.4.308 Brings NVIDIA's Provisional Present Metering Extension

Phoronix - Fri, 02/14/2025 - 19:14
Vulkan 1.4.308 was quietly released last week and besides a few fixes what makes it interesting is the provisional VK_NV_present_metering extension...

Valkey 8.1-rc1 Delivers Fresh Performance Improvements

Phoronix - Fri, 02/14/2025 - 19:05
Valkey as the open-source in-memory store forked from Redis is preparing for its next feature release...

How to Set Up ProtonVPN on Debian 12

Tecmint - Fri, 02/14/2025 - 17:38
The post How to Set Up ProtonVPN on Debian 12 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

If you’re a Linux enthusiast or a seasoned sysadmin, you already know the importance of online privacy and security. A

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How to Install TensorFlow on Ubuntu 24.04

Tecmint - Fri, 02/14/2025 - 14:32
The post How to Install TensorFlow on Ubuntu 24.04 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

TensorFlow is a powerful open-source library developed by Google for machine learning and deep learning tasks, which is widely used

The post How to Install TensorFlow on Ubuntu 24.04 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

TrueNAS 25.04 "Fangtooth" Beta Unifies Linux SCALE & FreeBSD CORE Efforts

Phoronix - Fri, 02/14/2025 - 13:00
TrueNAS 25.04 beta was released on Thursday as another step toward unifying the TrueNAS CORE OS derived from FreeBSD and the Linux-based TrueNAS SCALE...

OBS Studio Raises Issues With Fedora's Flatpak Package

Phoronix - Fri, 02/14/2025 - 09:39
The OBS Studio open-source screencasting and streaming app has called out Fedora's poor Flatpak packaging of the application and is threatening as going as far as legal action if it isn't addressed...

Zed Editor Introduces Open-Source "Zeta" Edit Prediction Model

Phoronix - Fri, 02/14/2025 - 04:58
The Zed code editor for macOS and Linux systems has proven to be quite popular for this Rust-based editor started by the creators of the Atom editor. Their latest feature being introduced is Zeta as an open-source edit prediction model to further enhance this code editor with AI capabilities...

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