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b4's Review TUI With AI Integration Nearing Pre-Alpha Release  Phoronix

The b4 tool used for managing patch workflows to the Linux kernel has been seeing a lot of work recently on b4 review as the text user interface (TUI) to help expedite the patch review process for the Linux kernel. The b4 review TUI has been integrating AI agent code review helpers powered by the likes of Claude Code too for trying to help enhance the efficiency for Linux kernel patch reviews. That b4 review work is quickly approaching a pre-alpha state...

For the last decade, the story of 5G has been like a body that developed a massive high speed nervous system but lacked the central brain to command it. The telecom industry spent billions on the most sophisticated nervous system the world has ever seen including fiber, towers, and low latency spectrum, only to find out that this powerful system was mostly being used to carry the impulses and commands of others.For years, communication service providers (CSPs) have been the world’s indispensable circulatory system. They own the veins and arteries, but hyperscalers provide the lifeblood, the

Together, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform and Cisco Meraki provide a unified, automated approach to network management. This partnership simplifies edge networking with automated, cloud-based management and extends network automation frameworks to Cisco Meraki devices. Now, with Ansible Automation Platform available through Cisco, this powerful automation foundation delivers tangible benefits for common Meraki use cases.The Power of Automation at Scale with Cisco MerakiCombining Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform with Cisco Meraki offers organizations a unified strategy for network automa

If you aren't currently architecting for AI, you are part of a rapidly dwindling minority. By 2026, the pivot is no longer optional: AI has moved from a peripheral tool to the primary engine for transforming digital businesses, slashing operational complexity and driving revenue growth.The shift to agentic AI and zero-touch operationsThe industry is moving beyond passive chatbots toward agentic AI. While traditional AI provides insights, generative AI makes suggestions, now agentic AI provides action. In a practical telco context, this means autonomous agents capable of navigating complex work

Linux report shows open source giving fivefold returns  CFOtech Asia

Linux Kernel LTS Support Extended for Multiple Releases  Linuxiac

Linux 6.18 LTS / 6.12 LTS / 6.6 LTS Support Periods Extended  Phoronix

Greg Kroah-Hartman today extended the planned maintenance periods of the latest Linux 6.18, Linux 6.12, and Linux 6.6 Long Term Support (LTS) kernel series...

LLVM Clang 22 Compiler Performance Largely Unchanged Over Clang 21 On AMD Zen 5 Review  Phoronix

With yesterday's stable release of the LLVM Clang 22 compiler it didn't take long for Phoronix readers to begin asking about the performance of this half-year feature update to this prominent open-source C/C++ compiler. What I am seeing so far are no big surprises with the performance largely being similar to Clang 21 across various open-source C/C++ workloads in the testing thus far. This initial round of reference benchmark results between LLVM Clang 22, Clang 21, and Clang 20 were done on an AMD EPYC Turin (Zen 5) Linux server.

Linux 6.18 and Several LTS Kernels Are Getting Extended Long-Term Support  9to5Linux

Linux In Scientific Computing And Research Institutions (Adoption Rate)  commandlinux.com

The Linux Foundation reveals the "ugly" secret of how open source is draining your budget  The New Stack

Upgrades from Zorin OS 17 to 18 Are Now Available  Zorin Blog

NVIDIA's New Job Postings Reveal A Big Push To Boost Gaming Performance On Linux  HotHardware

This KDE add-on brought Home Assistant controls to my Linux desktop  How-To Geek

React Moves to the Linux Foundation With Launch of the React Foundation  Linuxiac

Proton VPN releases "quality-of-life" update for iOS users — Mac and Linux VPN apps are next  TechRadar

Mesa 26.0.1 is now available as the first point release of this quarter's Mesa 26.0 series. Besides the usual bug fixing, Mesa 26.0.1 is more pressing than usual since it contains a security fix for possible out-of-bounds memory access in WebGPU contexts from web browsers...