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While NVIDIA doesn't contribute much open-source Linux driver code as it concerns their desktop GPUs (though they have been ramping up documentation), when it comes to Tegra/embedded is where they have contributed improvements and new hardware support to Nouveau and associated driver code in the past several years. NVIDIA's open-source Tegra/embedded contributions come as a result of customer demand/requirements. Their latest work is preparing to finally bring-up the "GV11B" Volta graphics found within last year's Tegra Xavier SoC...

New Linux mining malware uncovered  FXStreet

Augusto Remillano II and Jakub Urbanec recently announced in a Trend Micro post that they have come across new Linux malware. The analysts reported in.

In an interesting change of course, the open-source driver support for AMD Radeon Navi 12 and Navi 14 GPUs is being flagged as experimental and hidden behind a feature flag...

How to configure the time zone on Linux  TechRepublic

Having a correct time zone configured on your Linux data center servers could mean the difference between software running properly or not.

Oracle woos Red Hat users with Autonomous Linux  InfoWorld

Sending a shot across the bow to rival Red Hat, Oracle has introduced Oracle Autonomous Linux, an “autonomous operating system” in the Oracle Cloud that is ...

Based off AMD's GPUOpen HIP as part of their ROCm stack, researchers at Tampere University in Finland have created HIPCL as leveraging HIP as well as POCL for routing CUDA codes to run on any hardware supporting OpenCL+SPIR-V...

Pine64 Teases $25 Linux Smartwatch  LinuxInsider.com

While open source enthusiasts still await the year of the Linux desktop, hardware developer Pine64 is advancing the cause of a $25 Linux-powered smartwatch, ...

Linux Fu: Shell Scripts In C, C++, And Others  Hackaday

At first glance, it might not seem to make sense to write shell scripts in C/C++. After all, the whole point to a shell script is to knock out something quick and dirty.

Linux Kernel 5.3 released: Experimental support for AMD Navi GPU  Tech Lapse

Now that the new Linux Kernel 5.3 has been released, it's time to know what news has been integrated. This new version was announced by Linus Torvalds.

SMARC 2.0 module runs Linux on i.MX8M Mini  LinuxGizmos.com

Congatec's “Conga-SMX8-Mini” SMARC 2.0 module runs Linux on NXP's i.MX8M Mini with up to 4GB LPDDR4 and 128GB eMMC and optional WiFi and -40 to ...

Mozilla announced today they are tightening up the Firefox release cycle even more... Expect to see new Firefox releases monthly...

WeBank will collaborate with global open source community to advance innovative banking with a federated learning framework

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., September 17, 2019 – The Linux Foundation today announced that WeBank is joining at the Gold level. It joins Alibaba, Dell, Facebook, Toyota, Uber and Verizon among other Linux Foundation members at this level.

WeBank is both the first privately-owned bank and the first digital-only bank in China. It was built with technology at its core and is committed to promoting innovative technologies. It recently led the transfer of the FATE (Federated AI Technology Enabler) to the Linux Foundation. FATE is a federated learning framework that fosters collaboration across companies and institutes to perform AI model training and inference in accordance with user privacy, data confidentiality and government regulations.

“WeBank embodies the values and ideals inherent in open source development, things like innovation and collaboration. Its leadership on projects like FATE demonstrate its commitment, and we look forward to its deepening work with Linux Foundation projects and communities,” said Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation.

“WeBank understands the value of collaboration and that no one can innovate alone. The Linux Foundation is able to connect us with a diverse community of open source projects and members around the world,” said Tianjian Chen, Deputy General Manager of AI, WeBank.

As a high-tech full-digital bank built on open source software, WeBank aims to initiate a global banking innovation based on open-source software ecosystem. It will initially contribute to FATE, Linux Foundation AI, Cloud Native Computing Foundation, LF Edge and Confidential Computing Consortium.

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First Digital-Only Bank in China Joins Linux Foundation  Yahoo Finance

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AMD EPYC 7302 / 7402 / 7502 / 7742 Linux Performance Benchmarks Review  Phoronix

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