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Version 1.6 of libopus as the library for the open-source Opus audio codec is now available. Opus 1.6 brings new machine learning "ML" based features in building atop the machine learning features initially added to Opus 1.5...

The open source AI ecosystem has matured quickly, and many developers start by using tools such as Ollama or LM Studio to run large language models (LLMs) on their laptops. This works well for quickly testing out a model and prototyping, but things become complicated when you need to manage dependencies, support different accelerators, or move workloads to Kubernetes.Thankfully, just as containers solved development problems like portability and environment isolation for applications, the same applies to AI models too! RamaLama is an open source project that makes running AI models in containe

This series takes a look at the people and planning that went into building and releasing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. From the earliest conceptual stages to the launch at Red Hat Summit 2025, we’ll hear firsthand accounts of how RHEL 10 came into being.Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3In our previous installment of the story of how Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10 came to be, we got insights into the testing process and how the headline features (and the stories around those features) started coming together. In part 4, those stories come into clearer focus as the team works to put the finishing t

In today's modern technological world, IT infrastructure must deliver uncompromising speed and reliability to meet the critical demands of the business. Centralized automated platforms, such as Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, are essential for managing critical IT infrastructure. These platforms streamline operations and increase efficiency by standardizing and scaling automation across the entire organization, transforming complex, repetitive tasks into a governed, security-focused, and repeatable enterprise strategy.The platform’s fundamental value lies in its resilience. For mission-

Scott and I talk to a lot of customers, and one theme that comes up over and over is that it’s difficult to plan for future releases of Linux. Sometimes, support drops for a feature or capability on which they rely. Other times, it’s that they can’t wait for a new feature, bug fix, and so on. Planning for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with its built-in digital roadmap, powered by Red Hat Lightspeed, is changing that. Product managers within RHEL now communicate directly with you about upcoming changes in the code base. This gives you more time to plan for changes, as well as clearer in

Newer Lenovo ThinkPads are adding the ability to detect and report varying degrees of hardware damage. The Lenovo ThinkPad ACPI driver for Linux is being adapted for being able to communicate said hardware damage to user-space Linux software...

Linux Exposing Support For Lenovo ThinkPads Being Able To Detect Hardware Damage  Phoronix

One of the exciting Intel innovations to the Linux kernel this year has been around the Cache Aware Scheduling for helping to deliver better performance on modern CPUs with multiple last level caches. The kernel patches have yet to be upstreamed but testing has shown to be quite promising for grouping tasks sharing data to the same LLC domain to help reduce cache misses and cache bouncing. Those wishing to learn more about Cache Aware Scheduling, there was a presentation on it last week by Intel engineers Tim Chen and Chen Yu at the Linux Plumbers Conference 2025 in Tokyo...

Intel's Cache Aware Scheduling Presentation At LPC 2025  Phoronix

I've tried nearly every Linux package manager - these remain my favorite  ZDNET

As part of my various year-end comparison benchmarking, I recently ran some tests looking at how the Radeon RX 9000 series RDNA 4 performance has evolved since its debut near the beginning of the year. The Vulkan ray-tracing performance in particular was standing out this year as having evolved quite nicely while for conventional OpenGL and Vulkan performance the performance has been largely stable this year with its great at-launch support.

These 6 Linux apps let you monitor system resources in style  How-To Geek

Mozilla Corporation has named its new CEO in replacing interim CEO Laura Chambers...

Vampire Crawlers from the Vampire Survivors dev gets a fun new trailer  GamingOnLinux

How we reduced Linux boot time on iMX93 to 1.8s  Hackster.io

There's no such thing as a beginner Linux distro (and there never will be)  How-To Geek

7 Reasons Windows Subsystem for Linux Works For Me  How-To Geek

Last year Red Hat acquired Neural Magic as part of their AI acquisitions and to bolster the open-source AI ecosystem. Today they announced another AI acquisition...

Emmabuntüs Debian Edition 6 Is Now Available Based on Debian 13 “Trixie”  9to5Linux

The 5 best Linux apps for students  How-To Geek