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AI tools are transforming how system administrators and developers manage their infrastructure, but when using generic AI assistants to troubleshoot Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems, the advice can sometimes lack distribution-specific context. An AI tool might assume a different Linux environment, suggest commands from other distributions that do not apply to RHEL, or recommend disabling critical security controls to resolve a permissions issue.To help bridge this gap, we are introducing 2 new integrations, currently in developer preview, designed to bring Red Hat knowledge directly in

The Linux Foundation along with others like Amazon, Anthropic, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Red Hat, and others have joined forces to launch Akrites. The Akrites project is aiming to help defend critical open-source software from the brisk pace of new AI/LLM-discovered software bugs and vulnerabilities in ensuring that said issues are effectively addressed before they can be exploited by bad actors...

DXVK 3.0 Released with New Shader Compiler and Vulkan 1.4 Requirement  Linuxiac

Philip Rebohle announced the release today of DXVK 3.0 as the latest major feature release for this Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 implementation atop the Vulkan API for use by Wine and Valve's Steam Play (Proton)...

DXVK 3.0 Released With DXBC-SPIRV For Shader Compilation, Descriptor Heaps By Default  Phoronix

Linux Foundation launches Akrites to fix open source flaws  SecurityBrief New Zealand

DXVK 3.0 Released with Shader Compilation and D3D9 Improvements  9to5Linux

Purism’s Librem 16 Brings Linux Privacy Hardware at a Premium Price  Linuxiac

Linux Foundation and Industry Leaders Launch Akrites to Defend Critical Open Source Software Against AI-Enabled Cyber Threats  PR Newswire

Linux Foundation and Industry Leaders Launch Akrites to Defend Critical Open Source Software Against AI-Enabled Cyber Threats  SD Times

Linux Foundation and Industry Leaders Launch Akrites to Defend Critical Open Source Software Against AI-Enabled Cyber Threats  Linux Foundation

COSMIC's first big update in six months continues stripping GNOME out of the OS  XDA

Flipper One Takes Hardware Hacking Into Uncharted Waters  TechNewsWorld

The Academy Software Foundation that advances open-source efforts for the VFX/cinema industry and more with the likes of OpenVDB, OpenMoonRay, Open Shading Language, and other projects, has announced the formation of a new working group to help with Wayland adoption for artists...

Academy Software Foundation Announces The "Wayland For Artists Working Group"  Phoronix

Purism Announces Librem 16 as World’s Most Private and Secure Linux Laptop  9to5Linux

This entire operating system fits in 12 MB, and yes, it boots faster than Windows  MakeUseOf

Windows Secure Boot Certificate Expired — Billions of PCs Affected Including Linux Distros  CyberSecurityNews

A workaround for AMD's limitations to run FSR 4.1.1 on Linux has been published.  GameGPU

Updated Raspberry Pi OS With Linux 6.18 LTS Delivers Some Performance Benefits  Phoronix