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LibreChat: Your Free, Private Chat Platform with AI Assistant

Tecmint - Wed, 07/17/2024 - 15:09
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LibreChat is a free, open-source AI chat platform that allows users to interact with multiple AI models through a single

The post LibreChat: Your Free, Private Chat Platform with AI Assistant first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

wlroots 0.18 Brings New Wayland Protocols & Support For GPU Reset Recovery

Phoronix - Wed, 07/17/2024 - 08:29
Wlroots 0.18 recently debuted as the newest version of this Wayland library born out of the Sway compositor project. With wlroots 0.18 is support for new Wayland protocols and other exciting features...

Fedora Will End Up Supporting The NVIDIA Driver With Secure Boot

Phoronix - Wed, 07/17/2024 - 03:37
Installing the NVIDIA proprietary graphics driver stack on Fedora currently doesn't jive with UEFI Secure Boot systems and can lead to the OS being unbootable. As such, the NVIDIA driver option was previously removed from GNOME Software. But as the NVIDIA driver is still widely sought after on Fedora by Linux gamers and those wanting to run CUDA/AI workloads especially, Fedora 41 is now cleared to roll-out NVIDIA driver support with UEFI Secure Boot integration...

AMD Advances Confidential Computing In Linux 6.11 With SEV-SNP + SVSM Guest Support

Phoronix - Wed, 07/17/2024 - 02:50
The AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) changes have been submitted for the recently opened Linux 6.11 merge window. Notable this cycle is getting support in the mainline kernel for SEV-SNP guest support over a Secure VM Service Module (SVSM)...

LLVM Compiler Finally Ends Support For AMD's 3DNow!

Phoronix - Wed, 07/17/2024 - 01:25
The open-source LLVM compiler today dropped support for AMD's long forgotten 3DNow! instructions...

Linux 6.11 Adds ChromeOS EC LED Driver For The Framework Laptops

Phoronix - Wed, 07/17/2024 - 00:09
For those running the popular, modular/upgradeable Framework Laptops, the Linux 6.11 kernel is bringing some nice driver additions for enhancing the support on the recent models...

Intel FFmpeg 2024Q2 Update Enables GPU-Accelerated VVC Decoding

Phoronix - Tue, 07/16/2024 - 22:52
Intel engineers have been busy preparing their open-source Linux software stack for H.266/VVC video decoding that is expected with upcoming Xe2 graphics for Lunar Lake and Battlemage. FFmpeg 2024Q2 is out today with VVC decoding now working on Intel graphics for this widely-used multimedia library...

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