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The much anticipated ROCm 6.1 has now been released! ROCm 6.1 is heavy on new features as well as expanding official operating system coverage to include the latest Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS point release...

ROCm 6.1 Released With Ubuntu 22.04.4 Support, rocDecode For AMD Video Decode  Phoronix

Linux Foundation Promotes Open Source RAG with OPEA Launch  Datanami

Linus Torvalds reiterates his tabs-versus-spaces stance with a kernel trap  Ars Technica

The Linux Foundation along with industry stakeholders like Intel, Red Hat, Hugging Face, MariaDB, Cloudera, and others have launched the Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA) as a new enterprise AI collaborative effort...

VirtualBox 7.0.16 Released with Initial Support for Linux 6.8 and 6.9 Kernels  9to5Linux

Linux Foundation Launches Margo to Deliver Long-Awaited Edge Interoperability  Datanami

Gentoo Linux tells AI-generated code contributions to fork off  The Register

Torvalds intentionally complicates his use of indentation in kconfig  The Register

Introducing UEK-next, Oracle's continuous integration Linux kernel release  Oracle

For those wondering about the OpenZFS root file-system support for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, it's in-place with the Ubuntu desktop installer. Not only is it still there but now there's also the ability to easily setup Ubuntu atop an OpenZFS encrypted root file-system...

Upskilling, Cross-skilling & Certifications are Critical to Tech Staffing Challenges  PR Newswire

After a failed Linux backdoor attempt grabs headlines, open-source leaders warn of more attacks  Fortune

What the History of Linux Says About the Long Road to Decentralized Storage Adoption  CoinDesk

Ubuntu 24.04 Supports Easy Installation Of OpenZFS Root File-System With Encryption  Phoronix

XZ Utils might not have been the only sabotage target, open-source foundations warn  ZDNet

Calamares 3.3.6 Linux Installer Improves Support for Plymouth Splash Screens  9to5Linux

Last month the Linux Foundation along with industry stakeholders such as AWS, Google Cloud, Snap, Oracle, and others formed Valkey as an open-source Redis fork following Redis moving to Redis Source Available License v2 and SSPL v1 licensing. Today they've released Valkey 7.2.5 as the first stable release for this open-source Redis fork...

It's been three weeks since the Plasma 6.0.3 point release while today KDE has shipped Plasma 6.0.4 as its April bug-fix release...

How to Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf