Month November 2023
Canonical hosted an amusingly failure-filled demo of its new easy-to-install, Ubuntu-powered tool for building small-to-medium scale, on-premises high-availability clusters, Microcloud, at an event in London yesterday. From a report: The intro to the talk leaned heavily on Canonical’s looming 20th… Continue Reading →
Calibre developer Kovid Goyal announced today the release and general availability of Calibre 7.0 as the latest stable version and a major update to this powerful, free, open-source, and cross-platform e-book management software. The post Calibre 7.0 E-Book Manager Introduces… Continue Reading →
In another unexpected turn of events, the latest Linux 6.6 kernel series has been officially marked as LTS (Long Term Support) on the kernel.org website, with a predicted life expectancy of at least three years. The post It’s Official: Linux… Continue Reading →
Amazon will eliminate several hundred roles in its Alexa division as part of a broader shift in priorities and a focus on developing new forms of artificial intelligence, according to an internal memo sent to employees Friday morning. From a… Continue Reading →
HandBrake 1.7 has been released today as a major update to this open-source, free, and cross-platform video transcoder application for GNU/Linux, macOS, and Windows systems. The post HandBrake 1.7 Released With AMD VCN AV1 & NVIDIA NVENC AV1 Encoders appeared… Continue Reading →
Wireshark, the popular network protocol analyzer, has reached version 4.2.0. This is the first major Wireshark release under the Wireshark Foundation, a nonprofit that hosts Wireshark and promotes protocol analysis education. The post Wireshark 4.2.0 Released, Open-Source Packet Analysis Gets… Continue Reading →
In an age dominated by digital information and the rapid growth of technology, the role of a law librarian has undergone a significant transformation. Traditionally, the image of a librarian was synonymous with rows of shelves full of materials around… Continue Reading →
Enlarge (credit: Google / Ron Amadeo) Google News is known to most people as a big pile of web links, but it actually hosts magazines, too. Before the days of the Internet, a “magazine” was a big bundle of paper… Continue Reading →
Linux kernel 6.6 was released at the end of October 2023 and it introduces new features like Intel Shadow Stack support, a new task scheduler called EEVDF, improved support for Lenovo IdeaPad, HP, and ASUS devices, USB MIDI 2 gadget… Continue Reading →
If you are ready to learn more about Generative AI while having fun and building cool stuff, check out PartyRock.aws . You can experiment, learn all about prompt engineering, build mini-apps, and share them with your friends — all without… Continue Reading →