4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1054+ words) Seeing all the hype surrounding AI in the Linux ecosystem, you might've asked yourself, What makes a Linux distro "AI-focused"? If you go looking for an answer, you will get all kinds of results depending on which project you look…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (494+ words) Ikey Doherty is out of retirement, and Omarchy's funding is why. Omarchy's Omacom Foundation has already crossed $13 million in pledges since its August launch, when eight tech executives, including Michael Dell, put in a million each. The run has drawn…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1463+ words) Most Linux users benefit from GNU Readline without realizing it. It is the library responsible for Bash's interactive command-line editing, providing familiar features like cursor movement, command history, and basic tab completion. While Readline is highly configurable, Readline's completion remains…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (722+ words) If the past few weeks are any indication, more and more open source projects are drawing lines around how much AI they will let into their workflow and codebases before it's too much. Debian just voted to allow generative AI…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (586+ words) Canonical has committed funding to a three-year PhD project focused on building a system that can automatically translate large C codebases into Rust. And they are not alone; UK Research and Innovation is matching their funding for the project, which…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (903+ words) Even Linus Torvalds is fine with AI being used in Linux kernel development these days, and it's everywhere else in the Linux and tech world too. The time has come to stop ignoring AI and start using it as a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (953+ words) Atomic distros work differently from the Fedora or Ubuntu install you're probably used to. Instead of layering individual packages on top of each other, the entire base system ships as one image, and updates land as a whole swap rather…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (439+ words) Xen is a hypervisor that runs on various kinds of hardware, where a crash can have massive consequences. It is deployed in fields like automotive, industrial automation, robotics, and avionics. These are all safety-critical fields where certification matters. So far,…...