Category: Linux Updates

Besides having access to Llama, Meta also shared its weights. The other major LLMs haven’t. With weights, the parameters learned by a model during training, it’s much easier to create

When Red Hat announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux’s (RHEL) source code would no longer be easily available, it rocked the world of RHEL clones such as AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux,

By StatCounter’s reckoning, the Linux desktop has made it over 3% market share.  sjvn/StatCounter Now, that’s not bad, but it’s not good either. In comparison, StatCounter has Windows at 68.15%,

As of June 21, IBM no longer publicly releases RHEL source code — in short, the gloves are off, and the fight’s on. But this is also just the latest

That may not sound like much to you, but those were fighting words to many open-source and Linux distributors. According to Linux’s fundamental license, the GPLv2, no restrictions can be

Getty Images/damircudic “Will you still need me? Will you still feed me? When I’m sixty-four.” OK, so we can be certain that John Lennon and Paul McCartney weren’t thinking about

The problem now facing RHEL clone distributors is that they can no longer easily create RHEL-compatible operating systems.   urbazon/Getty Images It all began with an unassuming blog post, “Furthering

marian/Getty Images It wasn’t that long ago that the idea of using AI for development was science fiction. Then, along came GitHub Copilot, Microsoft’s AI pair-programming service, in the summer

Getty Images/10’000 Hours Canonical has decided to try a new approach to the Linux desktop with next year’s Long-Term Support (LTS) Ubuntu Linux 24.04 release. This new release will use

Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Bluesky Social, the popular new beta social network, is taking a big open-source step forward. On May 15th, 2023, it open-sourced the codebase

Getty Images/pixdeluxe There might be lots of news stories about job losses in tech right now but research suggests there are still plenty of openings in open source and Linux

Shutterstock If you want a business-ready version of Linux, chances are Red Hat‘s latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.2 or the forthcoming RHEL 8.8 is likely on your shortlist. 

Image: Getty Images/SimonSkafar The latest Linux kernel is out with a slew of new features — and, for once, this release has been nice and easy. As Linux creator Linus

Canonical Ubuntu 23.04, Lunar Lobster. Image: sjvn/ZDNET Canonical has officially released Ubuntu 23.04, codenamed Lunar Lobster, which is the latest version of its Linux distribution and it boasts improvements for

Morsa Images/Getty Images I’ve used one Linux desktop or the other for decades now. But, I’m a Unix and Linux expert. For most people who just want a desktop and