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September 6, 2024
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Red Hat unleashes Enterprise Linux AI – and it’s truly useful

Red Hat has officially launched Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) AI into general availability. This isn’t just another product release; it’s a truly useful AI approach that RHEL administrators and programmers will find exceptionally helpful. RHEL AI…Read More

September 5, 2024
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How to watch NFL games live in 2024

Are you ready for some football? The season kicks off today, Sept. 5, in Kansas City with the Chiefs hosting the Baltimore Ravens, and will close on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9, when my Pittsburgh Steelers will take on… Hey, … Continue reading →

September 3, 2024
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What’s Behind Elastic’s Unexpected Return to Open Source?

Excuse me? Three years after Elastic dumped Elasticsearch’s open source Apache license for a semi-proprietary Server Side Public License, Elastic is returning to open source. Mea culpa. I follow open source corporate policies closely, and I didn’t…Read More

August 26, 2024
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Valkey Is a Different Kind of Fork

At Open Source Summit China this week, it was made crystal clear that the Valkey open source data store has a bright future ahead. Hong Kong: Dirk Hohndel, a Linux kernel developer and long-time open source leader, wanted his audience … Continue reading →

August 23, 2024
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Linus Torvalds talks AI, Rust adoption, and why the Linux kernel is ‘the only thing that matters’

Hong Kong: At The Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit China conference, Linus Torvalds and his buddy Dirk Hohndel, Verizon’s Head of the Open Source Program Office, once more chatted about Linux development and related issues to the delight of…Read More