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October 10, 2026
by sjvn01
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openKylin: The AI Agent Linux Desktop

Some Linux distros are steering clear of AI. China’s openKylin embraces AI.

Prague — Many Linux distros such as Gentoo, Void Linux, and System76’s COSMIC desktop hate AI. Linus Torvalds, on the other hand, said at Open Source Summit Europe, “I actually really like using AI.” Then, there’s China’s openKylin community-developedRead More

October 8, 2026
by sjvn01
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Docsy for AI Agents, Oh, and People Too

Google’s Docsy is joining the Linux Foundation as AI agents become documentation readers. Prague — When I grew up in programming, if you didn’t understand something in the code or operating system, you were told to Read The Fine (Ah, yeah, fine) Manual (RTFM). Of course, back then we actually had manuals and documentation. Since […]Read More

October 6, 2026
by sjvn01
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Valkey 9.2 Targets Memory Overhead With AI Used to Improve Its Code

Some open-source projects are hesitant to talk about how they use AI to improve their code. Not Valkey. Its developers are proud AI users. 

Prague — Valkey, in case you don’t know, is an open-source, high-performance, in-memory key-value data store used as a database, cache, message broker,Read More