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Mark writes about how open source AI is the path forward. Of course, half of this is corporate talk and an inverse strategy to face their competitors, but it's good to see a billionaire at least doing a favor to the open source world. https://about.fb.com/news/2024/07/open-source-ai-is-the-path-forward/

This is a historical post documenting the Linux desktops that appeared after the GNOME 3 debacle a decade ago. It is important for interested people to understand what happened in the past so that they can form a clear view on how the current Linux desktop ecosystem took shape, and why we have 1341 desktops. https://outpost.fosspost.org/d/56-list-of-desktops-that-were-forked-from-gnome-and-similar

It was fun while it lasted and we had a good laugh. 😏 But truth be said, even Linux wouldn't have helped in preventing the CrowdStrike catastrophe, and it has actually happened with it in the past (from the same company!). Drive into details: 🔽 https://fosspost.org/would-linux-have-helped-to-avoid-crowdstrike-catastrophe

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An issue in Microsoft Windows has caused disruptions in IT infrastructure around the world. The synchronization of these reports suggests that something central at Microsoft broke. Meanwhile Linux-driven institutions are just having a normal day. 😏 https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cnk4jdwp49et

NVIDIA has announced a set of updates about open-sourcing its Linux kernel graphics drivers. Worthy to check them out if you own a NVIDIA card: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-transitions-fully-towards-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules/

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Blender 4.2 LTS has been released. https://developer.blender.org/docs/release_notes/4.2/

In an incredible move, Switzerland has enacted a law obligating public sector bodies to provide the source code of any software developed for or by them under an open source license. https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/new-open-source-law-switzerland Open source is taking over the world. 😎

Linux kernel 6.10 has been released, and you check the new changes from Kernel Newbies: https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_6.10

When you suffer trying to install Arch for the first time but end up doing it at the end. 😂

System76 talk about their updates so far on the COSMIC desktop environment: https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-july-2024 They are getting closer to the first alpha release.