Kora Wants to Make Linux the Home of Local AI on Your Desktop

Kora, a Linux desktop OS from Cyanogen cofounder Kirt McMaster, puts local AI models and autonomous agents at the center of everyday computing.

Linux creator Linus Torvalds says AI-generated fixes drove much of kernel 7.4-rc2, while BPF maintainers may be resolving AI-found bugs faster than new reports.

Microsoft’s Project Zenith turns Windows into a clutter-free, ready-to-code environment for AI developers on monster rigs packing 64GB unified memory and beyond.

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, has unexpectedly parted ways with Till Kamppeter, the renowned architect of the OpenPrinting subsystem. Kamppeter’s layoff ends a 19-year run during which he became one of the most influential figures in Linux printing infrastructure, prompting wide reactions across the global open source community. Industry Veteran Cut Amid Changing Evaluation…

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IBM unveiled the architecture details for the upcoming IBM Telum® II Processor and IBM Spyre™ Accelerator at Hot Chips 2024.

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macOS Sonoma is now available as a free software update, providing a wide range of new features for the Mac that enhance productivity and entertainment. With macOS Sonoma, desktop widgets offer a fresh way to customize the Mac and increase efficiency, while impressive new screen savers, significant improvements to video conferencing and Safari, and enhanced…

Microsoft rolled out patches for a whopping 129 vulnerabilities in June’s Patch Tuesday. It marked the 4th month in a row that MS released patches for more than 110 CVEs. MS has already patched 616 CVEs – and it’s only June!

Gotta give props to Microsoft – they did well with Windows 10 both in terms of the design and implementation of the OS and especially the unique rollout via Windows update. I’s obvious that Win10 is going to be a spectacular OS in the future. Why are my comments so forward looking? Because Windows 10,…

After three decades of life, Unix’s X Window display server is showing its age and Ubuntu Linux creators have decided enough is enough. In order to power the Unity user interface in Ubuntu on tablets and phones, Canonical says that the 1980’s-era X Windows display server has to go and in its place we will…

PC World posted a list of five ways Windows 8 beats iOS and it is a pretty interesting eye-opener. The article was written by a long-term iPad user who has since moved to Windows 8 and lists not only features present in Windows 8 (and lacking in iOS) but discusses design considerations and why the…