Back in April at Google Cloud Next was the introduction of the new C4D family of VMs powered by AMD EPYC 9005 “Turin” processors. Back on launch day I looked at the C3D vs. C4D performance at some of the smaller, more common VM sizes. In today’s article is a look at the top-end performance of the C4D family with 384 vCPUs. For those wondering about the compute potential of the c4d-standard-384, here are some benchmarks of this 192-core / 384-thread EPYC Turin configuration compared to the prior C3D AMD EPYC Genoa based instance that topped out at 360 vCPUs.

Just one week past the notable Vulkan 1.4.317 release, Vulkan 1.4.318 is out with some documentation clarifications plus two new extensions…

Wayland Protocols 1.45 was released today with new staging and experimental protocols for Wayland compositors to begin rolling out…

A text expander can be extremely powerful as it detects when you type a keyword and replaces it while you are typing. People often use them to write quick text snippets.

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The open-source mobile app Organic
Maps is used by millions of people on both the Android and iOS
platforms. In addition to featuring offline maps (generated from OpenStreetMap cartography) and
turn-by-turn navigation, it also promises its users greater privacy
than proprietary options. However, controversial decisions taken by the
project’s leaders, feelings of disenfranchisement among contributors, and
even accusations of embezzlement have precipitated a divide in the
community, leading to a new fork called CoMaps.

The Radicle peer-to-peer code
collaboration project has released Radicle
Desktop: a graphical interface designed to simplify more complex
parts of using Radicle such as issue management and patch reviews.

Radicle Desktop is not trying to replace your terminal, IDE, or code
editor – you already have your preferred tools for code browsing. It
won’t replace our existing app.radicle.xyz and search.radicle.xyz for
finding and exploring projects. It also doesn’t run a node for
you. Instead, it communicates with your existing Radicle node,
supporting your current workflow and encourages gradual adoption.

LWN covered Radicle
in March, 2024.

Distros align with GNOME 49’s move to make Wayland the only supported sessionLike any other distro with GNOME 49, the next interim release of Ubuntu will be Wayland-only – at least in its GNOME variant.…

Introduced last week with Vulkan 1.4.317 was Vulkan Video support for VP9 video decoding. Following that the open-source Radeon “RADV” Vulkan driver landed its VK_KHR_video_decode_vp9 support and now similarly the open-source Intel Vulkan driver has too…

The FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4 is an upcoming compact development board designed for real-time image processing, video streaming, and wireless communication. It targets HMI applications such as digital photo frames, security systems, home control panels, and smart doorbells. The board is built around the ESP32-P4R32 microcontroller, which features a dual-core 400 MHz RISC-V processor for high-performance […]

Two years ago DreamWorks Animation open-sourced their MoonRay renderer that is an award-winning, state-of-the-art production MCRT renderer used for a number of feature films. Since then they have continued advancing this open-source code as OpenMoonRay and adding more features. The newest feature release of OpenMoonRay is now available with yet more capabilities for this impressive renderer…

Sound Open Firmware 2.13 debuted today as the newest feature update to this open-source audio DSP stack started by Intel. With Sound Open Firmware 2.13 comes support for new Intel platforms and other enhancements…

Tria, an Avnet company focused on embedded compute platforms, has introduced a new lineup of Qualcomm-powered SoMs. Based on Snapdragon and QCS series processors, the modules support scalable designs using standards like OSM, SMARC, COM-HPC, and COM Express for applications in automation, edge AI, medical systems, and more. The MSC OSM-LF-IQ615 module adopts the OSM […]

Vet is an open source tool designed to help developers and security engineers spot risks in their software supply chains. It goes beyond traditional software composition analysis by detecting known vulnerabilities and flagging malicious packages.

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GNU Nano 8.5 command-line text editor rolls out with saved anchors, improved syntax coloring, and updated keystrokes.

Archinstall 3.0.8, a guided installer for Arch Linux, introduces breaking changes, updates log handlers, and removes internal function arguments.

The Nucleo N657X0-Q is a development board from STMicroelectronics built around the STM32N657 microcontroller. Part of the Nucleo-144 family, it offers a compact form factor and a variety of expansion options for prototyping and evaluation across different power and performance needs. This board features the STM32N657X0 microcontroller, based on the Arm Cortex-M55 core operating at […]

RHEL 10 becomes the first major enterprise Linux distro to discard traditional packaging and embrace immutable. See how we got here.

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Over the past month I have been testing out the HP ZBook Ultra G1a powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO Strix Halo. Simply put: WOW! I don’t remember the last time I have been so fascinated by a laptop SoC from its incredible performance generationally and even compared to existing AMD SoCs within the Ryzen AI 300 series and outright dominating against the Intel Lunar Lake for its Xe2 integrated graphics. The HP ZBook Ultra G1a thanks to AMD Strix Halo offers an incredibly potent integrated GPU and allowing up to 16 cores / 32 threads offers immense CPU performance too. HP packages Strix Halo up into a very well built, mobile workstation oriented laptop design to create an amazing laptop. It’s a reliable laptop with captivating performance but does carry a high price tag but with good Linux support too except for one caveat.

Wiz rolls out its own brand of secure container Linux images.

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Gitea 1.24 self-hosted Git service released with performance boosts, enforced 2FA, improved markdown rendering, and more.