Practical Technology

History of CentOS: How a biochemist’s Linux hobby project became the enterprise world’s default operating system

sjvn01 — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:15:00 +0000

When a community came together after Red Hat said Windows was ‘probably the right product’Read More

Google Gemma 4 12B nearly matches 26B benchmarks — and runs on your laptop

sjvn01 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:30:19 +0000

Small enough to run locally on 16GB, the new addition to the Gemma model family with native audio support brings high performance to standard, consumer-grade laptops.Read More

Microsoft continues its big Linux push at Build 2026

sjvn01 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:59:58 +0000

Microsoft is releasing a server Linux, a container Linux, and a Windows 11 built for Linux programmers. Here’s why.Read More

Red Hat hit by npm supply‑chain attack – here’s how to stay safe

sjvn01 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:33:57 +0000

Days after IBM and Red Hat announced a master security plan for open-source software, Red Hat suffers a major breach of its own. Here’s what you can do about it.Read More

Overwhelmed by AI Cost Management? The Tokenomics Foundation Can Help

sjvn01 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:30:32 +0000

The Linux Foundation is creating a new industry body, The Tokenomics Foundation, to hammer out open standards for how businesses measure and manage the soaring costs of AI infrastructure as token-based pricing becomes the norm.

The AI price horror stories are everywhere. Uber’s CTO recently admitted the ride-share company hadRead More

Ubuntu 26.04 is the OS for the AI agentic era, says Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth – here’s why

sjvn01 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:07:00 +0000

Canonical’s pitch starts with snaps and security.Read More

Can Chainguard Save Open-Source Software From Mythos? Can Anyone?

sjvn01 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:48:50 +0000

Last week, IBM and Red Hat launched Project Lightwell to protect open-source projects with $5 billion and 20 thousand engineers.Read More

Perplexity launches Bumblebee: How its new read-only dev scanner differs from Chainguard

sjvn01 — Thu, 28 May 2026 21:01:24 +0000

The AI company’s Bumblebee tool tackles your most urgent question after any supply‑chain advisory: Do your programmers have this malware installed?Read More

Rust will save Linux from AI, says Greg Kroah-Hartman

sjvn01 — Wed, 27 May 2026 13:34:00 +0000

Now that doesn’t mean Linux stable kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman thinks Rust is magic.Read More

Dirty Frag, Copy Fail, Fragnesia: The start of a worrisome Linux security trend

sjvn01 — Sat, 23 May 2026 10:59:00 +0000

Or is it just life today, with AI constantly digging through code repositories in search of security holes?Read More