Ubuntu Stonking Stingray swims into spotlight with pre-release kernel
26.10 is here, with not-quite-ready kernel 7.3 and speech-to-text recognition
<- by me on #TheRegister
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Open source sovereignty gets down to the boring business of making it work
Migration targets, security rules, and management metrics take center stage at this year's event
<- by me on #TheRegister
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KDE hits 30, decides it's time to move out of the X11 era
Wayland-only Plasma 6.8 heads for Kubuntu 'Tenacious T-Rex' early next year
<- by me on #TheRegister
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In a new report sponsored by #bigtech they advance the argument that #digitalsovereignty will cost Europe €115 billion over ten years.
Leaving aside i) their obvious incentive to overinflate / scare and ii) this "cost" is also an investment / bootstrap of a new digital economy, it is funny to put in perspective of what bigtech is spending:
#Meta burned > €80 billion in one harebrained #VR project, in less than four years 🤣
https://ecipe.org/publications/economic-impact-of-cada/
h/t #theregister
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New motherboards, old RAM, plenty of life left in yesterday's PCs
DDR4 makes a comeback as component costs rise, while Linux offers an escape from forced upgrades
<- by me on #TheRegister
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Cisco, Nvidia team up to build fatter, faster pluggable https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/10/14/cisco-nvidia-team-up-to-build-fatter-faster-pluggable/5302970 #theRegister #Networks
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AI math isn't mathing: infrastructure spending forecast to outstrip expected revenue https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/10/14/ai-math-isnt-mathing-infrastructure-spending-forecast-to-outstrip-expected-revenue/5302856 #theRegister #Onprem
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UK government chases AI while aging IT leaves it exposed, PAC chair warns https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/10/14/uk-government-chases-ai-while-aging-it-leaves-it-exposed-pac-chair-warns/5302674 #theRegister #PublicSector
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CISA director touts private partnerships after agency killed many https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/10/13/cisa-director-touts-private-partnerships-after-agency-killed-many/5302920 #theRegister #PublicSector