"Navigating an open-source community for the first time can be challenging. Understanding the project and deciding which aspects or areas to contribute can be difficult. Today, I aim to answer a few common questions that newcomers to GNOME might have and help someone get started ":GNOME- What I’d like to know as a newcomer https://medium.com/@larrytabeh/gnome-what-id-like-to-know-as-a-newcomer-a0ff1a053be2
"A couple of years ago, I stopped doing Linux reviews. I realized my efforts were pointless. Most distros do not want to succeed. They don't want to be big. They don't want to be in the spotlight. They prefer to be the underdog, so they can always duck into the shadows when the maturity pixies come a-callin'": Kubuntu 24.04 review - Back in 2007 https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/kubuntu-24-04-review.html
"Spanish police said the alleged hacker ringleader used phishing techniques to steal passwords to break into at least 45 companies in the United States, which allowed the theft of companies’ internal information and cryptocurrency. According to the police, the accused hacker was in control of $27 million in cryptocurrency at the time of his arrest": UK national accused of hacking dozens of US companies arrested in Spain | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/18/uk-national-accused-of-hacking-dozens-of-us-companies-arrested-in-spain/
A friend I haven't seen since 1975, but when we were young revolutionaries I was in her apartment every day for years, died yesterday morning, evidently of a heart attack. We reconnected on Facebook around 2007, and have commented, liked, shared, and direct messaged since. I heard she was gone on FB from her daughter, who was an infant when I last saw her.
This hurts. The people from my past who I am trying so hard to keep because they define who I've become are dying one-by-one around me.
"On GNOME, alongside other useful core apps, there is usually the video player called 'Totem', commonly known as 'GNOME Videos', which has been around for quite some time. However, this one is being replaced with a newer one, called 'Showtime', which aims to offer its users a watching experience without distractions": GNOME to Ditch Totem With New 'Showtime' Video Player App https://news.itsfoss.com/gnome-showtime/
With the user share of its flagship product, Firefox, at under 3%, this is Mozilla's focus of the day: Uncovering GenAI trends - Using local language models to explore 35 organizations | The Mozilla Blog https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/genai-trends/
Here's the difference between news and news analysis, in case you need it , @mos_8502 News: Nvidia is currently the second largest company on the planet.
News analysis: Although the company appears to be poised to possibly surpass Microsoft in size, it is unlikely that they will be able to maintain that position as long as it remains dependant on the continued success of AI.
"Early in her career, Arati Prabhakar led the development of a self-piloting ship for a secretive U.S. military research agency. Now she’s the White House’s top technology official - the first to hail from a defense background since the Cold War and a representative of Washington’s new hard-line consensus on China": Biden’s Science Adviser Explains the New Hard Line on China https://www.itprotoday.com/high-performance-computing/biden-s-science-adviser-explains-the-new-hard-line-on-china
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