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New AppImage Offers an Easier Way to Run Affinity on Ubuntu  OMG! Ubuntu

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Now Available on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud  Financial IT

Debian-Based GParted Live 1.8 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GParted 1.8  9to5Linux

Silicon Polish: KDE Plasma 6.6 Beta 2 Marks a Turning Point for Linux Desktop Reliability  WebProNews

An open-source AI agent originally called Clawdbot (now renamed Moltbot) is gaining cult popularity among developers for running locally, 24/7, and wiring itself into calendars, messages, and other personal workflows. The hype has gone so far that some users are buying Mac Minis just to host the agent full-time, even as its creator warns that's unnecessary. Business Insider reports: Founded by [creator Peter Steinberger], it's an AI agent that manages "digital life," from emails to home automation. Steinberger previously founded PSPDFKit. In a key distinction from ChatGPT and many other popular AI products, the agent is open source and runs locally on your computer. Users then connect the agent to a messaging app like WhatsApp or Telegram, where they can give it instructions via text. The AI agent was initially named after the "little monster" that appears when you restart Claude Code, Steinberger said on the "Insecure Agents" podcast. He formed the tool around the question: "Why don't I have an agent that can look over my agents?" [...] It runs locally on your computer 24/7. That's led some people to brush off their old laptops. "Installed it experimentally on my old dusty Intel MacBook Pro," one product designer wrote. "That machine finally has a purpose again." Others are buying up Mac Minis, Apple's 5"-by-5" computer, to run the AI. Logan Kilpatrick, a product manager for Google DeepMind, posted: "Mac mini ordered." It could give a sales boost to Apple, some X users have pointed out -- and online searches for "Mac Mini" jumped in the last 4 days in the US, per Google Trends. But Steinberger said buying a new computer just to run the AI isn't necessary. "Please don't buy a Mac Mini," he wrote. "You can deploy this on Amazon's Free Tier."

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Apple’s M3 Silicon Surrenders to Linux: A Technical Milestone for Open Source  WebProNews

Code as Commentary: How a Single Line of Satire Exposes the Rift Between Rust and C in the Linux Kernel  WebProNews

TUXEDO Computers Unveils Intel-Powered InfinityBook Max 15 Gen10 Linux Laptop  9to5Linux

New Mesa Linux Patches Reportedly Deliver Up To 260% Performance Boost On Intel Alchemist Graphics  Wccftech

New Mesa Linux Patches Reportedly Deliver Up To 260% Performance Boost On Intel Alchemist Graphics  Wccftech

Job Listing Confirms the GOG GALAXY Launcher is Coming to Linux  Steam Deck HQ

Kali Linux Usb Kali Linux Bootable USB Flash Drive For PC... Hacking Gadgets  hotelier.com.py

After 34 years, the Linux kernel community finally has a contingency plan to replace Linus Torvalds — formal plan drawn up now community is 'getting grey and old'  Tom's Hardware

After 34 years, the Linux kernel community finally has a contingency plan to replace Linus Torvalds — formal plan drawn up now community is 'getting grey and old'  Tom's Hardware

One Hungary unifies Linux and Android set-top experiences with 3SS 3Ready  Broadband TV News

Mesa NVK Driver Temporarily Disabling Support For Larger Pages Due To Bug  Phoronix

GOG calls Linux its "next major frontier"  OC3D

Bazzite Linux founder releases statement asking GPD to cease using their name  GamingOnLinux

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Universe Today: There's a bright side to every situation. In 2032, the Moon itself might have a particularly bright side if it is blasted by a 60-meter-wide asteroid. The chances of such an event are still relatively small (only around 4%), but non-negligible. And scientists are starting to prepare both for the bad (massive risks to satellites and huge meteors raining down on a large portion of the planet) and the good (a once in a lifetime chance to study the geology, seismology, and chemical makeup of our nearest neighbor). A new paper from Yifan He of Tsinghua University and co-authors, released in pre-print form on arXiv, looks at the bright side of all of the potential interesting science we can do if a collision does, indeed, happen. If Asteroid 2024 YR4 were to hit the Moon, researchers would be able to watch a large lunar impact unfold in real time and collect data on extreme collisions that usually exist only in computer models. Telescopes could follow how a newly formed crater and its pool of molten rock cool and solidify, while the resulting moonquake would offer a clearer picture of its internal structure via the seismic waves it sends through the Moon. Furthermore, researchers could compare the fresh crater to older ones to improve our understanding of the Moon's long history of impacts. Debris blasted off the surface could even deliver small lunar samples to Earth. Altogether, it would be a once-in-a-generation chance to learn more about how the Moon/rocky worlds respond to powerful impacts.

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Today, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation on potential new requirements for Google Search, including on the controls we provide to we…Today, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opened a consultation on potential new requirements for Google Search, including on the controls we provide to websites to manage their content in Search AI features.