Meta AI proclaims that Llama 2 is their next generation open source large language model. It’s not open source though.
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Threads has landed, Instagram’s Twitter killer app
Mark Zuckerberg has launched Threads, a clone of Twitter designed to lure people away from Elon Musk’s $44 billion ‘plaything’.
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Raven Reader – cross-platform RSS reading software
Raven Reader is a desktop news reader application. It’s built using Electron, a popular framework with developers.
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Linux Flies on Mars
This is a moment in history for us to remember. An open source operating system built by thousands flies a helicopter on another planet.
Read moreThe Forge Release 1.06 – Cross-platform rendering framework
Release 1.06 – April 5th, 2018 – Linux Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS Alpha Support and Ray Tracing Interface used by DirectX Ray Tracing (DXR).
Read moregvSIG Desktop 2.4 is released
gvSIG Desktop 2.4, a popular open source Geographic Information System, is now available. You can access both the gvSIG Desktop 2.4 installable and portable versions from the download section of the project website, with distributions available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
Read moreFlutter — 5 reasons why you may love it
On the Google I/O ’17 Google introduced us Flutter — a new open source library for creating mobile applications. As you may know, Flutter is a solution for creating cross-platform mobile applications with beautiful UI. Flutter’s way of designing views is similar
Read moreexo 0.12.0 released
Exo is an Xfce library targeted at application development. It contains various custom widgets and APIs extending the functionality of GLib and GTK+. It also ships utilities for defining preferred applications, mounting storage devices and more.
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Atom 1.24 released – Hackable Text Editor
GitHub’s Atom is billed as a hackable text editor for the 21st Century. It’s an open source desktop application based on web technologies, specifically HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and Node.js integration. It runs on Electron, a framework for building cross platform apps using web technologies.
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KDE releases new Slimbook II Linux laptops with snappy Intel Core processors
The KDE Slimbook II is shiny, smart, and sleek, but it is not only good-looking: it is also powerful. The new i5 and i7 microprocessors and DDR4 RAM make it much faster than its predecessor. Other improvements include a touchpad that “clicks” wherever you press it, and larger internal WiFi antennas that guarantee you will get a better reception wherever a WiFi network is available.
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