Issue #284 / Jul 2024

AI has continued its meteoric rise in the news headlines and stock market reports. Companies are betting their futures on AI, and the whole tech world seems tuned in, breathlessly waiting for a clue about where it might be going. But despite all the media hoopla, AI is not having a great month.

Ubuntu Budgie 24.04 LTS and Rescuezilla 2.5

In the news: Fedora Asahi 40 Remix Available for Macs with Apple Silicon; Red Hat Adds New Deployment Option for Enterprise Linux Platforms; OSJH and LPI Release 2024 Open Source Pros Job Survey Results; Proton 9.0-1 Released to Improve Gaming with Steam; So Long Neofetch and Thanks for the Info; Ubuntu 24.04 Comes with a "Flaw"; Canonical Releases Ubuntu 24.04; and Linux Servers Targeted by Akira Ransomware.

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