Finally some good news
"Changing #Linux code could cut data center energy use by 30%, researchers claim"
datacenterdynamics.com/en/news…
I don't know how realistic this is @kernellogger but could be a small step into the right direction.
I hope, it's not wasted for #AI or other bullshit
Changing Linux code could cut data center energy use by 30%, researchers claim
Method can make data processing more efficientwww.datacenterdynamics.com
Solus 4.7 released with new software center, better initial support for new NVIDIA cards, Linux Kernel 6.12.9, Budgie 10.9.2, GNOME 47.3, KDE Plasma 6.2.5, Xfce 4.20
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Solus 4.7 Released | Solus
New Year, new ISOs! We are proud to announce our latest release: Solus 4.7 Endurance. This release focuses on updating our editions, and refSolus
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No reason someone couldn't take FreeBSD and turn older (system in question was new in 2009) hardware into useful equipment! #FreeBSD #BSD #Linux
RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qg4tr…
So now, let's take a look at integration and development, which I'll do later today. Bash, Git, Docker, Python, PyCharm, vscode, smb/cifs, http, sql. In the immortal words of The Monkees: "...now I'm a believer..." #BSD #FreeBSD #LinuxRE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qg4tr…
♲ @laz000.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy:
Ok so having spent 20+ years away from FreeBSD as a desktop I gotta say, it has improved by leaps and bounds. From automatic detection of video, audio, and wireless. I had an updated, usable system in about an hour. Web, Email, Music, Movies, and Photos.
Trump torpille l'accord fiscal mondial : un coup dur pour l'OCDE.
La taxation minimum mondiale de 15 % sur les multinationales vacille. Trump menace de représailles tout pays taxant les profits américains, fragilisant l'accord de 136 nations.
Donald Trump s'attaque à l'accord fiscal de l'OCDE signé par 136 pays, qui impose une taxation minimum de 15 % sur les multinationales. Le retrait des États-Unis pourrait provoquer l'effondrement du système fiscal mondial, avertit l'ancien patron de la fiscalité à l'OCDE : " Les USA vont...
Slovakia’s PM Fico rejects calls to quit, amid growing protests over Russia tilt
BRATISLAVA - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico rejected protesters' calls for his resignation on Jan 25 after tens of thousands demonstrated against his government's policy shift closer to Russia.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Retailleau, l'apprenti sorcier de l'extrême droite en roue libre
#Retailleau #RN #ExtrêmeDroite
Bruno Retailleau, ministre de l'Intérieur, fait sauter les digues républicaines. Entre courbettes à l'extrême droite et politique migratoire féroce, il se pose en doublure zélée du RN.
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Retailleau, l'apprenti sorcier de l'extrême droite en roue libre - Le Père Peinard
Bruno Retailleau, ministre de l'Intérieur, fait sauter les digues républicaines. Entre courbettes à l'extrême droite et politique migratoire féroce, il se pose en doublure zélée du RN.La rédaction (Le Père Peinard)
Hungarians rank among the least satisfied with life in the EU
Hungarians have reported some of the lowest levels of life satisfaction in the European Union, according to the latest survey by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound).BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
For anyone wondering why the Nazis on Twitter, Meta, and the US State are having a meltdown today it's because China dropped about a half dozen brand new AI models that outperform anything ChatGPT/Grok/Claude/Llama can do, take a fraction of the time and money to create and upkeep, and made them all open source, ruining the AI market.
livescience.com/technology/art…
Chinese researchers just built an open-source rival to ChatGPT in 2 months. Silicon Valley is freaked out.
DeepSeek-R1, a new reasoning model made by Chinese researchers, completes tasks with a comparable proficiency to OpenAI's o1 at a fraction of the cost.Ben Turner (Live Science)
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China leads the US in 85% of critical, emerging technologies' research
China is beating the US in most strategic technologies research across the defense, space, energy, and biotechnology sectors.Huileng Tan (Business Insider)
Chinese progress is what happens when you have a Government that ‘gets it’. Having wasted a decade of my life trying to get UK politicians to invest in smart home technology (when we still had the opportunity to be world leaders), I’m not in the least surprised to hear that the West is falling behind in 85% of emerging technologies.
“R.P.M. Racing is like an amateur, direct-to-video porn role lurking in the early career of an actor who went on to become a superstar: we all know it happened, but we’re just too polite to talk about it.”
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- YouTube
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.www.youtube.com
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We want the government to: Remove loopholes that allow wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties (e.g. by funnelling through UK registered companies). Cap all donations to a reasonable amount.Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
Swiss survey finds employee productivity rises with sense of belonging
More The 13th edition of Art Genève takes over Palexpo from Thursday This content was published on Jan 25, 2025 The 13th edition of Art Genève takes place at Palexpo from Thursday to Sunday.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Remains of Filipina killed in Slovenia arriving
The remains of 27-year-old Marvil Facturan are set to be repatriated this week, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Do Croatian Companies Need to Worry About Trump’s Tariffs Talk?
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Romania’s 1.95 Million-Year-Old Hominin Evidence Pushes Back the Timeline of Human Presence in Europe
A recent study revealed evidence of “hominin activity” in Romania that dates back at least 1.95 million years, making it the oldest known indication of human presence in Europe.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Reminder, Linus sometimes rejects #LinuxKernel pull requests[1] – which is why I distrust #Linux news sites that write stories along the lines of "foo will be in #Kernel version bar" based on merge requests without mentioning that risk.
And why do that at all? There are often just a few hours or a day or two between the pull request and Linus merging it, so why not just wait a bit?
1/ And sure, often…
[1] this happened to the main MM updates from akpm for 6.14 today: lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=whdd…
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2/ …the problem that leads to Linus rejecting a pull request is often resolved within a few days. But that is not always the case and news sites sometimes (often?) miss that. Which is why I in rare cases noticed lot's of news sites all over the world reporting some feature made it into a new Linux release[1], when in fact it was rejected by Linus for that cycle.
[1] often all inspired by one story on a particular Linux news site without basic fact-checking 🥴
Bulgaria’s Struggle with High Food Costs and Low Purchasing Power – Novinite.com
The Confederation of Bulgarian Trade Unions (CITUB) reports that the monthly income required for a worker in Bulgaria is 1,474 leva, while the cost of living for a family of three reaches 2,653 leva.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Ukraine is ready to provide Moldova with coal and specialists – Zelenskyy’s proposal explained
According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine can provide coal to Moldova, including deliveries to the unrecognized Transnistria for electricity production.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Christian Gudrian
in reply to Thomas Fricke (he/him) • • •Merge branch 'suspend-irqs-during-application-busy-periods' - kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree
git.kernel.orgThorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)
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I read "fine-tuning" as "optimization required" to avoid the bullshit buzzword here. Looks like an extremely simple heuristics.
I want to have more of this, but believe the energy savings only if we can measure it. Need a kernel calorimeter...
Any idea?🤔
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)
in reply to Thomas Fricke (he/him) • • •@cgudrian after looking a bit closer[1] I'd say:
For me it is kind of business as usual with the Linux kernel. It (and its network stack) is already heavily optimized, but there is always room for more – and in some cases small changes can make a whole lot of a difference.
But the big question is: why didn't the Linux network developers from Amazon, Google, Meta, Red Hat, et. al. notice the potential for such a huge improvement earlier?
1/ There is…
[1] git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/k…
Merge branch 'suspend-irqs-during-application-busy-periods' - kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree
git.kernel.orgThorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)
in reply to Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4) • • •2/ …afaics no easy answer for this case, so it needs a closer inspection by someone with the right skill set.
Maybe those developers just missed that.
*But maybe* all those companies and many other professionals Linux network admins use or configure their machines differently – and by doing so knowingly or accidentally avoid the codepath/scenario that these changes improve.
Often it's something like the latter.
@thomasfricke @cgudrian
Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4)
in reply to Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4) • • •3/ BTW, as former writer and editor this article shows a big problem of modern media:
It mentions some of the the companies I mentioned in a quote – but the site just published the quote with a claim, without reaching out to them asking if those claim is true (e.g. if the changes are likely make a difference for their data centers).
[edit: if they did and I just missed that please let me know; I only skimmed the article and the backstory, easy to miss something]
@thomasfricke @cgudrian