The FreeBSD Foundation will organize and manage the projects that STF is funding, which mainly focuses on security.
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Among other things, this newest version of LibreOffice will let you choose whether to allow or disallow a hyphen at the end of the last line on a page.
Natron Energy's sodium-ion batteries are non-flammable and have more energy density than lithium-ion batteries. Right now, they're primarily being used as emergency backup in data centers, but expect to see them powering EVs soon.
Uptime Institute's survey shows that corporations are taking a hybrid approach, but that on-premises data centers remain the mission critical centerpiece of their IT environment. Following on-prem in importance are colocation facilities and public cloud.
The percentage of outages caused by cooling issues is expected to rise as server density increases.
On August 30, 2024 the Free Software Foundation will close its office for the last time as the organization goes all remote.
Data center operators recognize that AI is the future, but also recognize that the future won't arrive until the present is past.
Sustainability regulations now going into play have put data centers in something of a twilight zone regarding data they need to collect and analyze.
While word on the street is that AI workloads are sending server rack densities sky high, Uptime's 2024 study says it ain't so… not yet, anyway.
What Microsoft’s Borking of Grub Says About Redmond’s ‘Love’ of Linux
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Windows might not rule the day at Microsoft anymore, but it's still a moneymaker and desktop Linux is still the competition.