LLMs aren’t enough for real-world, real-time projects
The major builders of large language models (LLMs)—OpenAI, DeepSeek, and others—are mistaken when they claim that their latest models, like OpenAI’s o-series or DeepSeek’s R1, can now “reason.” What they’re offering isn’t reasoning. It...
Public cloud becomes a commodity
Since the dawn of the public cloud era, the narrative has focused on disruption and innovation. The Big Three providers (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud) have commanded center stage by captivating customers and analysts alike wi...
Google’s Agent2Agent project moves to Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the new home of the Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol, an open protocol developed by Google to enable agentic AI interoperability and trusted agent communication across systems and platforms. Launched by Google in April, the A2A proto...
Firefox 140 Brings Tab Unload, Custom Search & New ESR
Firefox 140 released with tab unloading, custom search engines, and more. ESR users gain major new features like tab grouping and vertical tabs. You're reading Firefox 140 Brings Tab Unload, Custom Search & New ESR, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not...
Ktor adds dependency injection and HTMX modules
JetBrains has released Ktor 3.2.0, an update to the Kotlin-based framework for building asynchronous applications that brings modules for dependency injection and HTMX and automatic deserialization of configuration files into data classes, among other...
Asterinas: a new Linux-compatible kernel project
Asterinas is a new Linux-ABI-compatible kernel project written in Rust, based on what the authors call a “framekernel architecture”. The project overlaps somewhat with the goals of the Rust for Linux project, but approaches the problem space from a...
The X Window System didn’t immediately have X terminals
For a while, X terminals were a reasonably popular way to give people comparatively inexpensive X desktops. These X terminals relied on X’s network transparency so that only the X server had to run on the X terminal itself, with all of your terminal ...
postmarketOS v25.06 released with systemd
This is it, the one that adds systemd to postmarketOS! We have talked about the decision at length on this blog, make sure to read the initial announcement if this is the first time you are hearing about this. ↫ postmarketOS v25.06 release announceme...
Agentic AI won’t wait for your data architecture to catch up
A decade ago, the cloud ignited a massive replatforming of application and server infrastructure. Open-source technologies like Docker and Kubernetes transformed software velocity and operational flexibility, launching a new era. But it didn’t happe...
Ubuntu Core is now available on MediaTek’s Genio platform
This is the first optimized Ubuntu Core image available on MediaTek’s Genio 350, 510, 700, and 1200 platforms released under the strategic partnership between Canonical and MediaTek Inc. Today Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, and MediaTek announ...
How to succeed (or fail) with AI-driven development
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to permeate seemingly every aspect of business, including software development. AI-augmented development involves using generative AI to support various stages of the software development lifecycle, including des...
Devops debt: The hidden tax on innovation
Your devops teams are likely wasting half their time on work that delivers zero business value. According to our 2025 State of Java Survey & Report, 62% of organizations report that dead code is hampering their devops productivity, while 33% admit the...
Why AI projects fail, and how developers can help them succeed
Even as we emerge from generative AI’s tire-kicking phase, it’s still true that many (most?) enterprise artificial intelligence and machine learning projects will derail before delivering real value. Despite skyrocketing investment in AI, the majo...
System insights with command-line tools: free and vmstat
In this fifth article of the “System insights with command-line tools” series we explore free and vmstat, two small utilities that reveal a surprising amount about your Linux system’s health. free gives you an instant snapshot of how RAM and swap...
