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With a heavy heart, we announce the end of an era. As of June 1st, 2023, Cloud7 will bid farewell to its cherished audience. Over the years, we have strived to bring you the latest insights, trends, and news in the ever-evolving world of cloud computing, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence. It has been an incredible journey, and we are immensely grateful for your unwavering support.

Gcore — a European provider of high-performance, low-latency, international cloud and edge solutions— is pleased to announce the availability of Pienso on the Gcore Cloud Platform. Pienso is a deep learning natural language processing (NLP) software company that makes it easy for domain experts to use Large Language Models to build, train and manage AI models aligned with their organization’s own data.

The Document Foundation has announced the release of the last maintenance version of the LibreOffice 7.4 series. The new maintenance update delivers 50 bug fixes that were completed in the release candidate versions. LibreOffice 7.4.7 is now available for Windows, Linux, and macOS systems; it will also arrive in Linux repositories in a couple of days. LibreOffice, the widely popular, open-source, free office suite that supports various platforms, has received a new update for its 7.4 series.

Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more integrated into our lives. In the last few months, we have seen an incredible improvement in artificial intelligence-based systems, services, etc. Memory, a company from Norway, delivers an AI-based time-tracking application named Timely to help people manage their time better; we are talking over Timely with Catalina Butnaru, head of product marketing at Memory.

Linux is a popular operating system that is widely used for its reliability, security, and, most importantly, flexibility. One of Linux’s main benefits is the flexibility to modify and adapt the operating system to the user’s requirements. This involves selecting the best file manager for one’s particular requirements and preferences. As a result, many file managers are available for Linux, each with its strengths and weaknesses. Here are five of the best file managers for Linux.

The EuroLinux team announced the release of EuroLinux 9.2 just one month after the release of version 9.1. Version 9.2 of EuroLinux has a number of new features and enhancements in addition to updates and upgrades to current packages. New versions of Performance Co-Pilot, Python 3.11, Nginx 1.22, and PostgreSQL 15 are now available in the EuroLinux 9.2 repository.

After a long sleep, AMD was awakened with the release of its first Ryzen CPUs. It was the first time in a long time that AMD was competing with Intel again. After a couple of new line-ups, AMD is now offering great CPUs with very high efficiency. “Efficiency” is a very important term here; because when AMD was constantly being crushed by Intel’s CPUs a couple of years ago, the company had to try to compete by pushing the CPUs to the maximum limits.

Some users have faced a warning popup on YouTube when they tried to reach the website while using ad blocker extensions. The popup demands users turn the ad blocker off or “try” YouTube Premium to allow them to watch videos on the platform. YouTube employees confirmed that the platform is currently experimenting with this feature; it’s not clear whether it will be fully implemented in the future or not. The ads on online platforms are currently in a controversial state.

Alpine Linux 3.18.0 has been released six months after Alpine Linux 3.17.0, with a couple of new features and improvements. Python files that have already been precompiled (pyc) are now contained in separate packages with Alpine Linux 3.18.0. A lot of packages have been updated, such as Linux kernel 6.1, GNOME 44, Python 3.11, KDE Plasma 5.27 and more. Alpine Linux is a lightweight, independent, and security-focused Linux distribution.

The Red Hat team has officially declared that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 is now widely accessible and ready to download. Red Hat’s new releases simplify Linux tasks in hybrid clouds, boost efficiency in vital areas, and aid IT teams facing staffing and skill shortages. Red Hat is now offering two new lifecycle management options called Enhanced Extended Update Support and Extended Lifecycle Support.