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digiKam 7.0 Beta Comes With Deep Learning Powered Faces Management

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Swapnil Bhartiya
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The next major version of the digiKam photo management software, that is digiKam 7.0, looks promising. The digiKam Team has released their first beta with deep learning powered faces management. Since the algorithms used in background (not based on deep learning) were older and unchanged since the first revision, the team found them to be “not enough powerful” to facilitate the faces management workflow automatically.

The updated version makes use of the cascade classifier and deep neural network functionality of the OpenCV library to improve face detection big time.

[Source: TFiR]

4 predictions for Open Source in 2020

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Swapnil Bhartiya
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As a way of approaching software development, open source has been with us for decades. For over twenty years, organisations like the Apache Software Foundation have supported the development of open source software projects that led to new applications and online services enjoyed by billions globally.

However, what will happen to open source in 2020 and in the years ahead? Will the open source movement continue to support and develop software effectively, or are there future risks we need to address?

[Source: IDG Connect]

‘Cortex’: An open source platform for deploying machine learning models as production web services

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Swapnil Bhartiya
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If you are looking for a tool to deploy machine learning models as production web services, then ‘Cortex’ could be a good option to try. This open-source platform is an alternative to serving models with AWS SageMaker or creating your own model deployment platform over AWS services like Elastic Container Service (ECS), Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and even open-source projects like Docker, Kubernetes, and TensorFlow.

[Source: MarkTechPost]

FSF-Approved Hyperbola GNU/Linux Switching Out The Linux Kernel For Hard Fork Of OpenBSD

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Swapnil Bhartiya
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In a rather unusual twist, the Hyperbola GNU/Linux distribution that is approved by the Free Software Foundation for being free software and making use of the Linux-libre kernel has now decided they are going to fork OpenBSD and become a BSD.

The Hyperbola developers allege that “the Linux kernel rapidly proceeding down an unstable path.” Most readers probably aren’t familiar with Hyperbola but it is GNU-approved for being comprised entirely of free software and using the Linux-libre kernel. It’s based on Arch and Debian while using OpenRC as the init system. But they now are unhappy with the path of the Linux kernel and want to pursue being a BSD platform.

[Source: Phoronix]

Customer-driven open source is the future of software

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Swapnil Bhartiya
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By some estimates there are roughly 190 million companies on earth today. Imagine if they were all contributing to open source. Of course, most of those companies aren’t in a position to contribute code, but if we want truly sustainable, customer-friendly open source, it’s time to focus on the best possible source: companies that don’t sell software.

Why? Because the more software is built to suit the needs of those who are actually running it day-to-day, the better that software will be, and the less we’ll need to worry about sustainability. ITWorld’s Matt Asay points out that the real innovation in open source stems from customers; that is, from enterprises who use open source to build their businesses and contribute code accordingly.

[Source: ITWorld]

Pentagon wants open-source 5G plan in campaign against Huawei

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Swapnil Bhartiya
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The Pentagon is urging US telecoms equipment makers to join forces on 5G technology in a drive to offer a homegrown alternative to China’s Huawei. Lisa Porter, who oversees research and development at the defence department, has asked US companies to develop open-source 5G software — in effect opening up their technology to potential rivals — warning they risk becoming obsolete if they do not.

Making 5G tech open-source could threaten American companies such as Cisco or Oracle, the biggest American suppliers of telecoms network equipment.

[Source: Financial Times]

Hugging Face Raises $15 million to Expand its Open Source Software on Conversational AI

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Swapnil Bhartiya
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New York-based Hugging Face, a startup known by an app launched in 2017 that allows you to chat with an artificial digital friend, recently open-sourced its library for natural language processing (NLP) framework, called Transformers. It had massive success as there are over a million downloads and 1,000 companies using it, including Microsoft’s Bing. Transformers can be leveraged for text classification, information extraction, summarization, text generation, and conversational artificial intelligence.

On Tuesday, Hugging Face, with just 15 employees, announced the close of a $15 million series, a funding round that adds to a previous amount of $5 million.

[Source: IBL News]

The Year in Open Source: IBM-Red Hat, SUSE, Microsoft, More

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Swapnil Bhartiya
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It was an intriguing and entertaining year for open-source software in 2019, with news headlines that were all over the map. In the biggest news, IBM completed its acquisition of open source market leader Red Hat, bringing the two powerhouses together on a new shared path of making their now-connected futures successfully work out for both.

But there was plenty more happening as well, from SUSE dropping OpenStack to Microsoft continuing to deepen its role and relationships in open source with Azure. Where will 2020 take us?

[Source: ChannelFutures]

Ubuntu-based Peppermint 10 Respin Linux distribution available for download

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Swapnil Bhartiya
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Back in May of 2019, Peppermint 10 was released. The Ubuntu-based operating system is great for those switching from Windows, but also, it makes a fine operating system for Linux experts too. It may not be as popular as, say, Linux Mint, but it is still a solid option.

Today, fans of Peppermint — and the entire Linux community, really — have reason to celebrate. No, version 11 of the operating system is not released. However, Peppermint 10 Respin is now available for download!

[Source: BetaNews]

Systemd In Ten Years Has Redefined The Linux Landscape

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Swapnil Bhartiya
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Systemd got its start in 2010 in providing a better init system and expanded its scope from there. Systemd certainly had a wild ride over these past ten years and is now being used by nearly all of the Linux distributions out there. While many still seem to hate it with a passion, it’s brought many interesting features and new innovations to the Linux ecosystem.

Read on to know more about the most-viewed systemd stories of the decade.

[Source: Phoronix]

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