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Debian 12.9, Mint 22.1, Fedora 41, more
As always, the latest releases are available to be installed, such as Linux Mint 22.1 (and of course 22.0), Debian Stable 12.9, of course Ubuntu LTS 24.04.1 (and 24.10), Fedora 41, Centos 10, and more – ask us for your favorite if you don’t see it listed.
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joe January 28th, 2025
Posted In: Debian, Fedora, Linux, Mint, Open Source, Operating Systems, Technology
More on Open-Washing
We are now an official supporter of the OSAID (Open Source AI Definition):
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joe January 28th, 2025
Posted In: AI
Tags: AI, eRacks, Open Source, Open Washing, Rackmount Servers
‘Tis the Open Source Season
From all of us here at eRacks Systems to all of you, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season.
And here’s a great article about how Linux can help Santa:
https://betanews.com/2024/12/22/how-santa-claus-could-transform-christmas-with-linux
joe December 24th, 2024
Posted In: Greetings, Linux, News, Open Source
Tags: Christmas, Linux Infrastructure, Santa, tree, Tux, Xmas
Open-Washing AI and the REAL Open AI Definition
I saw both of these within 24 hours –
“Open-Washing” is a thing these days, many companies are trying to spin their AI offerings as “Open”, and piggyback on the brand image of Open Source, when actually they’re really not that open. Some even have it in their name – eg, “Open AI”, which isn’t…
In response, the Open Source Initiative released the OSAID “Open Source AI Definition” – Which we have endorsed. More on that in our next post, stay tuned…
Here’s the article, from yesterday: The illusion of AI openness
joe December 20th, 2024
Posted In: AI, Open Source, Reviews, Technology
Hardware Servers Less than 1/10th the cost of Cloud
We’ve known this since the beginning of when the “Cloud” momentum started in the marketplace a decade or two ago, but it’s always refreshing to see the media coverage supporting this –
DHH (Ruby on Rails Creator, Basecamp, 37Signals Founder) corroborates it:
37Signals CTO: $600k of servers will save $7 million • The Register:
https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/22/cloud_repatration_savings_calculated_basecamp/
joe December 8th, 2024
Posted In: News, servers, Technology
Tags: Cloud, DHH, TheRegister