Community and Collaboration The open source world is buzzing with community-driven initiatives. From social coworking sessions to educational partnerships, there are many ways to get involved and learn. Social Coworking and Office Hours: The SORTEE community is hosting social coworking and office hours to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing. Similarly, sessions on Vale and text … Read more
The Return of Winamp: A Nostalgic Icon Meets Streaming Winamp, the iconic 90s music player that defined a generation of desktop audio, is making a comeback. Partnering with music streaming service Deezer, the reinvented Winamp aims to bridge the gap between nostalgic users and the modern streaming era. This move is significant not only for … Read more
Video by TWiT Tech Podcast Network via YouTube
Remember Winamp? The 90s music player with the visualizer is back! Partnering with Deezer, it’s aiming for the streaming era, not just nostalgia. Were you a Winamp fan? #Winamp #MusicPlayer #90sNostalgia #Deezer #StreamingEra #TechNews #RetroTech #MusicHistory
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:51 Sponsor: Joplin
03:04 ARCH under attack
06:34 Valve sponsors work to bring FOSS AMD Drivers to Windows
09:31 Framework laptop 13 Pro looks solid for Linux
13:12 GoG working on a Linux client
15:09 GNOME’s session restore won’t land in GNOME 51
16:52 Fedora working on a conflict of interest policy
19:35 New full desktop environment written with AI
22:00 New patches improve gaming performance on AMD
25:05 Debian now has 5 proposals to handle AI contributions
27:39 Keychron builds open source mouse firmware
29:17 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers
Links:
ARCH under attack
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/arch-linux-disables-aur-package-adoption-to-stop-malware-flood/
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-general@lists.archlinux.org/thread/DRDEU3JUSC72CB265XHXPFA3DFSLXPBP/
Valve sponsors work to bring FOSS AMD Drivers to Windows
https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/cracking-windows-open-porting-radv-to-win32.html
https://github.com/pal1000/mesa-dist-win?tab=readme-ov-file#vulkan-drivers
Framework Laptop 13 pro looks solid on Linux
https://www.phoronix.com/review/framework-laptop-13-pro/11
https://frame.work/products/laptop13pro-amd-ai300/configuration/new
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/framework-laptop-13-pro-review-much-better-battery-much-worse-price/
GoG working on a Linux client
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-confirm-they-are-working-towards-gog-galaxy-on-linux/
GNOME’s session restore won’t land in GNOME 51
GNOME Is Building Session Save and Restore, but It Won’t Make GNOME 51
Fedora working on a conflict of interest policy
https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/conflict-of-interest-guidelines-policy-draft-feedback-please/197508
New full desktop environment written with AI
https://starling.build/
New patches improve gaming performance on AMD
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-P-State-Better-1p-Lows
Debian now has 5 proposals to handle AI contributions
https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002
Keychron builds open source mouse firmware
https://itsfoss.com/news/keychron-zgm-mouse-firmware/
Welcome to the Open Source World Digest Stay ahead with the latest in open source, from cutting-edge AI tools to community events. This edition highlights key developments, practical tips, and collaborative opportunities. Community & Events Social Coworking & Office Hours: Join SORTEE and other open science enthusiasts for collaborative sessions focused on improving research practices. … Read more
Introduction The open-source world is buzzing with activity this week, from hardware breakthroughs to security threats and AI advancements. We’re seeing a fascinating mix of innovation and caution as developers push boundaries while also facing emerging risks. Here’s a quick digest of the most impactful stories for anyone interested in open-source technology. Key Insights This … Read more
Video by MLflow via YouTube
Making sure AI agents stay useful, accurate, and safe still needs a human in the loop. MLflow Review Queues make that review process easier and help you build a dataset of failure modes you can use to improve your app.
In this walkthrough, Khalil Kafrouni uses a support agent for an ecommerce store, with every interaction traced in MLflow, and show how to:
• Create a Hallucinations Check queue
• Create a Usefulness Check queue
• Build pass/fail, numeric, and free-text questions
• Reuse questions across queues
• Flag traces for review
• Review traces with the full tool-call context
• Bake assessments back into traces for future evaluation and iteration
You’ll also see the difference between:
• Feedback questions, where reviewers grade the response
• Expectation questions, where reviewers provide the best possible answer
No more Excel files going back and forth. Review Queues give humans a cleaner way to improve agent quality.
Learn more: https://mlflow.org/blog/review-queue-feature/
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#MLflow #LLMOps #AIAgents #HumanInTheLoop #AIObservability
Video by Hugging Face via YouTube
Tau is a minimalist coding-agent harness inspired by Pi and implemented in Python. This crash course tours its Textual TUI, provider login and model selection, tree-structured sessions, skills, custom prompts, themes, extensions, and the architectural differences between Tau and Pi.
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🔗 *Links*
– Tau website and documentation: https://twotimespi.dev/
– Tau on GitHub: https://github.com/huggingface/tau
– Pi coding agent: https://pi.dev/
– Textual: https://textual.textualize.io/
– Hugging Face Inference Providers: https://huggingface.co/docs/inference-providers/
– Tau subagents extension by Rian Dolphin: https://github.com/rian-dolphin/tau-subagents
– cmux terminal: https://cmux.com/
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👋 *Connect with me*
– My website: https://alejandro-ao.com/
– X (Twitter): https://x.com/_alejandroao
– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-ao/
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🤓 *Topics Covered*
– Tau coding agent architecture and Python implementation
– TUI, models, sessions, skills, prompts, and themes
– Tau versus Pi and extension compatibility
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⏱️ *Timestamps*
0:00 Introduction
0:58 Tau TUI Tour
4:15 Log In to Model Providers
5:03 Select and Use a Model
6:36 Rename a Session
7:00 Resume Sessions
8:19 Session Trees and Branching
11:44 Export and Analyze Sessions
15:14 Export Sessions as JSONL
15:45 Skills
19:14 Custom Prompts
20:59 Themes
22:01 Tau vs Pi
Video by NetApp Instaclustr via YouTube
Welcome to the June 2026 Instaclustr platform round up! In this month’s update we cover the release of MCP Gateway, and Kafka and Cassandra updates!
This month on NetApp Instaclustr:
Instaclustr for MCP Gateway is now generally available!
Read the announcement: https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/netapp-instaclustr-for-mcp-gateway-is-here-smarter-ai-data-access-starts-now/
Watch the demo: https://youtu.be/ihlSgiOk4Gg
Apache Kafka 4.2.1 is now in General Availability on Instaclustr. Kafka Connect 4.2.1 is also available.
Read the docs: https://www.instaclustr.com/support/documentation/announcements/apache-kafka-and-kafka-connect/instaclustr-for-apache-kafka-and-kafka-connect-4-2-1-are-now-generally-available/
ClickHouse 26.3.10 is now generally available.
-Version 25.8.24 is now deprecated
Read the full June product update: https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/instaclustr-product-update-june-2026/
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Video by CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation] via YouTube
CNCF already runs an AI Conformance Program, bringing the same consistency to AI platforms that Kubernetes conformance brought to 100+ platforms across every major cloud. Chris Aniszczyk, CTO of CNCF, shared the story at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan.
#KubeCon #CloudNative
