Huawei has has officially made MindSpore open source, and in doing so has provided the open source community with an invaluable tool for deep learning. The all-scenario MindSpore has cloud-edge-device collaboration, lower entry barriers to development, and efficient distributed parallel computing. So how exactly will MindSpore change the AI world?
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Gradle, an open source build tool, can enable the automation of software building and delivery with a high level of efficiency. It helps you write in Java, C++, or just about any language you choose. Here’s how to install Gradle on a data center Linux server for project build automation.
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Google is finally expanding reach of its Anthos hybrid-cloud platform into competing clouds with an initial multi-cloud push into AWS and plans to tap into Microsoft Azure. This cross-cloud management is possible because of the Kubernetes layer that has become a common infrastructure substrate option across nearly all cloud platforms.
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Created by a visiting postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, Matteo Zallio, ‘handy’ is a multipurpose tool that provides a physical barrier between our hands and surfaces. The idea behind ‘handy’ is to offer an open source response to combating the virus, reportedly known to last on some surfaces for days.
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AWS and Facebook today announced two new open-source projects around PyTorch, the popular open-source machine learning framework. While TorchServe, a model-serving framework for PyTorch, will make it easier for developers to put their models into production, TorchElastic will help developers easily build fault-tolerant training jobs on Kubernetes clusters.
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Protocol reports that Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian has ended years of confusion around Istio, its open-source project for service mesh. Kurian told the publication that Google will eventually donate the project to a foundation at some point in the near future. Google didn’t specifically state the name of any foundation. Google had earlier maintained a stand that it would keep control over the project instead of donating it to a foundation.
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More than a few Phoronix readers have written in over the past few days expressing outrage that Debian GNU/Linux is dropping a number of old hardware drivers. Earlier this month the Debian “X Strike Force” team decided to drop a number of obsolete input and video drivers from Debian.
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While the average American probably has a vocabulary between 20,000 and 50,000 words, Linux can claim over 100,000 words (spellings, not definitions). And you can easily put this vocabulary to work for you in a number of ways. Let’s look at how Linux can help with your word challenges.
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What starts out as a low-cost, relatively easy option can quickly become a surprisingly complex and costly endeavor, especially when terabytes of monthly data are involved, as they are in applications like log analytics. So how do you determine whether open source fits in your big data analytics budget?
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Everybody has a favorite database project that they may feel protective about. That usually comes down to the open source license. So it’s good to know where things are headed when you’re picking a license for a project or just trying to understand what’s out there.
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