According to the product brief, DGX Spark can support models of up to 200 billion parameters locally with its 128GB of coherent LPDDR5x system memory. Using the built-in ConnectX networking, two DGX Spark systems can be linked together to enable inference on models of up to 405 billion parameters, with Nvidia highlighting support for workloads such as Llama 3.1 405B.
The device comes in a PETG enclosure featuring a 4.3-inch touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard, giving it the appearance and usability of a pocket-sized Linux laptop. A 5000 mAh internal battery provides 3 to 6 hours of runtime, and charging is handled through a dedicated USB port.
KDE Frameworks 6.18 introduces the ability to use the Copilot key on your laptop for launching your favorite apps or for any other action in places where you can set up keyboard shortcuts, in combination with other keys. Right now, you can’t re-bind the Copilot key to emulate another key, but the devs are working to support that too.
Dash to Panel is probably the most used GNOME Shell extension, offering a unified, single desktop panel that’s fully customizable. The latest release, version 69, introduces support for the GNOME 49 desktop environment, and this alone is big news for those of you who plan on upgrading your GNOME desktops this September.
Based on the latest and greatest Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series, Q4OS 6.1 (codename Andromeda) ships with the KDE Plasma 6.3.6 and Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) 14.1.5 desktop environments. As with previous releases, the KDE Plasma edition uses the stock look from upstream.
With Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” hitting the streets earlier this month, the Linux Mint devs will now focus their efforts on the Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 (codename Gigi) release, which will be based on the Debian 13 “Trixie” operating system series and offer all the new features that were implemented in Linux Mint 22.2.
Starting with Linux kernel 6.17, Linus Torvalds changed the maintainer status of the Bcachefs file system from “supported” to “externally maintained” since Bcachefs is no longer supported by the core kernel team because the Bcachefs devs refuse to follow the standards and rules regarding bug fixes and kernel versions.
For Linux users, VirtualBox 7.2.2 introduces support for using KVM APIs on Linux kernel 6.16 and newer for acquiring and releasing VT-x on Linux hosts and updates Linux Guest Additions by fixing an issue when VBoxClient was reporting that it is unable to load shared libraries on start.
First in the line is the Slimbook EVO, Slimbook’s flagship laptop introduced last year, which now features the brand-new AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor with 10 cores and 20 threads, next-generation NPU with 50 TOPS designed for local execution of AI models, up to 128 GB RAM, and up to 16 TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 storage.
PipeWire 1.4.8 brings low latency for FireWire devices using the ALSA drivers by forcing the IRQ mode in Pro-Audio mode even if there are multiple capture and playback devices, improves compatibility with Apple HomePod Minis by adding fp_sap25 encryption to the RAOP module, and improves support for the Razer BlackShark v3 gaming headset.
KDE Gear 25.08.1 is here to fix an issue in the KTorrent app that caused it to constantly write to a magnet file, fix an issue with the account moderation tools page in the Tokodon app, and fix an infinite loop in git blame in the Kate text editor that occurred when using the Flatpak version.
Coming about two weeks after fwupd 2.0.14, the fwupd 2.0.15 release adds support for updating the firmware on more hardware, including the NVIDIA ConnectX-6, NVIDIA ConnectX-7, and NVIDIA ConnectX-8 NICs, Jabra Evolve2 child devices, as well as the Foxconn SDX61 modem.
