Fedora / Red Hat / IBM Leftovers

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 07, 2024,
updated Sep 09, 2024

• Neowin ☛ Red Hat's RHEL Hey Hi (AI) promises to streamline generative Hey Hi (AI) for enterprise IT

  The RHEL Hey Hi (AI) platform features Granite LLM models and aims to enhance generative AI's accessibility for enterprise IT.

• Red Hat Official ☛ Sharing is caring: How to make the most of your GPUs part 2 - Multi-instance GPU

  There is a set of assumptions for the development of this article: [...]

• Fedora Project ☛ Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 36 2024

  This is a weekly report from the I&R (Infrastructure & Release Engineering) Team. It also contains updates for CPE (Community Platform Engineering) Team as the CPE initiatives are in most cases tied to I&R work.

• Tomas Tomecek: Using InstructLab in Log Detective

  We are going to continue in the Log Detective series:

• Introducing Log Detective
• Running logdetective on Red Bait OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) with CUDA
• Running logdetective on an EC2 VM with CUDA
• Running logdetective service in containers with CUDA on EC2

This time we’ll start exploring using InstructLab in the Log Detective infrastructure.

• Beyond End of Life: Securing Legacy Linux Systems Like CentOS 7

  The lifecycle of software inevitably draws to a close, leaving many organizations grappling with the challenges of upgrading legacy systems. For Linux users, particularly those reliant on CentOS 7 and CentOS Stream 8, the recent end-of-life (EOL) dates have presented a daunting dilemma. The end of support means no more security updates, patches, or official assistance, which could leave systems vulnerable to attacks. This article explores the challenges associated with upgrading legacy Linux systems and explores viable alternatives for securing legacy Linux systems beyond their EOL.

• ZDNet ☛ Red Hat unleashes Enterprise Linux AI - and it's truly useful

  Many AI programs, despite all the hype, aren't that useful. On the other hand, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI will help system administrators and developers alike.

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI Now Generally Available for Enterprise AI Innovation in Production

More on the AI hype:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI Now Available Across Hybrid Cloud for Gen AI Model Development

  The platform brings together the open source-licensed Granite large language model (LLM) family and InstructLab model alignment tools, based on the Large-scale Alignment for chatBots (LAB) methodology, packaged as an optimized, bootable RHEL image for individual server deployments across the hybrid cloud.

Update

A couple of puff pieces more:

• Red Hat Launches RHEL Hey Hi (AI) for Enhanced Enterprise Hey Hi (AI) Apps

  Red Hat Enterprise GNU/Linux Hey Hi (AI) is now generally available, offering businesses cost-effective, open-source Hey Hi (AI) solutions.

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI extends innovation across the hybrid cloud [Ed: Buzzwords all over]

And 2 more just now:

• Red Hat rolls out RHEL AI: A tool for enterprises to consider?

  One of the main features of RHEL AI is its compatibility with Granite models and InstructLab tooling. Such components include enhanced PyTorch runtime libraries and GPU accelerators for AMD Instinct MI300X, Intel, and NVIDIA GPUs, as well as the NeMo framework. By combining these components, Red Hat provides enterprises with the infrastructure required to run complex AI tasks.

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Gets In On The Generative AI Action

  Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is on many people's minds right now. Some are excited to see what kind of productivity boosts they can get with it, while others are concerned that the way this technology is progressing is very unethical.