Ubuntu is an open-source Linux distribution maintained by Canonical and widely used on servers, desktops, and AI development setups. Recent coverage mentions a user running a four-GPU Tesla T4 local inference rig with 768GB RAM on Ubuntu and llama.cpp, NVIDIA's Isaac ROS 5.0 release supporting ROS Lyrical and Ubuntu 24.04, and NetBSD's record $120,282 in donations as an explicitly AI-free project.
NetBSD donations surge as it becomes a model for AI-free FOSS OSThe NetBSD project received a record 120 donations last month, totaling $120,282, far exceeding its $50,000 target. As the Linux world embraces AI, some AI-averse users are turning to NetBSD, an explicitly AI-free project, reflecting a divide in the open-source community over AI adoption.
User builds 64GB VRAM four-GPU local inference rigA Reddit user showcased a workstation with four Tesla T4 16GB GPUs (64GB total VRAM), a Xeon W3225, 768GB RAM, running Ubuntu and llama.cpp, and said they want even more cards.
NVIDIA Isaac ROS 5.0 Advances Agentic, Open Source RoboticsAt ROSCon, NVIDIA released Isaac ROS 5.0, a collection of GPU-accelerated ROS packages serving nearly 1.3 million ROS users. It adds agentic workflows, supports ROS Lyrical and Ubuntu 24.04, and contributes a standard data-handling interface with the Open Source Robotics Alliance.
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