Summary of the week of February 3, 2025

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Linux in a PDF

A few days ago, someone managed to run Doom in a PDF. Now, someone has done the same with Linux. The gadget works on a RISC-V virtual machine based on TinyEMU.

Using DeepSeek locally

Someone has made a guide to use DeepSeek locally. As they announce (and as a curiosity), it is not the R1 model, since that would need 1.5TB of RAM/VRAM. It is a simplified version that can run on home hardware and gives reasonable results.

What did you play in 2024?

As every year, Neptunno brings us a new edition of What did you play in 2024? Enter the forum thread and comment on what your titles of the year have been.

Testing DirectStorage

In this video they have tested Spiderman 2 with DirectStorage activated and deactivated. The result is that if you have enough processor, it is better to deactivate it to offload to the GPU.

Firefox 135 available

Firefox 135 comes, among other things, with a technique that prevents falsifying the browsing history to hinder the functioning of the Back button. These bad practices are seen on pages like the Microsoft forums, where it is very difficult to return to previous pages.

GTK begins to abandon X11

The people at GTK are going to start stopping adding new X11 features to their library. Despite everything, the classic graphics server can continue to be used until GTK4 loses support, which will happen when version six appears.

AMD surpasses Intel in data center sales

For the first time, AMD has surpassed Intel in data center sales according to the financial results of the last quarter of 2024. But it only reigns in CPUs since GPU sales in this segment have been weak.