Open source moves forward when the community comes together. Meet Rocky Linux users, contributors, and maintainers at #AllThingsOpen2026 in Raleigh, October 19 and 20. Ask questions, learn how to get involved, and hear what’s ahead. Details: ow.ly/c4AP50ZY9lB #RockyLinux #OpenSource

At #FutureForum2026, a clear point of global alignment emerged: sovereign AI matters to governments and enterprises alike. CIQ President Bjorn Hovland joined conversations shaping why that control matters and how open, auditable infrastructure can make it achievable. #SovereignAI #LeaveYourLane

Don’t take a benchmark result on faith. Rerun it. Andrew Jorgensen published every step behind our Spark Arena runs on RLC Pro AI: setup, driver, pinned container, the recipe, and checks needed to reproduce CIQ’s DGX Spark tests. Follow them on your own Spark: ow.ly/EhWf50ZY6TU

Build on your DGX Spark then run the same OS in production. RLC Pro AI puts the newest long-term kernel and validated NVIDIA drivers on your Spark, and your prototypes move to production without changing the OS. Free developer licenses are available now: ow.ly/z3oF50ZY6cQ #DGXSpark #AIInfrastructure

The cheapest model for easy work can cost 37x more per correct answer when the questions get harder. Damen Knight measured 27 local LLMs on a Strix Halo using real power data. Read the first post in his new series on cost, accuracy, and workload fit: ow.ly/uvER50ZXMcc

Good news for Rocky Linux from CIQ Pro (RLC Pro) teams: Tenable Nessus scans can now accurately recognize the CVE fixes CIQ delivers, including on pinned LTS releases. New plugins use CIQ advisories to provide more accurate findings, release by release. Read: ow.ly/ZcRN50ZXgP3

AI may feel weightless, but its infrastructure is not. At #FutureForum2026, CIQ President Bjorn Hovland will discuss AI sovereignty in “Who Owns the Intelligence?” at 10:35 AM at Network Central, then join the 4:45 PM debate: “This House Believes AI Will Do More to Heal the Planet Than Harm It” in Vision Hall. Details: futureforum.co/

See sovereign AI move from GPU to governed production during #LATechWeek. Join CIQ and @PhiniteAi at CIQ HQ for private model serving, agents with traces and approvals, and a live model upgrade with rollback and an audit trail. For startup, VC, and enterprise leaders. Oct. 17 | 1 to 6 PM | Los Angeles Register: ow.ly/9MRo50ZWX1I

Scientists should not need a second career in computer science to use HPC. From neuroscience and NIH’s Biowulf to Singularity/Apptainer and Fuzzball, David Godlove has built a career removing technical roadblocks to discovery. Read his CIQ employee spotlight: ow.ly/7Nic50ZWwAI #HPC #Fuzzball

Updating Linux is a solved problem, right up until you have a hundred servers. Brian Rieb breaks down where the usual models creak at fleet scale, and how CIQ Enterprise Linux Manager (ELM) lets your team pin production to what you tested and promote when you're ready. Full walkthrough video included: ow.ly/SmNA50ZWrqB #EnterpriseLinux #Linux

“We’re just upgrading Linux this weekend.” That sentence has started a lot of months-long projects. On Oct. 22, Brady and Brian explain the difference between an update, upgrade, and migration, and what each means for your timeline. 11 AM PT | 2 PM ET ow.ly/qzAf50ZWnzH

On Oct. 25, Sylabs ends SingularityCE, SingularityPRO, and Singularity Enterprise. Apptainer carries on with the same SIF images and singularity command. Jonathon Anderson traces the history and path forward, including Apptainer Pro. Read: ow.ly/lXPY50ZW1rp

CIQ announces Apptainer Pro, coming soon for production AI and HPC containers. Add long-term support, preflight checks, execution records, and cluster image distribution while keeping your SIF images and workflows. Learn more: ow.ly/Ji4s50ZW1hm #HPC

One command starts a Hugging Face model on your GPUs, served from a replica pool behind a stable OpenAI compatible endpoint. Jonathon Anderson explains the vLLM catalog, validated presets, autoscaling, and persistent local volumes. See what it takes to serve a model on your own infrastructure with Fuzzball. Read: ow.ly/SU8950ZVZ1z

Get turnkey AI with Fuzzball. Eleven validated open-weight models and agents across NVIDIA and AMD GPUs, on-premises and in major clouds, with automatic discovery and governed access. Read the Techstrong.ai article: ow.ly/cjoT50ZVYgJ #SovereignAI #AIInfrastructure

Start SC26 with the AI and HPC community. CIQ and Drive Capital invite you to a pre-SC26 happy hour in Chicago, hosted with NVIDIA, VAST Data, Cambridge Computer, Moonlite, and Norton Rose Fulbright, with live entertainment, appetizers, drinks, and conversation. Nov. 15 | 4 to 7:30 PM CT Request to join: luma.com/csmoie8i

CIQ President Bjorn Hovland is heading to #FutureForum2026 in King’s Cross, London, October 14 and 15. He’ll join leaders across business, technology, science, and culture for conversations that challenge assumptions and cross traditional boundaries. futureforum.co/ #LeaveYourLane

Moving to RLC Pro? Keep the lifecycle workflow your admins already know. With ELM, they can continue mirroring content, curating views, pinning versions, promoting, rolling back, and provisioning hosts from one control plane. Read: ow.ly/WoE950ZVBTX #RLCPro

20 teams. Two-node clusters. One weekend in Chicago. We're hosting the CIQ Supercomputing Local AI Hackathon, Nov 13-15, before SC26. Teams train, serve, and benchmark AI on Lenovo ThinkStation PGX systems with NVIDIA GB10, orchestrated by Fuzzball. Top 3 win SC26 passes. Read the announcement and apply now: ow.ly/vyk650ZVwCq