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Libreboot To Provide New Firmware ROMs With CPU Microcode Removed

Phoronix - Tue, 06/20/2023 - 18:00
CPU microcode updates are commonly done in the name of security fixes and resolving functionality issues.. In recent years, CPU microcode updates have been a much more common -- and important -- occurrence. While all modern CPUs rely on microcode it's just a matter of whether the version used is baked into the hardware or an updated version loaded by the BIOS or OS at boot time, a "vocal minority" of users are unhappy with CPU microcode being included in Libreboot ROMs. Thus moving forward there will be alternative builds of Libreboot for different motherboards with the CPU microcode stripped out in the name of software freedom...

The Ultimate Guide to Handling Filenames with Special Characters in Linux

Tecmint - Tue, 06/20/2023 - 13:25
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We come across files and folder names very regularly. In most of the cases file/folder name are related to the content of the file/folder and

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Linux 6.5 Adding Support For NCT6799D Sensors Found In Various Newer Motherboards

Phoronix - Tue, 06/20/2023 - 06:56
If your newer desktop motherboard has a NCT6799D Super I/O controller or one of the variants like NCT6799D-S, the Linux 6.5 kernel is set to introduce support for this ASIC in order to expose hardware sensor support under Linux...

Stock Market - Financial Content

Google News - Tue, 06/20/2023 - 04:42
Stock Market  Financial Content

F2FS Preparing To Land Async Buffered Write Support

Phoronix - Tue, 06/20/2023 - 03:16
The Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) is preparing to land async buffered write support into the Linux kernel as another performance win for this flash-optimized file-system...

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