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Following this afternoon's release of the Linux 6.3 kernel, GNU Linux-libre 6.3-gnu has already been released as this downstream kernel flavor that removes support for loading binary-only modules and trying to de-blob other driver code that otherwise depends upon "non-free" code...

Following this afternoon's release of the Linux 6.3 kernel, GNU Linux-libre 6.3-gnu has already been released as this downstream kernel flavor that removes support for loading binary-only modules and trying to de-blob other driver code that otherwise depends upon "non-free" code...

GNU Linux-libre 6.3-gnu Cleans Up New ath12k WiFi Driver, Other New Additions  Phoronix

<p><em>Editor’s note: Earlier today, president and chief executive officer of Red Hat, Matt Hicks, shared the following email with Red Hatters.&nbsp;</em></p> <p>—</p> <p>Hi all,</p> <p>There have been several occasions where we’ve had to make tough decisions at Red Hat, but no decision has been harder than the one I must communicate to you today: We will reduce the associate base of Red Hat over the next few months. Our reductions will focus on g

Linux Kernel 6.3 Released, This is What’s New  OMG! Ubuntu!

Linus Torvalds just released Linux 6.3 as the newest stable kernel version...

Linux 6.3 Released With More Meteor Lake Enablement, Zen 4 Auto IBRS & Much More  Phoronix

Google Chrome 114 Will Properly Respect Dark Mode on Linux  OMG! Ubuntu!

How to Set Up Linux and Linux Apps on a Windows PC  MUO - MakeUseOf

Run Linux By Emulating RISC-V On A RISC-V Microcontroller  Hackaday

Shotwell 0.32.0 Image Viewer Adds Support for JPEG-XL, AVIF, and WebP Images  9to5Linux

How to install AI like ChatGPT on your own computer  BGR

How to install Docker on AWS EC2 Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 Linux  H2S Media

The Linux 6.3 stable kernel is likely to be released later today so here is a reminder about the most exciting aspects of this spring kernel release...

Linux 6.3 Features Have A Lot For AMD & Intel, Steam Deck, ASUS Motherboards & More  Phoronix

Libreboot as the downstream of Coreboot focused on ensuring 100% open-source system firmware support without any lurking binary blobs is out this Sunday with a new feature release...

It's been just shy of ten years since Intel launched their Haswell processors that were very successful at the time and was followed by Broadwell. While Intel's open-source Linux driver engineers are primarily concentrated on recent and future Intel hardware platforms, occasionally there is an improvement worth mentioning for mature platforms like Haswell and Broadwell. A new patch series this week will help with some minor graphics power-savings for those still running a nearly decade old Intel Linux laptop...

Improved Linux Power Savings For Intel Haswell/Broadwell Laptops In 2023  Phoronix

The Flashrom project that serves as an open-source firmware/ROM flashing utility not only for system BIOS/UEFI on motherboards but also capable of flashing firmware for various network / GPU / storage controller cards and other programmable devices has decided to effectively split into two...

Google engineers continue working on enhancing the Linux infrastructure around supporting High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) for Chrome OS...