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GNU Boot 20230717 Released For Freeing The Firmware On Some Old Hardware

Phoronix - Mon, 07/17/2023 - 18:38
GNU Boot 20230717 has been released as the fork of Libreboot that in turn is a downstream of Coreboot focused on providing system firmware support only where they are fully free software. With GNU Boot the game is upped further by removing select motherboard ports and documentation where they do not comply with the GNU System Distribution Guidelines...

Arch Linux Installer Archinstall 2.6 Preparing New Features

Phoronix - Mon, 07/17/2023 - 18:29
For two years now Arch Linux's official install media has been shipping with archinstall as a nice, text-based installer for more quickly setting up an Arch Linux environment. In preparation for release now is Archinstall 2.6 as the next feature release while available for testing today is the release candidate...

Meson 1.2 Build System Released

Phoronix - Mon, 07/17/2023 - 18:08
Meson 1.2 was released on Sunday as the newest feature release for this wildly popular, cross-platform build system that has become widely used by open-source projects as a superior alternative to GNU Automake and other solutions...

Linux 6.5-rc2 Released With Some Early AMD Family 26 Bits, Fixing Up Some KCFI Assembly

Phoronix - Mon, 07/17/2023 - 07:05
The newest weekly test version of the Linux 6.5 kernel is now available for evaluation and looking out for any bugs/regressions...

Linux Mint 21.2 Released With Cinnamon Enhancements, Other Desktop Polishing

Phoronix - Mon, 07/17/2023 - 01:23
Linux Mint 21.2 has been released today as the newest update to this Ubuntu 22.04 LTS based Linux distribution known for its Cinnamon desktop environment and other Linux desktop focused refinements...

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