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Lenovo Expects 30+ Platforms With Linux Support This Year, Both AMD & Intel Systems

Phoronix - Sun, 07/31/2022 - 21:17
At DebConf22 in Kosovo that recently wrapped up, Lenovo's Mark Pearson who leads the company's Linux initiatives talked in-person about their 2022 platform support for Linux and their progress over the past year. In 2022 they expect 30+ platforms with Linux support...

More ASUS Motherboard Sensors & Other Hardware Monitoring Improvements For Linux 5.20

Phoronix - Sun, 07/31/2022 - 18:44
Ahead of the Linux 5.19 stable kernel being launched later today, a few pull requests have already begun queuing for the Linux 5.20 merge window. Among those early pulls are the hardware monitoring "HWMON" subsystem updates...

Open-Source VIA DRM/KMS Driver "OpenChrome" Not Ready For Merging Into Linux 5.20

Phoronix - Sun, 07/31/2022 - 18:12
You may recall a month ago the lone developer still working on open-source VIA x86 graphics support for Linux hoped to finally mainline this "OpenChrome" DRM/KMS driver for the Linux 5.20 cycle. Well, Linux 5.19 is being released today and that opens up the Linux 5.20 merge window but still the OpenChrome DRM driver isn't ready to go yet...

Linux Mint 21 Released - Built Atop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Phoronix - Sun, 07/31/2022 - 17:52
Linux Mint 21 has been officially released as the newest version of this popular desktop Linux distribution built atop Ubuntu...

Linux 5.20 To Support The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen3, ThinkPad X13s Arm Laptop

Phoronix - Sat, 07/30/2022 - 21:33
Submitted early ahead of tomorrow's Linux 5.19 stable kernel release are the SoC changes destined for the Linux 5.20 merge window. There are more than one thousand SoC patches for Linux 5.20 cycle adding and updating many SoCs and board/platform coverage. One of several notable additions this cycle is introducing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen3 support for high-end Arm laptops...

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