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Linux USB Gadget Driver Being Extended For WebUSB

Phoronix - Sat, 12/31/2022 - 07:15
The Linux USB gadget kernel driver saw a patch published today for exposing of a device's landing page as part of the WebUSB specification. WebUSB as a reminder is the industry standard for providing a JavaScript API to securely access USB devices from web pages and is already supported by the likes of Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge...

Edubuntu Looks To Re-Establish Itself In 2023

Phoronix - Sat, 12/31/2022 - 06:30
One of the early alternative spins of Ubuntu back in the day was Edubuntu as an education-focused flavor of Ubuntu shipping with various educational packages pre-installed and an optimized workflow for students. Edubuntu gradually faded away but in 2023 is looking to re-establish itself and become an official flavor under new leadership...

AMD Zen 4, Apple Silicon, Intel Arc Graphics & More Excited Linux Users This Year

Phoronix - Fri, 12/30/2022 - 19:36
While there still are a few more articles coming up on Phoronix over the next day before closing out 2022, for this year on Phoronix there were 191 Linux hardware reviews and featured articles along with 2,846 original news articles on Linux, open-source, and hardware topics. Here is a look back at what excited our Linux/open-source readers the most over the course of 2022...

PinePhone Pro Display Support Nearing The Mainline Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Fri, 12/30/2022 - 19:30
For going along with the new keyboard driver and other upstreaming efforts around the PinePhone Pro, getting the display support mainlined has been the latest effort for enhancing this $399 Linux smartphone...

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