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Just last month Microsoft was roped back into the discussion of exFAT support for Linux with an independent user looking to have Samsung's exposed exFAT open-source driver merged. That didn't happen yet, but Microsoft today published the exFAT file-system specifcation and is encouraging support for Linux...

Microsoft wants to bring exFAT to the Linux kernel  TechCrunch

ExFAT, the Extended File Allocation Table, is Microsoft's file system for flash drives and SD cards, which launched in 2006. Because it was proprietary, mounting ...

1. Microsoft to Bring exFAT Support to the Linux Kernel  Thurrott.com
2. Microsoft wants to bring exFAT to the Linux kernel  TechCrunch
3. Microsoft readies exFAT patents for Linux and open source  ZDNet
4. Microsoft makes exFAT available for inclusion into the Linux kernel  OnMSFT
5. Microsoft's only gone and published the exFAT spec, now supports popping it in the Linux kernel  The Register
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HP Linux Imaging & Printing Drivers Now Support Linux Mint 19.2 and Debian 10  Softpedia News

HP Linux Imaging & Printing 3.19.8 now available to download.

Microsoft supports addition of Microsoft’s exFAT file system to the Linux kernel  MSPoweruser

Microsoft's exFAT file system used in Windows supports many types of storage devices like SD Cards and USB flash drives. Most of the storage devices support ...

GNOME Wants to Make Linux Firmware Updates Easier to Deploy with New Tool  Softpedia News

GNOME Firmware Updater will be integrated in GNOME desktop.

It's been over one year since the introduction of the Mozilla Thunderbird 60.0 series while today Thunderbird 68.0 was made as the next official update...

BlackArch Linux Ethical Hacking OS Adds over 150 New Tools in Latest Release  Softpedia News

BlackArch 2019.09.01 is now available to download.

A Linux-to-Cloud IoT Solution the Microsoft Way  Electronic Design

Avnet has developed an end-to-end IoT solution that revolves around MediaTek's MT3620 running Microsoft's Azure Sphere OS.

Linux on Chromebooks getting Ansible integration for enterprise package management  About Chromebooks

Now that Linux on Chromebooks is available for the enterprise, how do IT admins plan to manage this feature? Recent code commits suggest that Red Hat ...

After learning of the UP-Squared SBC maker board this summer when this Intel Apollolake single board computer was added to Coreboot, the company sent over a review sample and for the past number of weeks have been putting this mini board through its paces and performance tests.

Microsoft readies exFAT patents for Linux and open source  ZDNet

For years, Microsoft has profited from its FAT file system patents. Now the company is making it explicit that it's freeing its remaining exFAT patents for Open ...

Intel open-source developer Kenneth Graunke who is the lead developer on their "Iris" Gallium3D driver has landed a new performance optimization in Mesa to help their Gen11/Icelake graphics performance...

The FFmpeg library up to this point has supported AMD's Advanced Media Framework (AMF) library just on Windows for H.264/HEVC encoding on GPUs. The Windows code-path makes use of DirectX while now AMD AMF support for Linux via Vulkan is now exposed by the latest FFmpeg code...

New LINUX bite-sized computer with a full-feature display just in $69  Daily Bayonet

A favorite among many webmasters and technology enthusiasts around the world, LINUX is known for its incredible power and flexibility as a platform.

Linux Laptop Buyer's Guide: Tips And Resources To Find The Perfect Laptop For Your Favorite Distro  Forbes

Finding a new laptop that runs Linux out of the box is easier than ever.

After mentoring a Dell student intern over the summer, Red Hat's Richard Hughes has announced their work today on the GNOME Firmware Updater...

GNOME Firmware Updater Is A New UI For Managing Firmware On Linux By Power Users  Phoronix

After mentoring a Dell student intern over the summer, Red Hat's Richard Hughes has announced their work today on the GNOME Firmware Updater.

Facebook's HHVM implementation that started off as a high performance PHP5 implementation but is now just focused on powering their own Hack programming language is beginning to see some of its code rewritten in Rust...

SwiftShader. Google's CPU-based implementation that originally was focused on OpenGL ES and Direct3D 9, now has Vulkan 1.1 support in tow...