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Last year the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) announced plans for major vendors to pay or contribute code to this project that makes it easy for deploying new system and device firmware on Linux systems. They are asking those with less than 99 employees to contribute $10k USD annually or those larger organizations to contribute $100k USD annually or to be employing engineer(s) to work full-time on LVFS/Fwupd. Beginning tomorrow the next phase of their transition to encourage vendors to support the open-source project goes into effect...

The Next LVFS Actions Begin Tomorrow To Encourage More Hardware Vendors To Step Up  Phoronix

In addition to the MediaTek MT7902 WiFI Linux support emerging in recent months, the Linux support for the MediaTek MT7927 is also coming together for WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 support for the upstream Linux kernel...

MediaTek MT7927 "Filogic 380" WiFi Support Coming Together For Linux  Phoronix

Ben Might Have Built the Ultimate Handheld PC That Can Run Full Desktop Software  TechEBlog -

Fastfetch 2.61 System Information Tool Drops Windows 7 and 8 Support  linuxiac.com

Axios Supply Chain Attack Pushes Cross-Platform RAT via Compromised npm Account  The Hacker News

Archinstall 4.0 finally makes installing Arch Linux bearable for normal people  XDA

I installed this Arch-based distro my way in under 5 minutes - so can you  ZDNET

GNOME 50 killed Google Drive integration because nobody wanted to maintain it  XDA

Forget the Steam Deck, This Custom-Built Handheld Runs a Full Linux Desktop in Your Palms  Yanko Design

Intel today formally announced the Optimization Zone as a new initiative at the company that began last October and is building up a centralized repository for maximizing performance and software optimizations around Intel hardware...

Intel Announces The "Optimization Zone"  Phoronix

There are a lot of choices when it comes to container base images, so why should you select Red Hat Universal Base Image (UBI)? First of all, the code in Red Hat Universal Base Image is derived from Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and the mission of RHEL is to be your source for safe and reliable Linux innovation that makes your workloads successful. Because all containers are Linux, and UBI is derived from RHEL, the same values apply to UBI, including:Innovate: Organizations are constantly looking to innovate quickly without friction and provide consistency from the data center to the edge b

Archinstall 4.0 is out today and just in time for the April 1 monthly refresh to the Arch Linux installer. With Archinstall 4.0, this Arch Linux OS installer is now using the Textual TUI library rather than the Curses library...

Archinstall 4.0 Released For Improved Arch Linux Installer Using Textual UI  Phoronix

Archinstall 4.0 Introduces New Textual TUI for Arch Linux Installer  Linuxiac

Archinstall 4.0 Arch Linux Installer Released with New Textual UI  9to5linux.com

Debian-Based Elive Linux Distro Is Back with First Stable Release in Seven Years  9to5linux.com

No internet? This 'survival computer' has everything you need offline - including AI  ZDNET