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Faux Bus Proposed For The Linux Kernel To Better Deal With Simple Devices

Phoronix - Tue, 02/04/2025 - 00:20
Linux's second-in-command Greg Kroah-Hartman is proposing "Faux Bus" as a new "fake" bus solution for simple devices...

Firefox 135 Published With Safeguards To Prevent Overwhelming The Back History

Phoronix - Mon, 02/03/2025 - 23:32
Mozilla Firefox 135 release binaries are now available for those wanting to grab the latest browser release right away...

Red Hat Hiring To Continue Advancing The Linux Desktop In 2025

Phoronix - Mon, 02/03/2025 - 23:00
Christian Schaller as Red Hat's Director of Software Engineering outlined in a blog post today some of the areas they will be focusing on this year with Fedora Workstation development. Additionally, they will be hiring at least two more Linux desktop engineers this year at Red Hat...

FreeBSD Working On S0ix Sleep State Support For Newer Laptops

Phoronix - Mon, 02/03/2025 - 21:45
FreeBSD is working on S0ix standby power state support for better handling modern Intel and AMD laptops running this popular BSD operating system...

Fwupd 2.0.5 Brings Support For More ELAN Fingerprint Readers & Fixes

Phoronix - Mon, 02/03/2025 - 21:33
Fwupd 2.0.5 is out today as the newest update to this open-source solution for system and peripheral/device firmware updating under Linux...

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