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Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W Launches For $7

Phoronix - Mon, 11/25/2024 - 19:41
Complementing the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 that launched this summer, the Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W was announced today for $7 as the wireless-enabled variant of this small microcontroller board...

Fwupd 2.0.2 Allows Updating Firmware On Many More Devices

Phoronix - Mon, 11/25/2024 - 19:15
Richard Hughes of Red Hat has released Fwupd 2.0.2 as the newest update to this open-source firmware updating solution for Linux systems...

Speed Up Ubuntu – Clean Unused Packages with Terminal

Tecmint - Mon, 11/25/2024 - 16:04
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Over time, as you use your Ubuntu system, it can accumulate unnecessary files, packages, and old updates that take up

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Why C is Still the Go-To Language for Programmers

Tecmint - Mon, 11/25/2024 - 14:00
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‘C‘ is a general-purpose programming language developed by Dennis Ritchie at AT&T Bell Labs in the early 1970s. It was

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Phoronix Premium Cyber Week Sale To Better Enjoy Our Linux Hardware Reviews & News

Phoronix - Mon, 11/25/2024 - 13:00
While the end of year holidays are fast approaching, my commitment to Linux hardware and open-source software remains and there still is a lot of interesting content to come this year still -- each and every day, without change for roughly a decade. Unfortunately though due to the (sad) state of the ad industry, many major companies focusing on the likes of Facebook/Meta ads, and the frequent use of ad-blockers by Linux/FLOSS readers make ongoing operations increasingly difficult. But if you'd like to show some love this holiday season, the Phoronix Premium "Cyber Week" / "Black Friday" special is now taking place so you can enjoy the site ad-free, native dark mode support, multi-page articles on a single page, and other benefits while hopefully allowing the site to continue for years to come...

AMDXDNA Driver For Ryzen AI Now Ready To Appear In The Linux kernel

Phoronix - Sun, 11/24/2024 - 22:22
The AMDXDNA kernel driver for Linux systems that was made open-source in January for supporting the Ryzen AI NPU on laptop SoCs going back to the Ryzen 7040 "Phoenix" series is now one step away from appearing in the mainline Linux kernel in the near future...

Virtual CPUFreq Driver Coming With Linux 6.13 For Better Power/Performance Within VMs

Phoronix - Sun, 11/24/2024 - 19:58
Earlier this week was the main power management updates for Linux 6.13 that included switching AMD EPYC Turin to using the amd_pstate driver on supported systems. Sent out this weekend was another set of power management updates that also includes a notable addition: the virtual CPUFreq driver...

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