1 August

So Far Ubuntu Phone Hasn't Tempted Me, But Would Highly Consider A Tizen Device

With writing this weekend about switching to an S7 Edge powered by Android as my primary smartphone, it generated a flurry of comments in the forums and elsewhere with people wanting to share their two cents. A surprising number of people have contacted me to ask why I didn't buy an Ubuntu Phone or to try to fault me for not buying an Ubuntu Phone.

1 August 03:58 PM EDT - Hardware - Tizen, Ubuntu Phone Thoughts - 19 Comments

31 July

AMD Releases Updated Catalyst Pro / FirePro Unified Driver For Linux

It looks like that AMD is going to continue maintaining their Catalyst-based Linux driver until the new AMDGPU-PRO driver architecture is up to scratch. That is, support for FirePro workstation users at least caring about stable support on Enterprise Linux distribution. A new Catalyst Pro / FirePro Unified driver for Linux was released this week.

31 July 08:36 AM EDT - AMD - Not AMDGPU-PRO - 16 Comments

30 July

A Detailed Look At The Failed GPLGPU Open-Source GPU

A few years ago was the Kickstarter-backed effort to open-source a real GPU hardware design albeit from a late 90's design. That effort ultimately failed just raising $12k of a $200k USD goal, but the GPU design was released under the GPLv3 anyways.

30 July 08:53 AM EDT - Hardware - GPLv3 GPU - 17 Comments
The Upgradeable Allwinner Dev Board That's Laptop-Compatible Raises $50k So Far

At the beginning of the month I wrote about That Open, Upgradeable ARM Dev Board Is Trying To Make A Comeback, the EOMA68-spec'ed project formerly known as the Improv Dev Board. It's still using the same (rather slow) Allwinner SoC but has since seen some improvements and there's also a laptop compatible route too. The project has now raised more than $50k USD, but their goal is still three times that at $150k they are trying to raise over the next month.

30 July 08:35 AM EDT - Hardware - EOMA68 Board - 30 Comments

29 July

More Last Minute AMDGPU/Radeon Changes For Linux 4.8

There already have been the main pull requests for the AMDGPU/Radeon DRM drivers for DRM-Next that in turn will land in Linux 4.8 next week. However, today there's been a last-minute update of more open-source AMD driver changes for this next kernel release.

29 July 04:36 PM EDT - Radeon - Linux 4.8 - 19 Comments

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