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A Linux Hardware Vendor Is Valuing Itself At $75,000,000 USD   Hardware   2024-01-29
Coreboot 4.22 Released: Initial AMD OpenSIL Code Added, 17 New Motherboards   Coreboot   2023-11-28
Purism Librem Server v2 Announced: $2999 USD For A 9th Gen Core i3 With 16GB RAM   Hardware   2023-05-30
Etnaviv Gallium3D Lands Async Shader Compilation With ARB_parallel_shader_compile   Mesa   2022-07-03
Etnaviv DRM Driver Will Now Work On IOMMU-Enabled Systems   Linux Kernel   2021-12-25
Libcamera Maturing Well As Open-Source Camera Stack   Hardware   2021-09-29
Coreboot 4.14 Released With 42 New Motherboards Added, AMD Cezanne APU Support   Coreboot   2021-05-10
Intel eASIC N5X, Snapdragon 888 Support Land In Linux 5.12   Hardware   2021-02-21
Some Linux/Open-Source Letdowns Last For Years   Free Software   2021-01-01
KDE Plasma Mobile Drops Halium Support In Favor Of Open Devices   KDE   2020-12-14
Coreboot 4.13 Adds Intel TXT, Picks Up New Boards For AMD Pollock, Intel Alder Lake   Coreboot   2020-11-20
The FSF Is Looking To Update Its High Priority Free Software Projects List   Free Software   2020-10-29
Linux 5.10 Has Initial Support For NVIDIA Orin, DeviceTree For Purism's Librem 5   Arm   2020-10-24
Purism's Librem 5 "Dogwood" Seeing Improvements In Battery Life   Hardware   2020-07-27
Debian Installer Bullseye Alpha 2 Released With Linux 5.4 + New Device Support   Debian   2020-03-16
Happy New Year + A Look Back At The Most Popular Linux Content Of 2019   Phoronix   2019-12-31
Coreboot Had An Exciting Decade Thanks To Google's Chromebooks, Efforts Like LinuxBoot   Coreboot   2019-12-28
Purism Has Librem 5 Audio Routing Working, Other Software Progress   Hardware   2019-12-24
Purism Announces Librem Server While Also Announcing Price Hikes On The Librem 5   Hardware   2019-12-17
Purism Making Some Progress On Convergence With Phosh Running On Desktop   Wayland   2019-12-17
Ubuntu's Mir Display Stack Accomplished A Lot In 2019 For Being Discounted Two Years Ago   Ubuntu   2019-12-14
Purism Announces Librem 5 "USA" Model For $1999 USD   Hardware   2019-12-05
Librem 5 "Birch" Linux Smartphones Begin Shipping To Consumers   Hardware   2019-11-27
The Librem 5 "Birch" Batch Was Missing A Resistor But Now Fixed   Hardware   2019-11-15
Purism Outlines Librem 5 Software Work During October - Including Battery / Thermal   Free Software   2019-11-15
Ice Lake, Ryzen 9, Kernel Happenings & Other Highlights For An Exciting October   Phoronix   2019-11-01
Purism Provides Update On Librem 5 Shipping, Known Issues   Hardware   2019-10-23
UBports' Ubuntu Touch OTA-11 Released   Ubuntu   2019-10-23
An Interview With Zlatan Todoric, Open-Source Developer & Former Purism CTO   Hardware   2019-10-20
Purism Shares More Photos Of Initial Librem 5 Phones, PureOS UI   Hardware   2019-10-16
System76 Launches Two Intel Laptops With "Open-Source Firmware" Coreboot   Coreboot   2019-10-10
Purism Shows Off The Librem 5 Linux Smartphone In Action   Hardware   2019-09-26
The Free Software Foundation Endorses First Router In 3 Years - But It's 10/100 + 802.11n WiFi   Hardware   2019-09-26
Purism Starts Shipping The First Librem 5 Smartphones   Hardware   2019-09-24
Librem 5 Will Begin Shipping In The Weeks Ahead, But Varying Quality Over Months Ahead   Hardware   2019-09-05
PinePhone Remains On Track For Shipping In The Months Ahead   Hardware   2019-09-05
Fairphone 3 Pre-Orders Begin For Ethical Smartphone With Better Specs Than The Librem 5   Hardware   2019-08-30
Purism Shows Off First Shots Of The Librem 5 Smartphone's PCB   Hardware   2019-08-28
Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 Released With Device Fixes, Support For Draft Messages   Ubuntu   2019-08-22
Librem 5 August Update - More Software Progress, No Word On Q3 Shipping   Hardware   2019-08-21
Etnaviv Is Packing Code For An Exciting Linux 5.4 Cycle   Hardware   2019-08-16
AMD Dominated The Conversation Among Linux/Open-Source Fans In July   Phoronix   2019-08-01
UBports Is Working On Ubuntu Touch OTA-10   Ubuntu   2019-07-31
Purism Finally Announces The Firmed Up Specifications For The Librem 5 Smartphone   Hardware   2019-07-29
Coreboot 4.10 Released With New Support For Many Chromebooks & Random Motherboards   Coreboot   2019-07-22
The Arm SoC/Platform Changes Finally Sent In For Linux 5.3: Jetson Nano, New SoCs   Arm   2019-07-20
Purism's Librem 5 July Update Cites Software Progress, No Hardware Update   Hardware   2019-07-12
Radeon Graphics, Zombieload & Kernel Changes Intrigued Open-Source Fans In H1-2019   Phoronix   2019-07-09
To Little Surprise, Many Linux Apps Run On The Librem 5 Linux Smartphone   Hardware   2019-07-04
Librem 5 Dev Kit Can At Least Run Quake II Now, Progress On Adopting Linux 5.2   Hardware   2019-06-19
Purism Talks Up The Librem 5 Smartphone Boot Speed, Price Increase Coming   Hardware   2019-06-05
The Librem 5 Smartphone Software Made More Progress In May But Still No Hardware Signs   Hardware   2019-05-28
Librem 5 Developer Kit's Mainline Kernel Support Hits 12th Patch Revision   Hardware   2019-05-16
Etnaviv Developer Working On "EIR" Compiler Backend - Hopes For Vulkan Future   Mesa   2019-05-14
Don't Hold Your Breath On UBports' Ubuntu Touch For Purism's Librem 5 Smartphone   Ubuntu   2019-05-07
Librem One Affected By Nasty Security Bug On Launch Day, Acknowledges Rebranded Apps   Free Software   2019-05-01
Purism Announces "Librem One" As Their Privacy-Minded Software Suite   Hardware   2019-04-30
Purism's PureBoot Advancing, Closer To Shipping With Their New Laptops   Hardware   2019-04-29
Purism Shares April Update On Librem 5 Hardware/Software   Hardware   2019-04-24
The PinePhone Linux Smartphone Dev Kit Can Run Wayland's Weston   Hardware   2019-04-20
The Current State Of Librem 5's Linux Smartphone Functionality On Their Dev Kits   Free Software   2019-04-17
Purism Now Providing Pre-Built Binaries Of Coreboot For Their Laptops   Coreboot   2019-04-11
Purism Partners With PIA For VPN Solutions On Librem Smartphones & Laptops   Hardware   2019-04-04
Radeon VII & Linux 5.0 Excited Open-Source Enthusiasts In Q1   Free Software   2019-03-30
New GNOME Mockups Of The Librem 5 User Interface Work   GNOME   2019-03-27
UBports Ubuntu Touch Continues Pursuing Mir/Unity8, Broad Device Support   Ubuntu   2019-03-26
Purism Planning For Three Hardware Kill Switches With The Librem 5   Hardware   2019-03-15
Purism's PureOS Proclaims Convergence Success For Mobile & Desktop Support   Operating Systems   2019-03-06
Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 Won't Move To Mir 1.1 + Unity 8 Due To Qualcomm Binary Blob Issues   Ubuntu   2019-02-26
Purism Working On PureBoot To Secure Your Data & Fully Verify The Linux Boot Process   Coreboot   2019-02-25
Librem 5 Smartphone Specs Firmed Up, But Now Delayed To Q3   Hardware   2019-02-21
KDE To Support Matrix Decentralized Instant Messaging   KDE   2019-02-20
Linux 5.0, RTX 2060, ZoL & Other Topics Dominating Discussions For January   Phoronix   2019-02-01
Purism Plans To Expand & Offer Ethical Subscription Services   Hardware   2019-01-31
New System76 Darter Pro Coming Soon With Intel 8th Gen CPUs, 1080p Display   Hardware   2019-01-29
The Current Hardware Specifications For Purism's Librem 5 Phone   Hardware   2019-01-28
Purism's PureOS Store To Be Based Around Flatpaks, First App Announced   GNOME   2019-01-24
Libhandy 0.0.7 Released For Building Adaptive/Mobile GTK Applications   GNOME   2019-01-20
Purism Announces "PureOS Store" As Software Store For Their Smartphone & Laptops   Free Software   2019-01-17
Purism Announces New Laptops Based On 7th Gen Intel CPUs, 4K Option   Hardware   2019-01-14
Purism Shares The Progress Made On Their Librem 5 Smartphone For The End Of 2018   Hardware   2019-01-09
i.MX8 SoC Support Is Heading Into Linux 4.21 Along With Another ARM Platform   Arm   2019-01-05
The Necunos Mobile Linux Smartphone With KDE Option Preparing To Ship - Without Modem   Hardware   2019-01-03
Open-Source / Linux Letdowns For 2018   Free Software   2018-12-31
The Biggest GNOME Stories Of 2018   GNOME   2018-12-29
Purism's Librem 5 Developer Kits Finally Shipping, Linux Phone Price Going Up To $699   Hardware   2018-12-18
Initial i.MX8 SoC Support & Development Board Possibly Ready For Linux 4.21   Hardware   2018-12-10
Necunos Mobile: A New Open-Source Linux Phone With KDE Plasma Mobile   Hardware   2018-11-29
Purism Still Working On Librem 5 Developer Kits, Delayed To December   Hardware   2018-11-09
ARM Is Very Busy In The Next Kernel With A Lot For NVIDIA Tegra, Snapdragon 835 & More   Arm   2018-10-30
Purism Shares The Latest Librem 5 Smartphone Progress - Dev Kits Going Out Soon   Hardware   2018-10-15
Purism Is Hoping GNOME 3.32 Will Be In Great Shape For Their Librem 5 Smartphone   GNOME   2018-10-11
YubiKey 5 Series Brings FIDO2 Support, NFC Capability   Hardware   2018-09-24
Purism Announces The "Librem Key"   Hardware   2018-09-20
Purism's Librem 5 Making Progress In GTK4 Toolkit Usage, Kernel Upbringing   Hardware   2018-09-06
Purism Pushes Back The Librem 5 Linux Smartphone Release Date   Hardware   2018-09-04
Purism Developing "Chatty" For SMS Support On The Librem 5   Operating Systems   2018-08-29
Linux 4.19 ARM Updates Bring Raspberry Pi Voltage Driver, Samsung Aires Phone Support   Arm   2018-08-23
The State Of Debian Linux On Various Mobile Devices   Debian   2018-08-05
Purism Shares Latest Librem 5 Phone Hardware Plans, Software Progress   Hardware   2018-08-03
Purism Provides Updates On Their Calls & Messaging Librem 5 Smartphone Apps   Free Software   2018-07-31
NXP i.MX8 SoC Support Hasn't Yet Worked Its Way Into The Mainline Linux Kernel   Hardware   2018-07-22
Librem 5 Development Boards Won't Be Shipping Now Until At Least August   Hardware   2018-07-16
KDE's 2017 Community Report Is Now Available   KDE   2018-06-28
Purism's Librem 5 To Rely On Secondary Processor For Binary Blobs   Hardware   2018-06-19
Features That Didn't Make It For The Mainline Linux 4.18 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2018-06-17
Purism's PureOS To Explore OSTree/Flatpak, Wants To Develop An "Ethical App Store"   Operating Systems   2018-06-15
Librem 5 Continues Working On Its Wayland Software Stack, Testing Vibration Motors, Chargers   Hardware   2018-06-13
Purism Reaffirms Plans To Bring Librem 5 Smartphone To Market In January   Hardware   2018-06-06
Etnaviv Gallium3D Now Working On NIR Support   Mesa   2018-06-06
Purism Publishes Librem 5 Dev Kit Details, Small Batch Order Going In Soon   Hardware   2018-05-22
Purism Is Proposing A Virtual Keyboard Protocol For Wayland   Wayland   2018-05-18
Purism Expands Its Linux Hardware Portfolio To Include A USB-Based GPG SmartCard   Hardware   2018-05-17
Coreboot 4.8 Released With 17 New Motherboards Supported   Coreboot   2018-05-16
Purism's Librem 15 v2 Laptop Now Supported By Mainline Coreboot   Coreboot   2018-05-11
Purism Shows Off Latest GNOME Mobile Shell Mockups For The Librem 5   GNOME   2018-05-10
UBPorts Ubuntu Touch To Be Supported By The Purism Librem 5   Ubuntu   2018-04-24
Purism Hires GNOME Developer For Librem 5 UI/UX Designer   GNOME   2018-04-16
Purism Begins Librem 5 Developer Docs, Using "Phosh" Wayland Shell & GNOME Apps   Hardware   2018-04-11
Coreboot Lands Updated ME_Cleaner, Purism TPM & Other Updates   Coreboot   2018-04-06
Coreboot Picks Up Librem Enhancements, New HP Elitebook Port, Cheza Snapdragon   Coreboot   2018-03-26
Etnaviv Now Making Use Of AMDGPU DRM Scheduler, GC7000L Support Coming For Linux 4.18   Linux Kernel   2018-03-22
Purism Gets Plasma Mobile Running On Their First Librem 5 Development Board   KDE   2018-03-13
"HdyStackableBox" Takes Shape As The New GTK+ Widget For Converging UIs   GNOME   2018-03-04
Purism Begins Making Their Own Wayland Compositor For The Librem 5 Smartphone   Wayland   2018-03-03
Pengutronix Gets Open-Source 3D Working On MX8M/GC7000 Hardware   Mesa   2018-02-23
Purism Releases Updated Coreboot Images For Their Laptops   Coreboot   2018-02-22
i.MX8 SoC Support Might Be Introduced In Linux 4.17   Linux Kernel   2018-02-04
Purism Might Develop An X11-Free Wayland Compositor Aligned With GNOME   Wayland   2018-02-02
Purism Hopes To Default To GNOME On The Librem 5 Phone, But Still Supporting KDE   Hardware   2018-02-01
New Purism Developer To Begin Work On Tackling Responsive GTK+ Apps   GNOME   2018-01-25
Purism Begins Work On Unified Themes For Convergent PureOS Devices   Operating Systems   2018-01-24
Etnaviv Working On Initial Bring-Up Of GC7000L/i.MX8M Graphics   Linux Kernel   2018-01-22
Purism Eyeing The i.MX8M For The Librem 5 Smartphone, Issues First Status Update   Hardware   2018-01-16
Purism Planning To Release Their Librem Tablet In 2018   Hardware   2018-01-03
KDE Wayland Began Taking Shape, More Music Players & Other KDE Happenings In 2017   KDE   2017-12-12
KDE's Plasma Mobile Roadmap From A Feature Phone To A Full-Featured Smartphone   KDE   2017-10-31
Etnaviv Driver Sends Out Patches For Vivante GC7000 Support   Mesa   2017-10-31
Etnaviv Gallium3D May Eventually Tackle OpenCL   Hardware   2017-10-26
Purism Librem 5 Linux Smartphone Campaign Set To End At Around $2 Million   Hardware   2017-10-22
Occlusion Queries Land In Etnaviv For Mesa 17.3   Mesa   2017-10-20
Purism Now Shipping Their Laptops With Intel ME Disabled   Hardware   2017-10-19
Samsung DeX: Convergence & Traditional Linux Distributions On Galaxy Smartphones   Hardware   2017-10-19
Etnaviv Gallium3D Is Almost To OpenGL 2.0 Compliance   Mesa   2017-10-17
KDE Celebrates Its 21st Birthday   KDE   2017-10-14
Etnaviv Landing Performance Counters For Linux 4.15   Linux Kernel   2017-10-13
GNOME 3.28 Expected To Ship On Pi Day   GNOME   2017-10-12
Librem 5 Smartphone Hits Its $1.5 Million Dollar Goal   Hardware   2017-10-09
Purism Continues To Explore i.MX6/i.MX8 For The Librem 5 Phone   Hardware   2017-10-04
AMD EPYC, Linux 4.14, Librem 5, RX Vega & The Other Linux Highlights Of September   Phoronix   2017-10-01