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Chromebook Articles & Reviews

A Dream Come True: Running Coreboot On A Modern, Retail Desktop Motherboard   Motherboards   2022-06-30
Running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS On The Acer C720 Chromebook   Operating Systems   2014-03-09
Acer C720 Chromebook Delivers Fast Ubuntu Performance   Computers   2013-12-12
LLVM/Clang vs. GCC On The ARM Cortex-A15 Preview   Software   2012-12-01
ARM Cortex-A15 vs. NVIDIA Tegra 3 vs. Intel x86   Processors   2012-11-29
ARM Cortex-A15 Exynos5 Compiler Benchmarks   Software   2012-11-24
Samsung's A15 Chromebook Loaded With Ubuntu Is Crazy Fast   Computers   2012-11-20

Chromebook Linux & Open-Source News

New ARM SoCs & Various Smartphones/Devices Now Supported By Linux 6.9   Hardware   2024-03-13
Coreboot 24.02 Released - Supporting Three New Motherboards   Coreboot   2024-03-01
Linux 6.8 Adds New Gaming Handhelds, Google Tensor & Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 + X Elite SoCs   Arm   2024-01-11
Coreboot 4.22 Released: Initial AMD OpenSIL Code Added, 17 New Motherboards   Coreboot   2023-11-28
Linux 6.7 USB/Thunderbolt Adds DP Alt Mode 2.1 Support, Intel LJCA   Hardware   2023-11-12
Coreboot-Based Dasharo Updated For MSI Z690-A With Raptor Lake S, MSI FLASHBIOS   Coreboot   2023-09-12
Coreboot 4.21 Brings More System76 Laptops, Star Labs & MSI Z790-P Support   Coreboot   2023-08-25
Coreboot Lands Support For The MSI PRO Z790-P Motherboards   Coreboot   2023-08-24
Distrobox Adds Support For ChromeOS - Allowing More Linux Apps To Run On Chromebooks   Operating Systems   2023-08-16
Intel Wiring Up DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.1 Support For Linux   Intel   2023-08-12
Mesa TURNIP Vulkan Driver Adds VirtIO GPU Support   Mesa   2023-08-08
GNU Boot 20230717 Released For Freeing The Firmware On Some Old Hardware   GNU   2023-07-17
AMD Launches Ryzen 7020 C-Series - Continues Pushing Zen 2 For Chromebooks   AMD   2023-05-23
Bug Bounty Programs May Sound Great, But Aren't Always Handled Well   Free Software   2023-05-18
Coreboot 4.20 Released With Two More Dozen Motherboards Supported   Coreboot   2023-05-15
AMD openSIL Will Eventually Replace AGESA, Supporting Both Client & Server CPUs   AMD   2023-05-05
Linux 6.4 Fixes An Issue Where Intel USB Support Could Be Broken After Resume   Linux Kernel   2023-05-01
AMD openSIL Detailed For Advancing Open-Source System Firmware   AMD   2023-04-14
Libreboot 20230413 Released With Build System Improvements   Coreboot   2023-04-13
AMD Phoenix Support Progressing For Coreboot, New Google Chromebook Added   Coreboot   2023-04-11
Panfrost Driver For Linux 6.4 Adds Speed Binning, New MediaTek SoCs   Hardware   2023-03-31
Google Posts KVM-CPUFreq Driver To Dramatically Boost VM Performance, Power Efficiency   Virtualization   2023-03-31
Sound Open Firmware 2.5 Released - Continues Adoption Of Zephyr, Adds MediaTek MT8188   Multimedia   2023-03-31
Libinput 1.23 Brings New "Custom" Pointer Acceleration Profile, Better Razer Support   Hardware   2023-03-26
AMD Preparing "openSIL" For Open-Source Silicon Initialization With Coreboot   AMD   2023-03-03
Google & Intel Making Progress For More Firmware Flexibility Around FSP Blobs   Coreboot   2023-02-25
Linux 6.3 Supports The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 & Other New High-End Arm SoCs   Arm   2023-02-18
AMD Re-Enables Scatter/Gather Support For All APUs On Linux   Radeon   2023-02-09
The Current State Of Coreboot & Open-Source Firmware For AMD Hardware In 2023   AMD   2023-02-06
Coreboot 4.19 Released With AMD Mayan Motherboard, MSI Alder Lake Board   Coreboot   2023-01-29
Intel Preps More Linux Driver Code For Data Center GPU Max Series + More DG2 Fixes   Intel   2023-01-19
Libreboot 20221214 Brings More Arm Chromebooks & ThinkPads   Coreboot   2022-12-14
Linux 6.2 Adding Driver For Google's ChromeOS Human Presence Sensor   Google   2022-12-12
AMD "Mayan Morgana" Reference Motherboard Added To Coreboot   AMD   2022-11-28
Libinput 1.22 Brings More Input Hardware Quirks, New Flat Acceleration Profile   Free Software   2022-11-20
Old AMD CPU & Motherboard Support Removed From Open-Source Coreboot   AMD   2022-11-07
Steam For Chromebooks Reaches Beta With Initial DX12 Games, AMD C-Series Support   Valve   2022-11-03
More AMD "Glinda" SoC Enablement Code Begins Landing In Coreboot   AMD   2022-10-27
Coreboot 4.18 Released With AMD Morgana & Intel Meteor Lake SoC Support   Coreboot   2022-10-18
VirtIO-GPU Venus Driver Now Exposes Vulkan 1.3   Vulkan   2022-10-13
Coreboot Begins Enabling Support For AMD Morgana & Glinda SoCs   AMD   2022-10-10
Linux 6.1 Media Gets New Drivers, Two Existing Drivers Promoted Out Of Staging   Multimedia   2022-10-07
More Arm SoCs, Smartphones & NVIDIA Control Backbone Bus Enabled With Linux 6.1   Arm   2022-10-06
Linux 6.1 Brings New Sound Drivers For AMD & Apple   Multimedia   2022-10-06
Framework Laptop Launches Chromebook Edition With Google   Google   2022-09-21
Linux 6.1 HID Changes Accumulating: More Tablets, Intel Meteor Lake ISH Support   Hardware   2022-08-28
Google Posts Updated Encrypted Hibernation Patches For Linux   Linux Kernel   2022-08-23
AMD's "Sabrina" SoC Is Mendocino - Coreboot Enablement Continues   AMD   2022-08-08
Linux 5.20 To Support The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen3, ThinkPad X13s Arm Laptop   Linux Kernel   2022-07-30
Linux's Hantro VPU Media Driver Looks To Be Promoted Out Of Staging   Multimedia   2022-07-20
AMD Rembrandt SoC Support For Coreboot In Place - Based Off Existing "Sabrina" Code   AMD   2022-07-04
Intel Continues Meteor Lake Preparations For Coreboot   Intel   2022-06-30
Dasharo 1.0 Open-Source Firmware Released For MSI Alder Lake Motherboard   Coreboot   2022-06-15
Intel Prepares Raptor Lake Code For Coreboot   Intel   2022-06-08
Intel Begins Adding Meteor Lake Support To Coreboot   Intel   2022-06-07
Linux 5.20 + Mesa 22.2 To Allow Conformant Mali G57 OpenGL ES 3.1 Support   Mesa   2022-06-06
Phoronix Turns 18 Years Old For Covering Linux Hardware   Phoronix   2022-06-05
Coreboot 4.17 Brings New Motherboards, AMD PSB, Doom Game Ported To Run As A Payload   Coreboot   2022-06-02
LVFS Has Served More Than 52 Million Firmware Files To Linux Users   LVFS   2022-05-31
Framework Laptop Gets ChromeOS EC Driver Support In Linux 5.19   Linux Kernel   2022-05-29
Linux 5.19 ARM Excites With Apple M1 NVMe, 12 Year Old Multi-Platform Achievement   Arm   2022-05-27
Open-Source Firmware For The MSI Alder Lake Motherboard Taking Shape   Hardware   2022-05-11
Google Working On Linux Encrypted Hibernation Support   Google   2022-05-05
MediaTek MT8186 Display Support, Other SoC Enablement Coming To Linux 5.19   Linux Kernel   2022-05-05
LVFS Launches "Fwupd Friendly Firmware" To Encourage OEMs/ODMs To Use Compatible ICs   LVFS   2022-04-27
MediaTek Preparing Stateless AV1 Video Linux Decode Driver For Newer SoCs   Multimedia   2022-04-16
The State Of Open-Source Firmware / Coreboot On Intel Tiger Lake   Intel   2022-04-14
Linux 5.18 Graphics Driver Changes From FreeSync Video Mode To New Intel Hardware   Linux Kernel   2022-03-24
Steam On Chrome OS Finally Available In Alpha State For Select Chromebooks   Valve   2022-03-22
Google Finally Announces Steam For Chrome OS   Google   2022-03-15
Imagination Tech Publishes Open-Source PowerVR Vulkan Driver For Mesa   Vulkan   2022-03-04
Coreboot 4.16 Released With New Motherboard Ports, AMD Sabrina SoC   Coreboot   2022-02-27
More Open-Source Patches Continue Surfacing For AMD's Sabrina SoC   AMD   2022-02-15
Intel Graphics Driver Has Alder Lake N & DG2/Alchemist Performance Boost For Linux 5.18   Intel   2022-02-09
The Less Than Ideal State Of AMD Open-Source Firmware Support In 2022   AMD   2022-02-05
Reverse Engineering & Open-Source Driver Work Advancing For Arm's Valhall GPU   Arm   2022-01-28
Intel Alder Lake N Support Introduced For Mesa 22.0   Mesa   2022-01-27
Framework Laptop Now Enjoys Open-Source EC Firmware   Free Software   2022-01-25
Microsoft's Director of OS Security Gets Coreboot Playing Nicely With Windows 11   Microsoft   2022-01-18
USI Stylus, LetSketch Tablet Driver, Better Apple Magic Device Support In Linux 5.17   Linux Kernel   2022-01-10
Linux 5.17 Prepares To Finally Support The Adreno 506, Other MSM DRM Changes   Hardware   2021-12-29
Another ASRock Sandy Bridge / Ivy Bridge Motherboard Ported To Open-Source Coreboot   Coreboot   2021-12-24
Mediatek MT8192 Kompanio 820 Display Support Staged For Linux 5.17   Linux Kernel   2021-12-18
Intel Posts "GSC" Linux Driver To Enable HDCP Media Protection For Discrete GPUs   Intel   2021-12-15
Radeon RADV Lands Emulated ETC2 Support For Improving Android Support   Radeon   2021-12-14
Intel Preparing USI Stylus Support For Linux   Hardware   2021-11-27
Several Older NVIDIA Tegra Powered Tablets To Be Supported By Linux 5.17   NVIDIA   2021-11-26
Sound Open Firmware For AMD Audio Hardware Arrives, Initially For Renoir ACP   AMD   2021-11-17
Freedreno Gallium3D Lands Basic Support For "Clover" OpenCL   Mesa   2021-11-16
Mesa's Turnip Driver For Qualcomm Adreno GPUs Now Exposes Vulkan 1.2   Mesa   2021-11-14
Coreboot 4.15 Released With New System76 Laptops, More ASUS Motherboards   Coreboot   2021-11-10
Linux 5.16 Arm SoC Changes Bring-Up The Snapdragon 690, Other Hardware   Arm   2021-11-04
Linux 5.16 Sound Ready To Play On AMD VanGogh + Yellow Carp, Continues USB Low-Latency   Hardware   2021-11-03
Mediatek Posts 8k Lines Of New Linux Kernel Driver Code For AI Processing Unit Support   Hardware   2021-10-23
New AMD Linux Audio Driver Patches Posted - Aimed For Enhancing Chromebook Support   AMD   2021-09-30
Google Is Successfully Using The Open-Source Qualcomm GL/VLK Drivers On Chromebooks   Mesa   2021-09-16
Many Interesting Talks On Deck For The X.Org Developers Conference 2021   X.Org   2021-08-04
OpenGL Drivers In 2021 Still Sadly Benefit From Faking Their Driver Name / GPU   Mesa   2021-07-30
Coreboot Starts Seeing Bits For AMD Barcelo   AMD   2021-07-18
Intel M.2 Modem Driver "IOSM" Queued Ahead Of Linux 5.14   Intel   2021-06-14
Another Intel Sandy/Ivy Bridge Motherboard Now Works For Coreboot (ASUS P8Z77-V)   Coreboot   2021-06-14
More Intel Alder Lake Enablement Landing For Coreboot   Coreboot   2021-06-06
Libreboot Sees First New Release In Nearly 5 Years, Supports More Old Motherboards   Coreboot   2021-05-23
Panfrost Open-Source Mali Driver Adding Mediatek MT8183 Support With Linux 5.14   Arm   2021-05-17
Coreboot 4.14 Released With 42 New Motherboards Added, AMD Cezanne APU Support   Coreboot   2021-05-10
Initial Support For The Apple M1 Lands In Linux 5.13   Apple   2021-04-26
MSM DRM Driver Picks Up Initial Support For The Snapdragon SC7280   Hardware   2021-04-12
AMD Sends In Aldebaran, FreeSync HDMI, Other Graphics Changes For Linux 5.13   Radeon   2021-03-20
IDMAPPED Mounts Aim For Linux 5.12 - Many New Use-Cases From Containers To Systemd-Homed   Linux Kernel   2021-02-13
AMD Is Currently Hiring More Linux Engineers   AMD   2021-02-11
The Latest Open-Source AMD Firmware / Coreboot Happenings In Early 2021   AMD   2021-02-07
LibreSOC Still Striving To Produce An Open-Source Hybrid CPU/GPU Built On OpenPOWER   Hardware   2021-02-06
AMDGPU Working On "Secure Display" Functionality   Radeon   2021-01-13
Linux 5.11 Supports The OUYA Game Console, Other New ARM Hardware Support   Arm   2020-12-17
AMD Is Making Progress On Open-Source Firmware - Initially With OpenBMC   AMD   2020-12-03
AMDGPU Linux Driver Seeing A Lot Of Power Saving Optimization Work   Radeon   2020-11-21
Coreboot 4.13 Adds Intel TXT, Picks Up New Boards For AMD Pollock, Intel Alder Lake   Coreboot   2020-11-20
AMD SoC PMC Driver Slated To Come With Linux 5.11   AMD   2020-11-10
Dell Adding Hardware Privacy Driver For Linux   Hardware   2020-11-04
RadeonSI Gallium3D Adds Support for EGL Protected Surfaces Using AMDGPU TMZ   AMD   2020-11-02
Intel Rewrites Old Haswell-Era Audio Driver Due To Bugs, Plus DG1 Audio For Linux 5.10   Hardware   2020-10-15
Linux 5.10 Media Changes Bring A New "Vidtv" Virtual Driver   Multimedia   2020-10-14
There Are Many Changes To Look Forward To With The Linux 5.10 Kernel   Linux Kernel   2020-10-11
AMD Renoir On Linux Could Soon See Lower Power Consumption During Video Playback   Radeon   2020-10-08
U-Boot 2020.10 Released With Many Improvements   Free Software   2020-10-06
Linux 5.10 Receiving New Driver For Chromebook "Vivaldi" Keyboards   Google   2020-10-02
Mali G72 Now Supported By Open-Source Panfrost Gallium3D Driver   Mesa   2020-09-29
AMD Announces Ryzen/Athlon 3000 C-Series For Chromebooks   AMD   2020-09-22
AMDGPU TMZ + HDCP Should Allow Widevine DRM To Behave Nicely With AMD Linux Systems   Radeon   2020-09-19
Wine Developer Begins Experimenting With macOS ARM64 Support   WINE   2020-08-14
Linux 5.9 Adds Intel "Keem Bay" Support, 8 Snapdragon Smartphones, AMD EthanolX BMC, Old Tegra Tablets   Arm   2020-08-04
Linux 5.9 To Allow For Toggling Energy Efficiency Mode On Kaby Lake CPUs   Intel   2020-07-14
Intel P-State Getting Energy Efficiency Knob, EPB Knob Change   Intel   2020-06-24
New Arm SoCs Supported By Linux 5.8, Restructuring To Fit Android Kernel Improvements   Arm   2020-06-07
There Are Many Interesting Google Summer of Code 2020 Open-Source Projects   Google   2020-05-07
Plenty Of New Sound Hardware Support, Continued Sound Open Firmware Work For Linux 5.7   Hardware   2020-04-03
VirtIO Video Driver Coming Together For The Mainline Linux Kernel   Virtualization   2020-03-26
Google "Moonball" Will Be Supported By Linux 5.7   Google   2020-03-17
Fwupd+LVFS Begins Rolling Out Firmware Update Support For NVMe SSDs   LVFS   2020-03-14
AMDGPU Trusted Memory Zone Support Could Soon Be Enabled By Default   Radeon   2020-03-05
The Current State of AMD Zen Coreboot Support: Basically Limited To Chromebooks   AMD   2020-02-03
AMD Prepares Fix To Address Clicking Issue With Audio Playback On Raven APUs   AMD   2020-01-27
Linux 5.5 Released With Many Hardware Support Improvements   Linux Kernel   2020-01-26
Linux 5.5 Ready To Shine With Navi Overclocking, Raspberry Pi 4 Support, Wake-On-Voice   Linux Kernel   2020-01-24
Intel At CES 2020 Talks Up One Of Their Open-Source Projects, Shows Off Tiger Lake   Intel   2020-01-06
AMD's Trusted Execution Environment Is Coming With Linux 5.6   AMD   2020-01-04
Linux 5.6 Adds TEE For AMD's Secure Processor To Run "Trusted Applications" On Raven APUs   AMD   2019-12-28
Coreboot Had An Exciting Decade Thanks To Google's Chromebooks, Efforts Like LinuxBoot   Coreboot   2019-12-28
Linux 5.5-rc2 Kernel Released   Linux Kernel   2019-12-15
The Most Popular Linux Hardware Reviews / Benchmarks Of The Past Decade   Phoronix   2019-12-12