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FSF "Excited" For 802.11n WiFi USB Adapter Costing €50 In 2024 Holiday Shopping Guide   Hardware   2024-11-26
IBM Power11 CPUs Launching In 2025 - Linux 6.13 Preps KVM Nested Guests For Power11   Virtualization   2024-11-23
GNU Linux-libre 6.12-gnu Continues Dealing With More Blobs In The Kernel   GNU   2024-11-19
Intel Panther Lake Display Support Squeezing Into Linux 6.13   Intel   2024-11-04
The Free Software Foundation Finally Has AI / Machine Learning Apps On Their Radar   Free Software   2024-10-23
Git 2.47 Released With Improvements & Encouraging More Positive Code Reviews   Programming   2024-10-07
GNU Linux-libre 6.11 Makes Adaptations For Rust, Warns Of Hidden Binary Bits In v6.11   GNU   2024-09-16
EROFS-UTILS 1.8 Brings Multi-Threaded Compression, Intel IAA Acceleration, Initial Zstd   Linux Storage   2024-08-09
GNU Linux-libre 6.10 Takes Aim At Intel IPU6, Panthor & Other Drivers With Blobs   Linux Kernel   2024-07-15
Git 2.46-rc0 Continues Preparations For Switching To SHA256 By Default WIth Git 3.0   Programming   2024-07-13
Intel Preps More eDP Panel Replay Driver Code For Linux 6.11   Intel   2024-06-28
Free Software Foundation Names Three New Board Members   Free Software   2024-06-26
Linux 6.11 To Enable Intel Battlemage GPU Display Support   Intel   2024-06-19
Linux 6.10 Shows People Are Still Using USB To Parallel Port Adapters In 2024   Hardware   2024-05-22
GNU Linux-libre 6.9 Released: More Deblobbing, Fixes Intel Graphics On GuC-Less Systems   GNU   2024-05-13
Git 2.45 Released With Initial SHA1/SHA256 Interoperability & Reftable Support   Free Software   2024-04-29
Git 2.45 Begins Landing Code For SHA1 & SHA256 Interoperability For Repositories   Programming   2024-04-19
GNU Linux-libre 6.8-gnu Dealing With Blobs From New Intel Drivers   GNU   2024-03-11
Intel Enables Fastboot Across The Board With Their Graphics Driver In Linux 6.9   Intel   2024-03-01
Intel Arrow Lake Graphics Support Ready For Linux 6.9   Intel   2024-02-09
GNU Linux-libre 6.7 Cleans Up Graphics Driver Blobs, Addresses New Drivers   Linux Kernel   2024-01-08
Linux Patch Allows For Better HP OMEN 17 Laptop Performance - But With Higher TDP   Hardware   2024-01-02
Holiday Shopping 2023: FSF Endorses 802.11n WiFi, Opteron Boards & USB To Parallel Printer Cable   Free Software   2023-11-30
Intel Begins Readying Kernel Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 6.8   Intel   2023-11-26
Intel Preparing APX PPX Support For GCC: Push-Pop Acceleration   Intel   2023-11-17
GNU Linux-libre 6.6-gnu Released For Those Wanting A Stripped Down Kernel   GNU   2023-10-30
Intel i915 Driver Prepares Finishing Touches For Meteor Lake, More Lunar Lake Enabling   Intel   2023-10-15
Linux 6.7 To Support New Intel DG2-G12 Stepping, More Raptor Lake IDs   Intel   2023-09-29
GNU Linux-libre 6.5-gnu Released With More Kernel Deblobbing   Linux Kernel   2023-08-28
Git 2.42 Released With Less Warnings For SHA-256 Usage   Programming   2023-08-21
IBM POWER10 Receives DEXCR Support In Linux 6.5, Big Endian Improvements   Linux Kernel   2023-07-02
What's Excited Open-Source Enthusiasts & Linux Users The Most So Far In 2023   Phoronix   2023-06-30
GNU Linux-libre 6.4 Released For Stripping Out Possible Binary Blob Dependencies   GNU   2023-06-26
Intel Continues Prepping Meteor Lake Graphics On Linux, Adds VRR eDP Support   Intel   2023-06-05
Silly Open-Source Moves, AMD openSIL & Rust Happenings Made For An Interesting Month   Phoronix   2023-04-30
Dragora 3.0 Beta 2 OS Released: 10+ Years In Development, FSF Backed & Using SysV Init   GNU   2023-04-26
Git 2.40.1 & Other Updates Due To Three New Security Vulnerabilities   Free Software   2023-04-25
GNU Linux-libre 6.3-gnu Cleans Up New ath12k WiFi Driver, Other New Additions   Linux Kernel   2023-04-23
FSF Slams Google Over Dropping JPEG-XL In Chrome   Free Software   2023-04-16
Free Software Foundation Certifies A $99 Mini VPN Router   Free Software   2023-04-06
Trisquel 11 LTS Released As Ubuntu-Based, FSF-Approved Linux Distribution   Operating Systems   2023-03-21
GNU Linux-libre 6.2 Continues The De-Blobbing Battle   GNU   2023-02-20
A Detailed Explanation On Intel's DOIT Mode, Possible Options For Linux's Handling   Intel   2023-02-04
Intel Driver Enabling HF-EEODB For Linux 6.3 As Part Of HDMI 2.1 Compliance   Intel   2023-01-27
FSF Updates By-Laws - Tighter Approval Process For New/Updated Licenses   Free Software   2023-01-24
Linux 6.3 To Enable Display Support For Intel Meteor Lake, DP MST DSC Enabled   Intel   2023-01-13
Linux 6.2 Landing Scalability Improvement For Large IBM Power Systems   Linux Kernel   2022-12-19
GNU Linux-libre's Freed-ora Effort To "Free Fedora" Has Been Sunset   Fedora   2022-12-18
GNU Linux-libre 6.1-gnu Deblobs More Network & GPU Drivers   GNU   2022-12-12
Git 2.38.1 Released For Two New Security Vulnerabilities   Linux Security   2022-10-18
GNU Linux-libre 6.0 Released After More Blob Cleaning   Linux Kernel   2022-10-03
More Meteor Lake Enablement Readied For Intel Graphics Driver With Linux 6.1   Intel   2022-09-19
Intel Sends In More GPU Driver Patches For Linux 6.1: More Arc Graphics, Early MTL   Intel   2022-08-29
IBM Power Improvements For Linux 6.0 Support The PowerVM Platform KeyStore   Linux Kernel   2022-08-08
GNU Linux-libre 5.19-gnu Released - Continues The Uphill Battle Against Firmware Blobs   Linux Kernel   2022-08-01
Git 2.37 Released With Sparse Index Feature Now Ready For Widespread Use   Programming   2022-06-27
Git 2.37-rc1 Released With "git -v" & "git -h" Convenient Options   Programming   2022-06-19
GNU Linux-Libre 5.18-gnu Continues Its Battle Against Binary Blobs   GNU   2022-05-23
Linux 5.19 Intel Graphics Preps Firmed Up Alchemist Graphics Card IDs, Raptor Lake P   Intel   2022-05-08
Git Updated Due To A Potentially Nasty Vulnerability On Windows   Programming   2022-04-12
Linux Gets Patches For Threaded Console Printing   Linux Kernel   2022-02-07
FSF-Tailored Trisquel 10.0 Released - Adds 32-bit Arm, Defaults To GNU Linux-Libre 5.4   GNU   2022-02-02
GNU Linux-libre 5.16 Brings More Firmware Cleansing, Deblobbing   GNU   2022-01-10
FSF Adopts A Board Member Agreement, Code of Ethics For Board Members   Free Software   2021-12-16
Intel Raptor Lake S Graphics Ready For Linux 5.17, Alder Lake P Now Considered Stable   Intel   2021-12-15
GNU Linux-libre 5.15 Released - More Deblobbing, Fixing "-Werror" Breakage   Linux Kernel   2021-11-01
Intel Continues Optimizing Linux For Optane DC Persistent Memory Servers   Intel   2021-10-08
Git 2.33 Released With New "merge-ort" Merging For 500~9000x Speed-Up   Programming   2021-08-16
Git 2.33 Is On The Way With An Assortment Of Fixes, Updated Documentation   Programming   2021-08-03
GNU C Library 2.34 Released With More Functionality Squeezed Into libc   GNU   2021-08-02
GNU Linux-libre 5.13-gnu Released For The Latest Kernel Deblobbing   Linux Kernel   2021-06-28
GNU C Library Looking To Drop FSF Copyright Assignment Policy   GNU   2021-06-15
Git 2.32 Released With Numerous Improvements   Free Software   2021-06-06
GCC To No Longer Require Copyright Assignment To The Free Software Foundation   GNU   2021-06-01
GCC Rust Front-End Continues Advancing With Plans To Eventually Upstream   GNU   2021-05-29
Red Hat Is Hiring More LLVM Compiler Engineers   Red Hat   2021-05-06
Hypocrite Commits, Rocket Lake Benchmarks, Arch's New Installer Rallied April   Phoronix   2021-05-01
It's 2021 & The FSF Is Still Endorsing 802.11n WiFi Hardware   Hardware   2021-04-30
Jonathan Carter Re-Elected As Debian Project Leader   Debian   2021-04-18
GNU Linux-libre 5.11 Released With Many Peripheral Drivers Needing To Be De-Blobbed   GNU   2021-02-15
Git 2.30 Released As More Projects Shift To "Main" As Their Default Branch Name   Programming   2020-12-28
GNU Linux-libre 5.10-gnu After A Busy Time Deblobbing   Linux Kernel   2020-12-14
The FSF Is Looking To Update Its High Priority Free Software Projects List   Free Software   2020-10-29
Trisquel 9.0 Released - Powered By The Linux 4.15 Kernel   Operating Systems   2020-10-19
Git 2.29 Released With Experimental Support For Using More Secure SHA-256   Programming   2020-10-19
Free Software Foundation Celebrates Its 35th Birthday   Free Software   2020-10-05
Linux 5.9 Brings More IBM POWER10 Support, New/Faster SCV System Call ABI   Hardware   2020-08-09
FSF Has Finally Elected A New President   Free Software   2020-08-05
GNU Linux-libre 5.8 Required A Lot Of Deblobbing   Linux Kernel   2020-08-03
Git 2.28 Now Shipping With Feature For Configurable Default/Main Branch Name   Programming   2020-07-27
Git 2.28-rc1 Released - Continues The Transition Towards SHA256 Plus Moving Off "Master"   Free Software   2020-07-18
FSF Calls Software Patents A Disease Amid COVID-19 Crisis, USPTO A Super-Spreader   GNU   2020-06-22
It's Looking Like FSGSBASE Support Might Finally Land In Linux 5.9   Intel   2020-06-19
Linux 5.8 Brings Modernization Work To Procfs   Linux Kernel   2020-06-07
GNU Linux-Libre 5.7 Released - Drops Intel iGPU Security Fix Over Arrays Of Numbers   Linux Kernel   2020-06-04
Git 2.27 Demotes The Recently Promoted Transport Protocol v2, Continues SHA-256 Work   Programming   2020-06-01
FSF Now Offering Video Conferencing Service To Its Members   Free Software   2020-05-28
Git 2.27-rc0 Released - Still Working To Transition From SHA1 To SHA256   Programming   2020-05-15
Git Releases Security Update With Newline Character Creating Possible Credential Leak   Programming   2020-04-14
FAT File-System Driver For Linux Sees Patch To Run Multiple Times Faster   Linux Storage   2020-04-11
GNU Linux-libre 5.6-gnu Released After Deblobbing AMD Trusted Execution, Ath11k WiFi   GNU   2020-03-30
Git 2.26 Released With Transport Protocol V2 Default, Continued Work Towards SHA256 Hashes   Programming   2020-03-23
Free Software Foundation Aims To Launch Code Hosting / Collaboration Platform This Year   GNU   2020-02-25
GNU Project Publishes Outline Of Its Structure & Administration   GNU   2020-02-23
The GNU + FSF Relationship Remains Complicated But They Are Drafting A Framework   GNU   2020-02-06
Free Software Foundation Endorses First Product Of 2020: A $59~79 USD 802.11n WiFi Card   GNU   2020-01-30
Linux 5.5 Required More Deblobbing Than Usual For GNU Linux-libre 5.5   Linux Kernel   2020-01-27
Git 2.25 Released As Its First Update Of 2020   Programming   2020-01-13
FSF-Approved Trisquel 9.0 Reaches Development Milestone Before Ringing In The New Year   GNU   2019-12-31
There Are Renewed Discussions About Having Rust Language Support Within GCC   Programming   2019-12-28
Coreboot Had An Exciting Decade Thanks To Google's Chromebooks, Efforts Like LinuxBoot   Coreboot   2019-12-28
GNU Maintainers Seeking Greater Transparency, Clear Procedures From The FSF   GNU   2019-12-27
The Hurd Microkernel Still Isn't Ready But GNU Had A Great 2010s With GCC + Other Projects   GNU   2019-12-25
FSF-Approved Hyperbola GNU/Linux Switching Out The Linux Kernel For Hard Fork Of OpenBSD   GNU   2019-12-23
GNU Linux-libre 5.4-gnu Released As The New Deblobbed Kernel   Linux Kernel   2019-11-25
Free Software Foundation Certifies Talos II With Respecting Your Freedom   Free Software   2019-11-07
Ice Lake, Ryzen 9, Kernel Happenings & Other Highlights For An Exciting October   Phoronix   2019-11-01
RMS: No Radical Changes In GNU Project   GNU   2019-10-09
The FSF Is Re-Evaluating Its Relationship With The GNU   GNU   2019-10-07
Steam, Open-Source Intel & Ryzen 3000 / EPYC's Continued Domination Rocked September   Phoronix   2019-10-01
Richard Stallman Reportedly Steps Down As Head Of The GNU Project   GNU   2019-09-28
Richard Stallman To Continue As Head Of The GNU Project   GNU   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
Richard Stallman Resigns From The Free Software Foundation   GNU   2019-09-17
GNU Linux-libre 5.3 Continues Deblobbing & Dealing With Firmware Trickery   GNU   2019-09-16
FSF-Approved gNewSense Maintainer Parts Way With Project   GNU   2019-07-24
The FSF Has Certified A USB To Parallel Printer Cable For Respecting Your Freedom   Hardware   2019-05-16
GNU Linux-libre 5.1-gnu Released As The Kernel Continues To Be Deblobbed   Linux Kernel   2019-05-06
GCC 9.1 Released As Huge Compiler Update With D Language, Zen 2, OpenMP 5, C++2A, C2X   GNU   2019-05-03
FSF Certifies A USB Microphone For Respecting Your Freedom Plus Some Network Adapters   Free Software   2019-03-21
GNU Linux-libre 5.0-gnu Released As A Kernel Without Any Binary Blobs/Firmware   Linux Kernel   2019-03-04
FSF Certifies Another New But Old Re-Branded Opteron Board For Its Freedom   Hardware   2019-02-07
Free Software Foundation Endorses Arch-based Hyperbola GNU/Linux   GNU   2018-12-06
GCC 9 Lands Initial Support For The OpenRISC Architecture   GNU   2018-11-10
GNU Linux-libre 4.19-gnu Released, Continues Deblobbing The Kernel   GNU   2018-10-24
The FSF Wants Microsoft To Do More To Help Fight Software Patents   Microsoft   2018-10-11
Dragora 3.0 Alpha 2 Released As One Of The Libre GNU/Linux Platforms   GNU   2018-09-30
OpenRISC Continues Puttering Along With Linux 4.19 Improvements, New GCC Port   Hardware   2018-08-23
Microsoft Moves Ahead With Renaming "GVFS" Project To "VFS For Git"   Microsoft   2018-07-28
GCC's Conversion To Git Is Being Held Up By RAM, a.k.a. Crazy DDR4 Prices   GNU   2018-07-09
Purism's Librem 5 To Rely On Secondary Processor For Binary Blobs   Hardware   2018-06-19
GNU Linux-libre 4.17-gnu Kernel Released   Linux Kernel   2018-06-04
FSF Certifies Refurbished Lenovo X200 Convertible Notebook/Tablet For RYF   GNU   2018-05-30
One Of LLVM's Top Contributors Quits Development Over CoC, Outreach Program   LLVM   2018-05-02
Outreachy Announces Summer 2018 Participants   Free Software   2018-04-25
System76 Gets On The GNOME Advisory Board   GNOME   2018-04-12
Some Of The Grandest Open-Source / Linux Letdowns Over The Years   Free Software   2018-04-01
FSF Receives One Million Dollars Worth Of Bitcoin   GNU   2018-01-30
FSF Adds Purism's PureOS To Their Approved List Of Operating Systems   Operating Systems   2017-12-21
RMS Comments, GRUB, Libreboot & GCC Dominated GNU Talk In 2017   GNU   2017-12-09