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It seems Coreboot and Open Firmware will come to System76's NVIDIA laptops

By Liam Dawe, 12 Jun 2020

Back in April, System76 released the Lemur Pro laptop and one of the highlights was that it pulled in a lot more open source. It seems those clever engineers aren't stopping there.

System76 announce their 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen powered Serval WS laptop

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jun 2020

Users have been pestering Linux hardware vendor and Pop!_OS distribution maker System76 for some time to make an AMD powered laptop, they listened and they've announced the 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen powered Serval WS.

AMD slides show Zen 4 CPUs and RDNA 3 GPUs before 2022

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jun 2020

AMD has released their latest set of slides going over the roadmap and it has some interesting tidbits inside.

AMD
Hardware

Star Labs reveal their new Linux-powered Star LabTop Mk IV

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jun 2020

Star Labs, maker of custom Linux hardware have revealed the Star LabTop Mk IV and it looks like quite the little powerhouse.

Vulkan API support for Raspberry Pi 4 is progressing well

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jun 2020

The Raspberry Pi 4 is such a versatile device and it's set to gain support for the Vulkan API too, with an update on the progress now available and code in the open.

Xbox One wireless dongle driver for Linux 'xow' gets a new release

By Liam Dawe, 5 Jun 2020

xow is another fantastic bit of open source, enabling the use of an Xbox One wireless dongle on Linux to be a much nicer experience overall.

Lenovo adding Ubuntu & Red Hat on their entire ThinkStation and ThinkPad P lines

By Liam Dawe, 2 Jun 2020

Today, hardware vendor Lenovo announced something quite huge for the Linux community with the addition of more Linux devices becoming easily available.

Raspberry Pi 4 goes 8GB, plus new 64bit OS

By Liam Dawe, 29 May 2020

The highly versatile Raspberry Pi 4 now has a new 8GB model and their official Debian-based operating system has a new 64bit version for you to play with.

AMD Zen 3 will work with older 400 Series motherboards

By Liam Dawe, 19 May 2020

AMD recently announced that for Zen 3, it wouldn't work on older motherboard chipsets but they've taken on feedback and found a way around it.

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Hardware

NVIDIA have now formally announced the Ampere GPU architecture

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2020

Today, NVIDIA released a series of videos with CEO Jensen Huang, taking place instead of the cancelled GTC conference and the Ampere GPU architecture was revealed.

Move over Stream Deck, give me some Stream Pi

By Liam Dawe, 13 May 2020

The Stream Deck from Elgato is a nifty little bit of hardware, helping out anyone who does video content have access to a ton of commands at the touch of a button and now it has some more open competition with the Stream Pi.

AMD detail future plans for socket AM4 and Zen 3 compatibility, no Zen 3 for older chipsets

By Liam Dawe, 7 May 2020

If you're keeping an eye on the latest AMD processors coming, you might want to sit down and take a look at a recent post from AMD detailing their support plans for socket AM4 and Zen 3 compatibility.