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The Performance Of Six Linux Distributions On The HP Dev One   Operating Systems   2022-06-17

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Fwupd 1.9.16 Adds Support For More USB Docks & Qualcomm Devices   LVFS   2024-04-05
Fwupd Switches From XZ To Zstd Compression: More Trust & Slightly Better Performance   LVFS   2024-04-03
LVFS/Fwupd Ponders 2025 Plans: Servers, Desktop Motherboards & More   LVFS   2024-03-13
Fwupd 1.9.13 Adds Support For Newer Acer USB Docks   LVFS   2024-02-08
Fwupd 1.9.12 Adds Support For More Devices & AMD CPU Checks Updated   LVFS   2024-01-24
Fwupd 1.9.11 Released With Support For New Algoltek & Luxshare USB Devices   LVFS   2024-01-03
AMD CPU Use By Linux Gamers At ~70%, AMD openSIL, & AMD Laptops Topped 2023   AMD   2024-01-01
LVFS Has Supplied More Than 100 Million Firmware Updates To Linux Users   LVFS   2023-12-06
Fwupd 1.9.10 Adds LoongArch Support & Firmware Updating For A ~$1k USD Web Camera   LVFS   2023-12-04
Fwupd 1.9.8 Released With Firmware Updating For New DP Converters, Wacom Cintiq Pro   LVFS   2023-11-14
Fwupd 1.9.7 Adds Support For More Logitech, Synaptics & Western Digital Hardware   LVFS   2023-11-01
AMD-Powered Framework Laptop Now Working On Linux With Latest BIOS   Hardware   2023-10-26
Fwupd 1.9.6 Brings Linux Firmware Updating For AMD Graphics Cards   LVFS   2023-10-06
AMD Ryzen Powered Framework Laptop Linux Testing Held Up By BIOS Issue   Hardware   2023-10-03
Fwupd 1.9.5 Released With Optional Passim Support, Firmware Updating For New Devices   LVFS   2023-09-04
Fwupd 1.9.4 Released With Linux Firmware Updating For More Devices   LVFS   2023-08-22
Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen4 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U Linux Tests Forthcoming   AMD   2023-08-21
Richard Hughes Developing New "Passim" Local Caching Server   Free Software   2023-07-28
Fedora Looking To Better Alert Server Administrators Around Firmware Updates   Fedora   2023-07-22
Fwupd 1.9.3 Adds Linux Firmware Updating Support For A Few New Devices   LVFS   2023-07-11
Fwupd 1.9.2 Released With Support For Firmware Updating On More Hardware   LVFS   2023-06-12
Fwupd 1.9.1 Released With Many Bug Fixes, New Capabilities   LVFS   2023-05-13
Fwupd 1.8.15 Released With Support For Updating More Device Firmware Under Linux   LVFS   2023-05-12
Failing A PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD In Less Than 3 Minutes Without Extra Cooling   Hardware   2023-05-10
Fedora 39 Wants To Ensure Your ESP Is Big Enough   Fedora   2023-04-25
Fwupd 1.8.13 Adds Firmware Updating For Framework's Audio Card, ThinkPad TBT3-TR Gen 2   LVFS   2023-03-28
How Cloudflare Updates The BIOS & Firmware Across Thousands Of Servers   LVFS   2023-03-14
Fwupd 1.8.11 Released With Fixes, Firmware Updating For CalDigit Devices   LVFS   2023-02-23
Fwupd 1.8.10 Released With New Hardware Support, Faster Startup On ChromeOS   Hardware   2023-01-23
Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS Delayed To End Of February Over Kernel & Signed Shim Woes   Ubuntu   2023-01-19
Fwupd 1.8.9 Released With Support For More Solidigm NVMe SSDs, More USB Docks   LVFS   2023-01-03
Fwupd 1.8.8 Released For New Hardware, BIOS Rollback Protection For Dell & Lenovo   LVFS   2022-12-07
Fwupd 1.8.7 Released With Linux Firmware Updating Support For More Hardware   LVFS   2022-11-09
Intel Clarifies HECI Usage For Arc Graphics' GSC   Intel   2022-11-04
HP-BIOSCFG Driver Being Worked On For HP Laptop BIOS Management Under Linux   Linux Kernel   2022-10-15
Fwupd 1.8.6 Released With Smaller Package Size, New Hardware Support   LVFS   2022-10-07
Fwupd 1.8.5 Supports More USB4 Docks, New AMD SMU Firmware Version Plugin   LVFS   2022-09-22
AMD Prepares s2idle Fixes For AMD Ryzen 6000 Series Powered ASUS Laptops   AMD   2022-09-11
FWUPD Explores Improvement For Easier & More Robust Firmware Updating On Linux   LVFS   2022-09-03
Fwupd 1.8.4 Supports More Hardware, Starts Allowing To Make BIOS Changes From Linux   LVFS   2022-08-30
Ubuntu Isn't Yet Onboard With GNOME's "Device Security" Screen   Ubuntu   2022-08-28
3mdeb Eyes Fwupd Support For DragonFlyBSD To Handle UEFI Firmware Updates   BSD   2022-08-24
GNOME To Warn Users If Secure Boot Disabled, Preparing Other Firmware Security Help   GNOME   2022-07-29
Fwupd 1.8.3 Released With Support For More Startech & Elan Devices   LVFS   2022-07-22
Fwupd 1.8.2 Released - Supports More Corsair, PixArt, SteelSeries, System76 Hardware   LVFS   2022-07-11
Rust For Linux, -O3'ing The Kernel & Other Highlights From June   Phoronix   2022-07-01
Fwupd 1.7.8 To Further Improve Firmware Updating On Linux   LVFS   2022-06-15
Phoronix Turns 18 Years Old For Covering Linux Hardware   Phoronix   2022-06-05
LVFS Has Served More Than 52 Million Firmware Files To Linux Users   LVFS   2022-05-31
Fwupd 1.8.1 Released With Firmware Updating For More HP, Corsair, PixArt, Lenovo Devices   LVFS   2022-05-27
System76 Releases v1.1 Scheduler For Optimizing Linux Desktop/Laptop Responsiveness   Operating Systems   2022-05-04
Fwupd 1.8 Released With New Capabilities, Expanded Hardware Support   LVFS   2022-04-28
LVFS Launches "Fwupd Friendly Firmware" To Encourage OEMs/ODMs To Use Compatible ICs   LVFS   2022-04-27
Fedora 37 Looks To Deprecate Legacy BIOS Support   Fedora   2022-04-05
Fwupd 1.7.7 Released For Firmware Updating More Logitech Devices On Linux   LVFS   2022-04-05
Fwupd 1.7.6 Released With New Hardware Support, Fixes   LVFS   2022-02-25
Fwupd 1.7.5 Adds New Hardware Support, Prepares For EOL/Alternative Firmware   LVFS   2022-02-07
Linux Firmware Updating Growth Continues Amid Security Updates   LVFS   2022-02-01
LVFS Exploring Alternate, Open-Source Firmware For Capable End-Of-Life Devices   LVFS   2022-01-24
LVFS Activity Going Wild Ahead Of New Security Disclosure Requiring Firmware Update   LVFS   2022-01-18
Fwupd 1.7.4 Supports More Hardware For Firmware Updating On Linux   Hardware   2022-01-13
Fwupd 1.7.3 Released With Support For Nordic Semi nRF Secure Hardware   LVFS   2021-12-13
Linux Vendor Firmware Service Serves Up 40 Millionth Download   LVFS   2021-12-01
FWUPD Linux Firmware Updater Prepares "Best Known Configuration" Feature   LVFS   2021-11-29
Star Labs StarBook Mk V Support Upstreamed In Coreboot   Coreboot   2021-11-22
FWUPD 1.7.2 Released With Fixes, Faster & Smaller Daemon   LVFS   2021-11-19
BIOS Updates Begin Appearing For New Intel Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities   Intel   2021-11-11
Ubuntu Continues Work On Flutter+Dart Written Firmware-Updater Utility   Ubuntu   2021-11-03
FWUPD 1.7.1 Adds Support For Firmware Updates On More Devices   LVFS   2021-11-01
FWUPD 1.7 Released With Supporting More Hardware For Firmware Updates On Linux   LVFS   2021-10-06
LVFS Serves Up 2+ Million Firmware Downloads In The Past Month   LVFS   2021-09-17
A Prominent, Longtime Dell Linux Engineer Recently Joined AMD's Linux Team   AMD   2021-08-28
elementary OS 6.0 Released For A Meticulously Crafted Linux Desktop   Operating Systems   2021-08-10
FWUPD 1.6.2 Released With Exciting Improvements For Hardware Firmware Updates On Linux   LVFS   2021-08-02
Linux's FWUPD Expands Poly High-End Web Camera Support   LVFS   2021-07-31
Intel Crocus, Linux 5.13, Other Vendor Happenings Made For An Exciting June   Phoronix   2021-06-30
Dell BIOS/UEFI Under Attack From New Vulnerabilities - Use FWUPD For The Latest Updates   LVFS   2021-06-24
Debian 10.10 Released With Many Security/Bug Fixes, Updated FWUPD   Debian   2021-06-19
It's Good But Maybe Bad: LVFS Skyrockets With More Than 100k Firmware Updates In One Day   LVFS   2021-06-17
FWUPD 1.6.1 Adds FreeBSD UEFI Capsule Handling, More Hardware Now Supported   LVFS   2021-06-14
FWUPD 1.6 Released For Latest Linux Firmware Updating Capabilities   LVFS   2021-04-26
openSUSE Tumbleweed Now Offering GNOME 40   SUSE   2021-04-16
Debian 10.9 Released With FWUPD SBAT Support, Bug Fixes   Debian   2021-03-27
LVFS Serves Up 25 Million Firmware/BIOS Updates To Linux Users   LVFS   2021-03-03
Motherboards + Beer: Virtual Event Addressing Coreboot / Open-Source Firmware Prospects   Coreboot   2021-02-18
System76 Begins Detailing Their Open-Source "Launch Configurable Keyboard"   Hardware   2021-02-10
FWUPD Is Being Ported To The BSDs To Handle Firmware Updating   LVFS   2021-02-07
ASUS Offers First Motherboard Firmware Update Via LVFS+Fwupd For Linux Users   LVFS   2020-11-09
Fwupd 1.5 Released With Expanded Hardware Support, New Capabilities   LVFS   2020-10-26
LVFS/Fwupd Serve More Than 20 Million Firmware Downloads For Upgrades On Linux   LVFS   2020-09-28
OpenPOWER Summit 2020 Was This Week With Many Interesting Hardware/Software Talks   Linux Events   2020-09-20
Linux 5.10 To Bring Some Improvements For Newer Lenovo Laptops   Hardware   2020-09-14
Intel mOS, Cachy, Mozilla Layoffs Were The Open-Source Buzz Of August   Phoronix   2020-09-01
Many Linux Developers Are Ecstatic Over Fedora On Lenovo Systems   Hardware   2020-08-31
Lenovo Starts Offering Up Fedora Linux Pre-Loaded Systems From Their Web Store   Hardware   2020-08-29
A "Large Hardware Vendor" Wants A EULA Displayed For Firmware Updates On Linux   Hardware   2020-08-10
Debian 10.5 Released To Address The GRUB2 BootHole Vulnerability, Other Security Fixes   Debian   2020-08-01
LVFS Serves Up Over 17 Million Firmware Files To Linux Users   LVFS   2020-06-29
Linux 5.9 Likely To See USB4 Support Improvements   Hardware   2020-06-29
LVFS 1.2 Released As The Project Serves Up 16 Million Firmware Downloads   LVFS   2020-06-09
Fwupd 1.4 Released With Many Improvements For Open-Source Firmware Updating   LVFS   2020-04-14
Jcat 0.1 Released As Alternative To Microsoft Catalog Files   Free Software   2020-03-23
Fwupd+LVFS Begins Rolling Out Firmware Update Support For NVMe SSDs   LVFS   2020-03-14
Jcat: A New Alternative To Microsoft Catalog Files   Free Software   2020-02-28
Fwupd 1.3.8 Brings More Improvements For Firmware Updating On Linux Systems   LVFS   2020-02-15
The Meteoric Rise Of Fwupd+LVFS For Linux Firmware Updates   LVFS   2020-02-04
Fwupd 1.3.6 Firmware Updater Released With Initial Windows Support   LVFS   2019-12-30
Google To Require "Designed For Chromebook" Devices Support Fwupd Firmware Updates   Google   2019-11-18
Coreboot Support Is Being Worked On For Fwupd/LVFS   LVFS   2019-11-12
Fwupd Gaining Support For Synaptics/Conexant CX Audio Firmware Updating   LVFS   2019-09-25
Fedora Workstation 31 Should Be Another Fantastic Release For Desktop Linux   Fedora   2019-09-23
Fwupd 1.3.1 Released With GNOME Firmware 3.34   LVFS   2019-09-13
Acer Begins Publishing UEFI Firmware Updates For Linux Users On LVFS For Fwupd   LVFS   2019-09-11
GNOME Firmware Updater Is A New UI For Managing Firmware On Linux By Power Users   GNOME   2019-08-28
System76 Unveils Their Firmware Manager Project For Graphically Updating Firmware   Hardware   2019-08-17
Microsoft's Component Firmware Update Is Their Latest Short-Sighted Spec   Microsoft   2019-08-15
System76 Continues Advancing Coreboot Support, Adding UI For Firmware Updates   Hardware   2019-06-27
Plymouth Adds New Firmware Upgrade Mode For Better Fwupd Integration   Red Hat   2019-05-30
Dell's New WD19 Thunderbolt/USB-C Docks Should Be Playing Nicely On Linux   Hardware   2019-05-02
LVFS Could Be Hosting 10k+ Firmware Files By End Of 2019   LVFS   2019-04-07
LVFS Served Up 500k Firmware Files To Linux Users This Month   LVFS   2019-03-31
LVFS Officially Joins The Linux Foundation   LVFS   2019-03-28
Fwupd+LVFS Begins Eyeing The Enterprise For Easier Linux Firmware Updates   LVFS   2019-03-05
The Linux Vendor Firmware Service Has Served Up More Than 5 Million Firmware Files   Hardware   2019-02-15
Select HP Systems Can Now Update Their Firmware From Linux With Fwupd+LVFS   LVFS   2019-02-01
Fwupd Gaining Support For ATA Device Microcode Updates   LVFS   2019-01-30
ModemManager 1.10 Released With New Functionality For Fwupd, New Modem Support   Free Software   2019-01-24
UK Linux Vendor Star Labs Systems Supporting LVFS+Fwupd For Firmware Updates   LVFS   2019-01-22
Firmware Vendor Phoenix Tech Joins The LVFS For Linux Firmware Updates   LVFS   2019-01-09
Debian 10 "Buster" Working To Have UEFI SecureBoot In Good Shape   Debian   2019-01-07
AMI Is The Latest Vendor Joining The Linux Vendor Firmware Service   Hardware   2018-12-07
LVFS Gaining More Recognition For Firmware Updates, Transitioning To A Linux Foundation Project   LVFS   2018-10-30
KDE Plasma 5.14 Beta Brings Many Improvements, Especially Wayland Polishing   KDE   2018-09-13
Realtek USB3 Hubs Will See Firmware Updates Delivered On Linux Via Fwupd/LVFS   LVFS   2018-08-28
AKiTiO Thunderbolt Devices Begin Receiving Firmware Upgrade Support Under Linux   Hardware   2018-08-23
The Next Challenge For Fwupd / LVFS Is Supporting NVMe SSD Firmware Updates   LVFS   2018-08-20
KDE Discover Gets Fwupd Integration For Handling Firmware Updates   KDE   2018-08-06
Lenovo To Make Their BIOS/UEFI Updates Easier For Linux Users Via LVFS   LVFS   2018-08-06
It's Looking Like UEFI SecureBoot Will Be Ready In Time For Debian 10.0 Buster   Debian   2018-08-03
System76 vs. The LVFS Firmware Updating Service   LVFS   2018-05-12
Debian Making Progress On UEFI SecureBoot Support In 2018   Debian   2018-04-30
Fedora Workstation 28 Is Shaping Up To Be Another Terrific Update   Fedora   2018-04-24
The Most Interesting Google GSoC 2018 Projects: QEMU Vulkan, Virtual KMS, Nautilus GTK4   Google   2018-04-24
Thunderbolt 3 Support Is In Great Shape For Fedora 28   Fedora   2018-04-23
Purism Releases Updated Coreboot Images For Their Laptops   Coreboot   2018-02-22
Fwupd 1.0.0 Released To Advance Linux Firmware Updating   LVFS   2017-10-09
Purism Highlights Challenges During Coreboot Development   Hardware   2017-08-29
Fwupd 0.9.5 Released With Logitech Support, Intel ME Version Querying   LVFS   2017-07-04
Some Logitech Hardware Can Now Be Flashed Under Linux With Fwupd   Hardware   2017-05-24
Fwupd Updated With New Support, Developer Endorses Dell For Linux   Hardware   2017-02-08