Launch Heavy carries a hefty price tag

Mechanical keyboards often need to pay more attention to Linux support because manufacturers see developers as a little too niche and difficult to make a product which works. Now, Launch Heavy aims to fix those issues – at a price.

Linux not so much

Intel and AMD-based platforms can update Arc GPU firmware, and Intel's Management Engine is not required for firmware updates, according to the latest pronoucement from Chipzilla.

This is not time to be sheepish

Linux expert Lennart Poettering is suggesting that Linux's boot process needs an upgrade by making changes to the intial RAM disk.

Kills the panel

A bug in the Intel integrated graphics driver for Linux machines is triggering a power sequencing issue which, can damage the screen.

Seen in the wild

A cross-platform malware has infected a wide range of Linux and Windows devices, including small office routers, FreeBSD boxes, and large enterprise servers.

GPUs based around fully open-source drivers

Intel GPUs from the consumer desktop Arc Graphics hardware to the Intel Data Center Flex GPU Series "Arctic Sound M" and forthcoming Xe HPC Ponte Vecchio are built around fully open-source drivers and will cheerfully even run on Linux.

Special operation

In Tsar Putin’s Russian there is no need for a different operating system on your phone and PC after its developers have developed a special edition that invades both.

End of an error 

Microsoft software engineer Stephen Hemminger has proposed removing the DECnet protocol handling code from the Linux kernel putting the final full stop on the long history of protocol wars.

TIme for a lock down 

Intezer Labs security researchers have identified a sophisticated new malware that targets Linux devices.

Are the days of Steve Ballmer back?

There is concern that Microsoft, which once dubbed Linux as a cancer on its operating system, might be returning to its old ways.