The recording of the May 14th, 2026 #bhyve Production User Call is up:
We discussed upcoming events, #TrueNAS CORE soft landings, Vulcan and CUDA on FreeBSD, #CoreBoot ARM64, OpenBSD VM IPv6 addressing, an open source network switch, EDK II updates, GPU Pass-Through, and more!
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#Chrultrabook people, I have a #Chromebook and a #Chromebox that run #MrChromebox' #coreboot and I would like to update the firmware.
Currently I use a live USB with #LinuxMint XFCE, as it is easy to use and insecure enough for it to work.
The tools need access to read and write the firmware, which is quite deep.
I would like to enable that support on my main #NixOS system, at least sometimes, but don't know what is missing. Same on vanilla #Fedora btw, doesnt work there either.
The iomem=relaxed option is not enough, do you know what else is needed?
For NixOS and Chromebook support I found this amazing repo, but it is quite complex:
(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)
Vulkan 1.4.350 Released With Three New Extensions:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.350
VideoLAN publishes dav2d, an early CPU decoder for AV2 video codec:
https://videocardz.com/newz/videolan-publishes-dav2d-an-early-cpu-decoder-for-av2-video-codec
GnuPG introduces support for post-quantum crypto encryption & 64-bit Windows improvements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/gnupg-introduces-support-for-post-quantum-crypto-encryption-and-64-bit-windows-improvements/
Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency launches Sovereign Tech Standards to support open standards:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/germanys-sovereign-tech-agency-launches-sovereign-tech-standards-to-support-open-standards/
Star Labs Releases Coreboot Firmware 26.05 with New Features for Its Linux PCs:
https://9to5linux.com/star-labs-releases-firmware-26-05-with-new-features-for-its-linux-pcs
More retro goodies - Microsoft open sources 86-DOS and PC-DOS:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/more-retro-goodies-microsoft-open-sources-86-dos-and-pc-dos/
stremio v5 adds media key support, subtitle options, and HDR improvements:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/stremio-v5-adds-media-key-support-subtitle-options-and-hdr-improvements/
FreeBSD 15.1 Beta Released For Early Testing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.1-Beta-1
#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #FOSS #OpenSourceNews #News #Vulkan #dav2d #AV2 #GnuPG #SovereignTechStandards #Coreboot #86dos #PCDOS #stremio #FreeBSD #BSD #Encryption #Privacy #Multimedia #RetroOS #OS #Firmware #FosseryTech
the very same day i actually figured how to submit one to #coreboot, struggled against gerrit bravely and won
even though at the same time i learned the openid provider i'm using is going away in two weeks, another one gone out of service 2 years ago, openid itself appears obsolete, and other options are github and google lol
is this actually easy and they were right that cannibal corpse, drugs and leaded solder turn you into a simpleton
#Coreboot Comes To AMD Ryzen Powered Star Labs StarBook MK VI After 3+ Year Wait
For those that had purchased a StarBook MK VI laptop 3+ years ago over the advertised support for Coreboot, Star Labs has now delivered with a Coreboot build finally available and working for this AMD Ryzen 5000 series powered laptop.
He who controls the Time, Controls the Chances!
Are dispvm.py type=int really numbered randomly? #maths #mathematics #randomness (still searching for a solution) @ThePSF @pythonclcoding
#Serendipity in computation with the perfect random number generator. Hyper-order is deranged.
#QubesOS #Entropy Verification
https://forums.whonix.org/t/entropy-quality/18057
"just because *you* can't figure it out, and just because I can't figure it out doesn't mean that it is ipso facto something which a really bright NSA analyst working in Fort Meade can't figure out. (Or heck, a really clever Intel engineer who has full visibility into the internal design of an Intel CPU..." see -->
https://kicksecure.com/wiki/Dev/Entropy
https://chronox.de
https://systemd.io/RANDOM_SEEDS/
#Whonix @whonix
PARAMS #Kernel #Linux
* random.trust_cpu=off
* rng_core.default_quality=1000
(enroll may not be possible in #coreboot BIOS)
Embeded Security (#TPM)
https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Embedded_Security_Subsystem
Interesting code-base for robust randomness
--> crates.io rands #rust
https://crates.io/crates/rand
I am trying to confirm that it is safe to generate very high-importance private keys in Qubes Whonix. I’ve read every Wiki post and GitHub issue that Qubes/Whonix have on this topic (excellent work there Patrick) and I am close to being confident enough, but I want to be certain of a few more things. I think the main sources of credited entropy are the kernel’s in-built “Linus Jitter Dance” [1][2], haveged and jitterentropy-rngd. There’s also some uncredited entropy from dom0’s getrandom(0) [3]...
@jedie I guess this depends on the country. I can buy direct from Protectli Canada.
How is this related to smartphones ? Of course there are proprietary blobs in Wifi and other chips, not sure why this means more support needed. Can you elaborate ?
Protectli will also load #Coreboot for you on their routers, very useful too.
Oooh, I guess I know what I'll be doing this week-end.
https://github.com/StarLabsLtd/firmware/issues/65#issuecomment-4235147646
Background I ordered a Starbook MK V last may so I'm not sure if I own a V or VI (it has a fingerprint reader if that helps). While I ordered it with Coreboot, it came with American Megatrends. Oth...
Конец дешёвых ПК и мировой кризис. Придётся экономить
Подорожание комплектующих изменило рынок. Тут происходит много странных на первый взгляд явлений: выходят ноутбуки с процессорами от телефонов (!?), появляются материнки на старой платформе AM4 (потому что память DDR4 намного дешевле DDR5), появились даже дисплеи для ноутбуков с частотой 1 Гц (это инновация для энергосбережения). Но есть и плюсы. Купленные в прошлые годы ПК останутся актуальными дольше обычного. Старые ПК получат новую жизнь. Разработчикам игр и ПО придётся умерить аппетиты — и оптимизировать софт для текущего железа, а не в расчёте на апгрейд. Потому что апгрейда не будет. Разработчикам придётся отложить генераторы нейрослопа кода — и сосредоточиться на вдумчивой оптимизации софта. А пользователям — экономить и выкручиваться.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/ruvds/articles/1018022/
#AM4 #AM5 #Debian #мировой_кризис #экономия #Linux_на_ноутбуке #Macbook_Neo #Coreboot #RAMpocalypse #ruvds_статьи
Happy Easter! 🐧 #Linux Weekly Roundup for April 5th, 2026: #GNOME 51's release schedule, #Archinstall 4.0, #KDE Plasma 6.7's new features, #Coreboot 26.03, #Netrunner 26, OBS Studio 32.1.1, #Artix Linux 2026.04, #AerynOS 2026.03, #OpenVPN 2.7.1, GNOME 49.5, #4MLinux 51.0, #Elive Linux's return, and more https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-april-5th-2026
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