Spectre and Meltdown are major design flaws in modern CPUs. While they're present in almost all recent processors, because Intel chips are so widely used, Intel is taking most of the heat for these ...

In an effort to counter the growing dominance of Microsoft’s Windows OS in netbooks, Intel on Tuesday announced a beta version of a Linux OS it has developed for low-cost laptops and mobile devices.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Feb 06, 2020, 06:09am EST Feb 07, 2020, 03:39am EST This article ...

Intel announced Friday that it is stopping support for Clear Linux OS, bringing an end to the decade-old distribution. Clear Linux appealed mostly to developers and other pros. It was optimized for ...

The Clear Linux OS team has announced the shutdown of the project, marking the end of its 10-year existence in the open-source ecosystem. Clear Linux is a Linux distribution developed and maintained ...

Another self-inflicted wound for Intel’s AI accelerator ambitions Troubled Chipzilla has abandoned the open-source user-space ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Now though as a result of Linux kernel improvements since the release of Linux 5.16, the open ...

Troubled Chipzilla’s decision to sack around 24,000 workers has not only left its product lines short-staffed, it has gutted some of the essential work keeping Linux support alive for Intel hardware.

On January 8th Intel released new Linux Processor microcode data files that can be used to mitigate the Spectre and and Meltdown vulnerabilities in Intel CPUs. Using microcode files, an operating ...

Why won’t Linux install on modern Lenovo laptops? The discovery of this problem set off a recent firestorm. But contrary to initial speculation, it’s not that Microsoft is forcing Lenovo to block the ...

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Linux creator Linux Torvalds has announced the stable Linux kernel version 5.8 release after making it through the final week of development with "no unexpected nasty surprises". As usual, Torvalds ...