GNU Project Releases Latest Version of GNU Classpath
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http://java.sys-con.com/read/447320_p.htm
LinuxBIOS Brings Clones One Step Closer to Freedom
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| Even if you don't care about the openness of your system BIOS, you might be
| concerned about its inflexibility and legacy baggage. The x86 BIOS still
| thinks it's supporting MS-DOS and performs a number of tasks, such as probing
| hardware and loading drivers, that modern operating systems (including Linux
| and Windows) now handle better, faster and with a lot more flexibility and
| user control. This can take 30-50 seconds. The operating system ignores what
| the BIOS does and then re-runs the same tasks. Newer PCs shortcut this with
| the "fast boot" setting, which skips most of the usual steps and gets to a
| boot prompt in about ten seconds.
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http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/nethub/article.php/3706881
Last night:
An Open-Source BIOS For ATI GPUs?
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| Mark Shuttleworth would also like to see everything down to the device's
| firmware being free software. The steps Oliver is taking at this point is to
| examine the AtomBIOS parser, which is open-source as part of the RadeonHD
| driver (a partial explanation of AtomBIOS).
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjE0NQ
Related:
LinuxBIOS ready to go mainstream
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| LinuxBIOS is intended to provide a philosophically free replacement
| for proprietary firmware in chipsets.
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http://enterprise.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/30/199208&from=rss
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