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BIOS flashing for Linux users now in the wild
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| Since the release of its previous version in
| May 2009, at least 30 additional flash chip
| families and half a dozen variants for each
| family are now being supported by Flashrom.
|
| [...]
|
| Aside from Linux (which flashrom already has
| binary packages for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora,
| Gentoo, Mandriva, and openSUSE) flashrom
| already supports FreeBSD, DragonFly, Nexenta,
| Solaris, and even Mac OS X.
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http://apcmag.com/flashrom-091-hunts-down-more-chips-in-the-wild.htm
Linux upgrades the easy way
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| Ubuntu makes it even easier. There, all I had
| to do was to tell the operating system's
| built-in Update Manger that, "Yes, I would
| like it to move me up to Ubuntu 9.10," and I
| could get on with unpacking KVM (keyboard,
| video, mouse) units. In both cases, within an
| hour that didn't require anything else from
| me, I had upgraded two operating systems.
|
| I don't know about you, but when I half-a-
| dozen other things going on and my brain is
| working at half-speed, these are my kinds of
| upgrades.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/15529/linux_upgrades_the_easy_way
Recent:
The Open Source BIOS is Ten
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| The firmware used to start up the hardware and load the operating system, the
| Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), is fundamental to the operation of a PC. It
| can be one of the major contributors to boot time on a PC. Most PCs use a
| commercial, proprietary BIOS, but steadily, open source firmware is making a
| place for itself. coreboot, previously known as LinuxBIOS, is one of the
| leading BIOS projects and is celebrating its ten year anniversary. Anton
| Borisov, who has researched the economics of open source firmware, talked to
| the developers behind the coreboot BIOS; Ron Minnich, who deals with largest
| supercomputers in the world at Sandia National Labs in California, Stefan
| Reinauer - CEO of coreSystems and Eric Biederman from Linux Networx.
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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/The-Open-Source-BIOS-is-Ten-An-interview-with-the-coreboot-developers--/features/112353
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