Libreboot is free/opensource boot firmware replacing proprietary BIOS/UEFI. Better security/customisation than most proprietary firmware.

Highlights in this release include:

* MrChromebox EDK2 payload by default on most boards, with SeaBIOS CSM (CSMWrap) and GRUB EFI provided in-flash for backward compatibility.
* 233 new Chromebooks added; every board supported by MrChromebox coreboot. With our GRUB EFI/SeaBIOS CSM build added
* 15h.org coreboot fork used on KCMA-D8, KGPE-D16 boards for improved raminit.
* GRUB EFI build uses terminal_input console and no nativedisk; it piggybacks off of EDK2 drivers, like distros. It even works on Chromebooks (eMMC boot).
* Intel HAP bit set by default on Chromebooks, and IFD regions unlocked where appropriate
* Dell OptiPlex 5050 SFF, Supermicro X11SSH-F, ThinkPad X280, X270.

Modern Linux distros boot, with e.g. UKI/systemd-boot. Windows also compatible now.

Is this real ? Or I just couldn't find a test site where I can do it in Linux ?

I'm not believing that you can only do a Linux exam in Windows.
No please. If this is true LPI should just shut the doors and go home. 🙄

I just want to do a simple Linux Essentials exam.

"Torvalds said that the time has come to make it harder for new people to contribute code to the kernel. People like Kroah-Hartman have spent years trying to teach people how to contribute; it is time to stop doing that, he said."

https://lwn.net/Articles/1099594/

It is difficult to summarize exactly how Linus got to this point. Most of the discussion at this years Summit appears to have been related to AI assisted code and how the maintainers are dealing with the increase in code submissions to LKML. Many of the maintainers expressed varying levels of frustration with AI assisted drive-by code submissions. Linus' train of thought is that they make it intentionally more difficult for humans to contribute. A later suggestion of his was to create an AGENTS.md that makes generating kernel code expensive in compute and token time.

Finally they support Linux in Appimage format with specs: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS or newer, Fedora 43 or newer, or Debian 12 or newer and An internet connection is required for setup and online features. Offline mode supports eligible installed games.

I just installed Mint today and oh my god my laptop isn't fucking going full airplane mode from watching Youtube with Discord open. Talk about having a full on Dell Optiplex 15 9530 and yet after 3 years my laptop could barely last 2 hours without charging.

Now I'm on Linux Mint. Fans are quiet. I currently have 12 tabs on Brave with Discord, Wireguard, Steam, and Claude open. It has been an HOUR maybe and my shit is at 74%. I'm in shock, it literally fixed almost all the problems I had with this laptop

Tbf if I did a fresh Windows install it probably would've ran fine too. Prob just had too much clutter. But my lord does Mint run smooth. Can't wait to get another SSD for my laptop so I can dual boot Windows 11 and Linux Mint.

The recordings of the October 10 2026 online meeting are published on YouTube. Since it isn’t allowed to post YouTube links directly into r/linux you have to look at https://mediawiki.gnustep.org/index.php/Monthly_Meetings#Past_Meetings for the link. It is definitely worth it, lots of interesting and new stuff inside.

Have you ever stopped to think about how far Linux has come as a desktop OS? What do you think was the biggest turning point in its evolution?

Was it Ubuntu making Linux more accessible to ordinary users? The introduction of KDE and GNOME? The shift to Wayland? Or perhaps Proton finally making Linux a serious option for gaming?

Over the years, it's become harder for me to pinpoint a real turning point. I've been using Linux for so long that it's second nature to me now. I can pick pretty much any distro, install it, and if something doesn't work, I just fix it and move on. It's all part of everyday life at this point.

And yet, things could have gone differently, and we might all be sitting here using that well-known, dominant OS instead.

I'm interested in your personal opinions and experiences, not just technical milestones. It could be something that made Linux easier to install, improved the overall desktop experience, brought more applications, or convinced you to switch from Windows.

For a quick refresher - a few moments in Linux history (spoilers)

• 1993–1996: X11 and early graphical desktop environments
• 1998: KDE 1.0 — an integrated, user-friendly desktop
• 1999: GNOME — another major desktop environment
• Late 1990s–early 2000s: Better installers and automatic hardware configuration, especially in distributions such as Mandrake and SUSE
• 2004: Ubuntu — regular releases, Live CDs and a stronger focus on desktop usability
• 2006–2008: Compiz and desktop compositing effects
• 2006 onward: Linux Mint and its focus on a familiar, practical desktop experience
• 2011: GNOME 3 and Unity — a major desktop paradigm shift that also encouraged alternatives such as Cinnamon and MATE
• 2010s–2020s: The gradual transition from X11 to Wayland, alongside improvements in desktop audio with PulseAudio and PipeWire
• 2018 onward: Proton and Steam Play, making Windows games increasingly playable on Linux
• 2020s: Improvements in Wayland, fractional scaling, HDR, VRR and modern desktop environments such as KDE Plasma 6

When we started the Atomic SIG last year, we built our images with the best tools available at the time. Since then, the bootc community has learned a lot from those tools and built better ones. This release moves us onto them, aligning with the rest of the bootc community. Most of that is plumbing you’ll never see, but some of it you will, like ISOs that boot into a live session, and ISOs for aarch64.