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Monthly Archives: August 2017

Kernel – 4.13-rc6 Released – Still OK..

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 20, 2017 by RGAugust 20, 2017

Kernel 4.13-rc6 is out, and brief details of changes are here:  http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1708.2/03592.html As the message mentions, if all goes well, then 4.13 Final should be out in about two weeks time from now.. The release is still OK with the latest NVIDIA (tested with 384.59) and (patched) VMware 12.5.7.     Unfortunately, there is still no 12.5.8 release with … Continue reading →

Posted in fix, gcc, kernel, Linux, NVIDIA, VMware | Tagged kernel 4.13-rc6, ok with latest nvidia, ok with vmware 12.5.7 patched, vmnet patch | 2 Replies

Hardware – UEFI Bios for Linux ‘Chromebook’

Adventures With Linux ™ Posted on August 11, 2017 by RGAugust 11, 2017

The original ‘SeaBios’ BIOS on my Acer c720p was a little clunky, so I decided to make the plunge and update it to a ‘proper’ Linux-friendly BIOS..    There is a known/good one available, but it is UEFI-only, so will involve changing the filesystem/partition layout on an existing system.. Disk /dev/sda: 119.2 GiB, 128035676160 bytes, 250069680 sectors … Continue reading →

Posted in boot, Chromebook, hardware, Intel, Linux, UEFI, X86_64 | Tagged c720p, chromebook, fedora, install, linux, new bios, reformat, success, uefi | Leave a reply
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