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VIA Rolls Out Chrome 9 DRM, Pushes For Kernel
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| It has been a while since we last had any major to report on VIA with their
| open-source efforts, but this morning they have finally published DRM code
| that supports their Chrome 9 IGP hardware. The announcement regarding this
| new Chrome 9 DRM was made on the dri-devel list and was made up of three
| patches.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzM4Ng
The Btrfs file system
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| Btrfs, the designated "next generation file system" for Linux, offers a range
| of features that are not available in other Linux file systems – and it's
| nearly ready for production use.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/The-Btrfs-file-system--/features/113738
This Week on Github: Stupid Ruby Tricks
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| Ruby is a very dynamic language. You can turn the language inside out, give
| objects a frontal lobotomy, and stitch the whole thing back together again,
| all at runtime.
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http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7432/
Recent:
Via panel PC resists shock, liquids
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| Via announced a fanless panel PC that runs Linux, and resists both liquids
| and dust. The "VIPRO VP7710" includes Via's Eden or C7 processors, a
| 10.4-inch touchscreen display, gigabit Ethernet, three serial ports, and two
| USB 2.0 ports, the company says.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8140322559.html?kc=rss
VIA takes two open source steps forward
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| VIA may soon have a lot more to gain from supporting Linux and open source
| software, and the company now seems to be recognizing this.
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http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/07/28/via-takes-two-open-source-steps-forward/
VIA Publishes Three Programming Guides
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| Earlier this week we shared that VIA had appointed an open-source liaison to
| work on providing the community with documentation and source-code for their
| products and work to improve VIA's image within the Linux and open-source
| communities. Since VIA announced their open-source strategy earlier this
| year, all they had provided was a simple kernel frame-buffer driver. However,
| VIA has now made available three programming guides that cover their PadLock,
| CX700, and VX800/820 products. In total these three documents amount to about
| 800 (PDF) pages.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjYyMg
VIA getting serious about open source?
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| VIA just announced they they will be contracting Harald Welte to be their
| open source liaison. Welte will be tasked with “helping refine VIA’s Open
| Source strategy to optimize its support for Linux across all the components
| of its x86 processor platforms”. He will also, more importantly, help develop
| drivers for VIA hardware and improve documentation. Welte is the founder of
| gpl-violations.org and has worked on the OpenMoko project.
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http://www.geek.com/via-getting-serious-about-open-source-20080724/
VIA Gives 16,434 Lines Of OSS Code
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| VIA has released over 16,000 lines of code that provides a frame-buffer
| driver in the Linux kernel. This code is licensed under the GNU GPLv2 and
| appears to be crafted by VIA's Joseph Chan. Supported by this driver is VIA's
| Unichrome CLE266, K400, K800, PM800, CN700, CX700, K8M890, P4M890, P4M900,
| and VX800 IGPs.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjQ2Nw
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