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RadeonSI Gallium3D Driver Sees A Few Fixes

Wednesday, 28 November 2012 08:03 Phoronix

For those that don't closely follow the Mesa Git repository, there's finally a few more "RadeonSI" Gallium3D driver fixes that arrived this morning for slowly but surely bringing up the AMD Radeon HD 7000 series 3D support.

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A DIY Raspberry Pi Hack Lets You Build The Smallest Gaming Cabinet In The World

Wednesday, 28 November 2012 07:49 TechCrunch

A hacker called [Sprite_tm] AKA Jeroen Domburg built his own teeny, tiny Raspberry Pi-based MAME cabinet using some laser-cut plexiglass, some custom controls, and a eeny, weenie 2.4-inch TFT display. The best part? The cabinet even has a small OLED marquee at the top that shows the current game in play.

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LF: There's Less Concern About ARM UEFI SecureBoot

Tuesday, 27 November 2012 07:12 Phoronix

James Bottomley wrote a new blog post this morning about why the Linux Foundation really isn't concerned about UEFI SecureBoot on ARM hardware (smart-phones, tablets, etc) compared to the work they are doing on x86 PCs with UEFI SecureBoot support for Linux.

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Minecraft Raspberry Pi Edition To Help Kids Learn To Code While They Build

Tuesday, 27 November 2012 04:30 TechCrunch

The Raspberry Pi Foundation, maker of the $35 mini computer, is on a mission to get more kids to learn to code – and what better way to get children excited about the power of programming than by involving virtual block-builder game Minecraft?

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Google Reportedly Preparing To Sell Self-Branded Chromebooks

Monday, 26 November 2012 04:37 TechCrunch

Google is committed to the Chromebook and a report out of China indicates a Google-branded model is on its way. If true, this is a smart move and would help the fledgling desktop platform gain traction.

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